I realize it has been since February since I have posted anything new! Ok, so let me just give a quick update for all of you who do not know what has happened in our life up until now...A LOT! Above are some pictures to sum up our lives at this point...Brayden's birth, Andy trying to frantically put the car seat and stroller together before his arrival home, Dr. McGowen who did the amazing delivery, and some pics of our stay in the hospital as well as our farewell group shot with the AMAZING NICU nurses who took such good care of Brayden in the hospital. Ok, so February 19 was the day that Andy and I closed on our house...we finally became homeowners! YAY! With that finally behind us (buying a house is a LOOOOONG process), we thought we had a little over a month to get settled in and get baby Brayden's nursery set up. March 4 at around 3:00 am, I began to have a lot of pain in my upper stomach. My thoughts were that it was just heartburn so I popped some tums and tried to go back to sleep...nope, the pain persisted and with a VENGEANCE! I woke Andy up and told him I thought something was wrong and we called the doctor on call. She thought it to be a gallbladder issue and told me to go to the ER asap. Off to the ER we went and they sent me directly to labor and delivery since I was 36 weeks pregnant...after lots of waiting, blood work and tests, the OB/GYN on call came into my room around 6:00 PM (yes I was in the hospital from 4:00 AM to 6:00 PM...gotta love hospitals) and informed Andy and I that I had HELLPS syndrome. In a nutshell, it is a problem with elevated liver enzymes and low blood platelets...it's strictly pregnancy induced. She informed us that and the only way to get rid of it is to delvier the baby, otherwise I could start hemorrhaging and having seizures and the baby could get really sick as well. Andy and I looked at eachother and said...WHAT??? Now??? We just bought a house and we aren't ready! I am supposed to have a baby shower this weekend and we have our maternity pictures tomorrow! This can't be happening! So to no avail, I asked the doctor if we could wait till Monday to deliver. She laughed and said, no honey...NOW. WOAH, WOAH, wait a minute! I said I am not ready! Well, baby Brayden is ready and we gotta get him out. Needless to say, they scheduled an induction that evening at 9:00 pm and I was due to have him the following day. Andy frantically got on the phone and called my mom and his mom to inform them of the news. My mom hopped on the next flight out and was able to get there right after baby Brayden was born. Andy's family got in the car and left just in time to make it for the delivery. What a huge blessing that was! The delivery went SO smooth and it was virtually painless. I couldnt believe how easy it was! I told Andy that if labor and delivery was going to be this easy for me I could do it a hundred times over...of course he looked at me like I was crazy ;) Needless to say, Brayden is here happy and healthy. He did have to go to the NICU for a week because he was having some intestinal issues that he had to be put on IV's for. Gosh did we hate seeing him in there! We knew though, that God was going to be taking good care of him in there and we just had to trust Him. After a week, he finally got discharged from the hospital and he was all ours...wow. So many emotions were running through mine and Andy's bodies...how do we care for this precious baby?? Well, as parents, you just figure it out as you go. Brayden has been such a good baby and such a huge blessing and we are enjoying each new day with him! I love to watch Andy be a daddy to our little boy. He is so incredibly wonderful with him and I thank God for such a wonderful partner in this journey called parenthood! Thanks to all of our wonderful family and friends for helping us in such a time of need. We had NOTHING for Brayden when he decided to come early and our new house was in shambles. We feel so blessed to have those people who organized our lives for us during the chaos! We love you guys...you know who you all are!
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