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Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Our Lives...Changing Forever

In just one week...or less, if he decides he is ready to come...we will finally meet our precious baby boy, Braysen.  I will finally get to see what he looks like, how much hair he has, kiss his little head, and hold him close against my chest and listen to him breathe.  I absolutely cannot wait.
All of this heartburn, indigestion, discomfort, nerve trouble in my stomach and back, restless legs, sleeplessness, and fears about labor will all be worth it.  Not one bit of it will matter anymore when I lay my eyes on our sweet miracle from God for the very first time.
Gracelyn and Ayden cannot wait to meet their baby brother.  They love talking to my belly, and they never forget to tell him goodnight and to have sweet dreams :)
We almost have his nursery ready..I just have a few things I have to finish making and hang up on the walls....I also want to find a rug, curtains, and a small table, but all of that can wait if it has to.
It's so crazy to think that in just one week we will not even be able to remember what it was like before Braysen was in our lives.
He sure is an active little thing!  My stomach moves constantly...while he is flipping and kicking around in there!  He definitely doesn't take it easy on me! LOL  My due date is actually July 24, but I am going to be induced the 17th if he doesn't get here on his own first!  I am kind of hoping he waits until I'm induced so my epidural will "hopefully" work.  I was induced with Gracelyn, and everything went pretty smoothly...my epidural worked fine.  But with Ayden...he is a completely different story...he was 16 days early, and I almost had him in Michael's patrol car...when I got to the hospital I was too far in labor for the epidural to work.  Let's just say that's why I get sick to my stomach every time I think about going in labor.  I am scared to death that will happen again, and that was almost too much pain for me to bear!  But, thankfully the Lord helped me through it and as soon as I was holding Ayden, nothing else mattered :)
I am so thankful for all three of my babies and how we have been so greatly blessed!



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Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Pictures!!!!

Since I am always in such a hurry and never post pictures in my posts, I decided to catch up!  After losing every one of my pictures from the last three and half years when my external hard drive fell on the floor last fall, I am glad that there were at least a few of those pics on my blog.  Now if I had kept up with my blog like I wanted to, I would have a lot more, but oh well!  

Anyway, here is a little bit of everything!


Ayden turned four this past January!  I can't believe my baby is already so big!!!  He had a "Deer Huntin'" themed party.  I thought it was going to be really hard to decorate for it, but it ended up being so much fun, and I think it turned out adorable!!


























Ayden played 4-year-old tball this year!! I have been looking forward to this since the day he was born!  He is such a good ball player!  I am really not just saying that because I'm his mama!  He really is good!!  He can even switch hit.  He is our little Chipper Jones!  And if you know me, you know I love me some Chipper Jones :)


My pretty boy!





Gracelyn is a silly, silly girl!!  She had a reading night at school back in April, and I wanted to take a picture of her in the parking lot.  So this is how she posed for me --- by laying flat on the ground!  LOL  She makes us laugh so hard!


Finally acting like a normal child here.  LOL


More t-ball!






Yep, he's all mine ;)





Dying Easter eggs!  Easter 2012.



























Yes, I took the time to edit the close-up of the picture I'm in!  I was right in the middle of my pregnancy, and my confidence level was at an all-time low! (And being 35 weeks now, it still is! LOL)


Ayden and Colton taking a break from hunting Easter eggs.




I told you she was weird ;)

Me and Courtney at her baby shower.


Mother's Day 2012
Me, Mama, Steven, Kortney



My nephew, Cody Steven, born May 19, 2012.  He is soooo sweet and soooo precious!!


I still have some pics to upload, but I will do those later!  This post has probably been long enough :)
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