Angelic

Her touch is so gentle, her eyes so very bright, and her smile lights up a room. She is amazing; when people see her she encourages them to stop, talk and giggle with her. Strangers ask to take pictures of her and oh “how beautiful” she is. She creates a sense of unity without even knowing how; it’s amazing. Touched by God, she is his beautiful masterpiece and made by the pure design of his hand. It breaks my heart that your ego will not allow you to know how lovely and how Angelic she truly is . It breaks my heart that your past hurt; by those out of my control will allow you to refrain from an angel sent here by the Lord almighty. You missed her introduction to the world, her first crawl, her first smile, giggle and will let all the first’s pass you by; until you fade away and just become – a passerby. One of the ones who stop to say hi; and wow she has a beautiful smile.

On the move...

Pea is almost 5.5 months; she is amazing. At 3.5 months she was rolling front to back and back to front. Her Dr. told us at 4 months that her gross motor skills were that of a 6 month old and was amazed at all the things she was already doing. I am a VERY PROUD mom, and typically I can’t run around bragging on how smart, strong, and amazing my baby is, however, now that I blog I can (LOL). If people don’t want to hear about it; they have an option to not follow my blog or read it; this is the one outlet where I can and people won’t think I am just over the top or hating on the true happiness my daughter brings to me. We all know there are haters out there… (even the ones who I had to ax).. {evil laugh}

This week, my little girl is on the move. She just about has the crawling thing down.. I can’t believe it. I thought she would skip the crawl thing all together and get to walking (considering she was trying to stand on my legs and was fully bearing weight down at 5.5 weeks (YES WEEKS)…but nope she is trying to crawl. She is just TO nosey to wait to get the walking thing down she has to explore her world now…

Kenya and Ducati better be on the lookout. She LOVES her kitties but hasn’t mastered the whole idea of “pet nice” yet. I keep trying to show her but she only knows how to grab not lay her hand flat. Ducati walks past her and she reaches out and “pets” him only to have a handful of hair when she is done. Ducati doesn’t seem to mind and just keeps on walking. Kenya on the other hand she stays away from Pea lol…

She has her 6 month wellness check on May 21st. Although the appointments take a while and she has to get shots (that makes me sad) it is always fun to learn how much she has grown and where she is fundamentally.

this angel of mine...

As my little angel sleeps I take a moment to reflect. How wonderful life is and how God has it all planned for us. My daughter is my life; she is everything to us and brings us so much joy. It’s amazing how much attention she gets from people young and old. I told Anthony today that I believe she helps to encourage older white people to talk to us and maybe it helps them to see that we are just a family like everyone else. I feel like my daughter helps to define some type of unity in the world. I pray that whatever her purpose is that I listen to the direction God gives me for her and that I do everything I possibly can to encourage her to be a beautiful disciple for the Lord.

Prepare… are we really ever

Prepare… are we really ever

God knew what he had/has in store for me; isn’t it amazing!!! My pregnancy was remarkably pretty easy. Women complain about being pregnant and for me it was a breeze; my only 2 setbacks.. the weight gain, and OH the heartburn! I never was sick, I didn’t waddle at the end, I wasn’t constantly up going to the bathroom, I didn’t swell up, and I never was really that uncomfortable. If someone wants to know the struggles of a pregnancy I am the wrong person to ask. My delivery, once again fairly easy but I will say; thank you to modern medicine and the joy of an epidural.

Labor
My due day was set for November 10th, 2009 however, as the day drew close I knew my sweetie wasn’t coming. I spoke to the Dr and set my induce day for November 17th . I thought it would be great to have myself, Anthony and Payton all be born on a Tuesday so our birthdays would fall on the same day of the week, Pea and I would both have 7’s in our birthday. I made my last day of work Friday the 13th (there we go again with that Friday the 13th – remember I found out I was prego on a Friday the 13th). That weekend I thought for sure my baby was going to come.. wrong. Monday morning came and Anthony left for work, shortly after I started to feel contractions. I thought they were just pains but not the real thing so I got up showered and laid back down. Around 10ish I called him and told him I was going to call the Dr. who eventually called back around 10:45ish. I woke up mom and aunt les and told them finally its time, the day we had been waiting for has arrived!! We drove to the hospital (oh those stupid contractions) where I was given the pleasure of experiencing those contractions until around 12:45pm when they finally admitted me. – Contractions- oh yea, how did they feel??? They felt like you had severe stomach cramps, had to go to the bathroom after not going for about a week and they just came and went at first far apart, then real close together-.. The nurse had to break my water and FINALLY at 2:30 I was given my epidural.. I was a whole different woman in labor… no more crying for this girl!! Anthony arrived from work (lucky for him I was already doped up) and we waited until around 7pm when I started my delivery. It went smooth and although Ant nearly passed out and I “supposedly” turned a light shade of blue, Payton came in record time for a first time baby – 25 minutes!!! Our precious angel was born at 7:28pm and I cried out… (literally in tears.. I MADE A BABY).. LOL hey, when you are on those meds Lord knows what you will say! It was all so real and honestly the most amazing day in my life.

Payton Elizabeth
7:28p
7lbs 12oz
20 ½ in

Life Changes - People and Circumstances

Isn’t it amazing how God touches our life? He blesses us with countless miracles, however, often times we are so busy complaining that we miss the blessings as they pass us by. He gives us will to make our own decisions but the knowledge of the Bible to make the right ones.

It seems like yesterday, Friday March 13th 2009.. I had been experiencing horrible dizzy spells and headaches and well that day made it all real. That Friday, was the day I found out I was pregnant. We weren’t sure what were going to do. It wasn’t planned and it defiantly was not in our immediate plan – especially mine. I mean I want to be a director and eventually go to law school, where was a baby going to fit in? April 8th 2009 was my first Dr’s appointment and the first time I ever saw my little baby girl. That picture though… she didn’t look like much, just a little bean with stubs but she was mine and a blessing she is. I drop to my knees every night and thank God for providing me with the direction and instruction on what I was supposed to do; embrace the AMAZING blessing he gave me!!! My daughter is my world, my light, my life and a blessing to me and Anthony. One thing I know it is by the grace of God that I can accomplish my dreams, my goals and that my Pea gives me even more ambition to do both.