Tybee Island

Matching toes.... I think so!

I Love the sand in his toes!
All tuckered out!

Fort Stewart

We are now stationed at Fort Stewart in Georgia! We have enjoyed it here, minus me being homesick a lot, but its getting better!
We love how close we are to the Beach! Makes for fun weekends. Too bad that Anderson doesn't really enjoy the wind! We are loving being a family again! Anderson just loves his Dad and it's so fun to watch them together! I love cooking, and cleaning, and being a wife, as crazy as that sounds!

Then there were three.....

Well after having Anderson, we realized it was almost impossible to fit in the "Beetle". There is no way that a car seat, baby, diaper bag, and stroller can fit into our car! So today we purchased our very own grown up car!

Anderson's Photo shoot!

I am lucky enough to have an amazing photographer as a mother! We set up a photo shoot in the hospital. He was only one week old!

The day finally came!

On Monday July 26, I was admitted to Alta View Hospital around 10:00 pm. Since the next day was my due date, and my blood pressure was still high they decided to induce me. I was so ready to be done, so I was ok with this. The game me a pill to help induce my labor. They told me that there was no chance I would progress fast enough for anything to happen till the morning. So I sent my mom home. The goal was to be dilated to a 4 by 8 am, so that he could break my water then! So we all went to bed for the night. Well at 1:30 am the nurse came in and told me she could not give me the next dose of medicine because my contractions were to close. So I got up to use the restroom, and yup my water broke! Trying to be as tough as I could, I told her I did not need me epidural yet. The pains began to get stronger, and stronger. Well a few minutes later the nurse came back into the room and told me that if I wanted my mom there for the epidural that I needed to call her now! She said that within the next 30 minutes, I would need to get it! So I called my mom and before I knew it she was there! As soon as she walked in they came in to give me the epidural, ( This is what I was the most scared about, and to be honest it didn't hurt that bad.) At this point the nurses knew that Stephen was in the army and was not going to be there for the birth. They knew that it was going to be a girls party! So she asked how long we needed to make sure that all of the girls got here in time, well we told her an hour, and she said you need to call them NOW! So my mom got on the phone and called everyone, they all showed up as cute as can be. Even Cynthia with her two different shoes on! But she didn't miss a thing. Well I went from a 2 to an 8 in about 20 minutes! Then I got stuck at a 9.5 for an hour. After waiting for a while, Anderson's heart rate started to drop every time I would have a contraction, it then started to stay down for longer than my contractions would last. So they called Dr. Smith and he came rushing to the hospital! He told me that I could wait one more hour, or I could have a C-section. I asked him which would be healthier for the baby. I didn't want to put Anderson in danger! So we decided on a C-section. At 6:11 he joined us on this earth. He weighed 6 pounds and 14 ounces!
Stephen did not know that I had gone into labor even, well good timing he called 2 hours after I had Anderson and we were able to talk for a few minutes! We are so lucky!
I am thankful for my amazing family who was there to support me! My mom stayed at the hospital with me for 4 days! I could not have done it alone!

Pregnancy

Well I have made it to 35 weeks now!!!! Its so crazy! I thought I would post a few pictures, they were taken at 32 weeks. Things are kinda crazy, I am still living at my parents and due July, 27 2010. Due to a minor set back in Stephen's training in Arizona, he is not scheduled to come home till August, 5 2010. Yup do the math..... there is more than a 90% chance he will not be able to be here for the birth of our son! Kinda a sad day! There will be plenty of pictures and video to pass along the news!
I am feeling alright, just very uncomfortable and ready to pop. Starting to feel sick to my stomach again, and just super tired! To bad I still have 5 weeks left! I am measuring big, and they don't think that Anderson is going to be a small child! I hope that he proves us all wrong! Small would be just fine with me!
Well we are counting down the days....we cant wait to finally be parents and meet little Anderson!

Fort Huachucha

Well Stephen is really enjoing his training in Arizona, as am I. I have been down to visit him twice since he has been there and really hope to go again! The first time I was there, he was not allowed to leave the base. In other words there was not a lot for us to do...... We hung out in the hotel, went to the PX, played games, and ate at the fast food joints on base.
Well I was lucky enough to go again this weekend! We got to leave base, it was so much fun. I got there on Friday and went to pick him up at his bay, we got Nathan as well and had dinner, we all just chatted and had a really good time. Then on Saturday morning we went to Tucson, we ate at the Olive Garden our favorite place, and went to the mall to just window shop and get out. I have never seen a bigger mall! I had to stop and rest a few times........My feet were swelling and I could not handle any more of Stephen's quick comebacks! Then we went to a steakhouse for dinner! I cant tell you how fun it is to sit and chat with him! He has down a lot of growing in the last few months and I really enjoy the person he is becoming! Sunday we decided to drive down to Tombstone, Az, it was a really cool city, we went in and out of all the little shops. We went and watched a comedy gun fight. Then had lunch at a saloon! It was a lot of fun! Sunday night we had dinner with Nathan, and then it was time to say our goodbyes! We hate saying them, and can't wait till he graduates in June and we wont have to say them again for a while!
All in all it was an amazing trip and I cant wait to go back!