Austin's Birth Story

I want to write today about my oldest son- he was born with his insides on the outside of his body! Called Gastroschisis! We had some ups and downs.. But he is a healthy 4 year old boy! We are SO blessed!

Oct 28, 2007
We went to Salt Lake city Utah to pick my grandmother and mother in law. We also took big prego pics that day also! Lol! We walked around a mall, Sams club and the airport. Mind you i was 9 months pregnant! Haha! We headed home (2 hours away from the city)
October 29, 2007
my mom and Husband went elk hunting and we stayed behind to hang out at the house! Fun boring day. Lol that night at like 11pm I went into labor so we headed to our local hospital.. I was not suppose to be having Austin there- they didn't have to resources to take care of my Austin.. Kinda freaked me out, but my dr was amazing. They stopped my labor and sent me home and told me to go to SLC in the morning and he would call them and tell them I was coming. Sounded good to me, cause I wasn't packed at all! Lol i was suppose to be induced on October 31
October 30, 2007
That morning my labor woke me up! Woke up my husband, mom, grandma and mom in law... Got our stuff ready and off to our local hospital we went again. As I was walking in ( I called ahead) so was my dr, telling me he went home and told his wife he should of sent me last night.. He had a gut feeling! Lol should of know! As they were getting me hooked up to the machines, he was call SLC telling them I was coming via alumbance. Within an hour.. them trying to stop my labor, and turn me on my side and whatever else they did my contractions were coming faster and harder... My dr and nurses talked and decided sending me care flight would be the best and only way to get me to SlC! I was suppose to leave in 30 mins and it's a 30 mins flight... The drive is 2 hours!!! How in the world is my family going to get there? I was freaking out! My aunts came and say with me and my mom grandma mom in law and husband headed to SLC!
An hour later I was in SLC and being wheeled into the womans unit of UofU. I saw my meme then my mom, the husband and mom in law. I was so happy they were here! They got me settled into my room, broke my water, check my BP, and Austins heartbeat. Austin's heart beat was high, 190 to 210... Too high for a baby. They decided that I was having a c-section, which me and my dr had already discussed this but the on call dr didn't know yet, and it was right then! They gave my husband scrubs, little booties and a cap to wear on his head. I got wheeled into the surgery room, pulled onto a cold table and the process started. I was so worried Justin would miss it that I kept on asking about him. Finally he was sitting right next to me. :) I was shaking and cold and oh so nervous! My hubby was doing good, calming me down but was also nervous himself.. I told him I couldn't feel anything but I was still scared.. Then he got lite headed and tried to make it to the door and passed out on the surgery floor. :/ He broke the surgery door!!! They put him in a wheel chair and took him out.. I was all alone. :(
Austin was pulled from me and taken to the NICU staff, I didn't even get to see him. He was wrapped up and put in an NICU bed. When I was in recovery I got to see him for about 30 seconds! He was beautiful! He was on his way to his first surgery of his life! I didn't see him til the next day, my hubby did that night!


Pictures-
My hubby in his scrubs
My Austin's first picture of his life

Pictures are worth a 1000 words!

I love saying pictures! They are SO true! Here are some I found tonight!

Movies and TV-- kinda addicted

Twilight*
The first movie-- Such a big deal. I was def not on board, didn't see the big deal and had no thoughts on watching it. The second movie-- still hadn't seen the first movie, really didn't care to but kinda wanted to see what all that darn fuss was about!! So me and my hubby went an rented the first and second movie and we were hooked!! We are NOT the couple who goes and dresses up for the midnight showing, and usually wait a week to 2 till we go to the movies to see it, sometime even wait til it comes out on DVD.. Nov can not get here fast enough.. :):)

Army Wives*
I have been hooked every since I started watching season one! LOVE this show! I never miss a Sunday!cant believe we have to wait 2 weeks tile the new one!

Rookie Blue*
A fun cop show! One my hubby really likes!

Saving Hope*
Kinda slow, but a good drama!

Last one!
Grey's Anatomy*
I didn't start watching them til 2 seasons ago! Now I am all for this show! I would of never thought I would be this in love with this show, but I didn't love ER!!

I have to say I love my movies and tv shows! I def have a DVR cause with my crazy life I don't get to watch it at the time it is on! These are not all the shows I watch, but these are the Favorites! :)


No pictures today! Def tomorrow! I have to write about my weekend! :)

Funerals

This year is the worst one I have had with funerals! Since January I have to been to at least 10. It's been so hard. I have had ones that cancer has taken, old age, to soon and too young. Yesterday I attended a mans that has been in law enforcement for 20 years! When I first met him he was my dare officer in fifth grade! He was then and always was an amazing guy! One of the people who you just click with right away! Then in high school I became good friends with his daughter and are still friends (we don't talk ever day-- which we should!) today! It breaks my heart to have to sit there and watch them go threw this! I have never lost a parent, but I have lost my great grandma who was just like one to me! There is no words to help or ease the pain, just wish there was.. Ok off my sad part!

Wow! So much happened since I last wrote on here..
Fourth of July--- Granbury does this holiday big! We have the square filled with vendors and fun! The fireworks are amazing! We had one of my good friends birthday that weekend too! She got a water slide jump house! It was a lot of fun!

Fifty Shades of Grey!!
I am not a book reader, none do I ever finish 3 books in 5 days! But this series has had me do just that! I have to say these books are a great series. They show a true love story with the just amount of romantic show to keep anyone interested. I am not a oh lets read a romance novel with all the details. I am glad I don't have thy kind of relationship cause I couldn't handle it. But if u can have at it! I stayed up late, read all day, and stayed in pjs to read this books.

Austin my oldest had another doctor appt with the general surgery at Dallas Children's in August. Kinda worries me since we have not a dr surgery appt in a few years.. I will be a wreck until then!


We ended up not moving. We are going to stay were we are until we buy. seems easier. The house we wanted sold so it wasn't meant to be.

I started going back to my home church. It felt so good to be back there for me not for a funeral, or a children's event, or anything but for me. Glad I have started and going to try to go every sunday!

My Austin started Pre K this year! Where has the time gone? I can't believe I have a Pre k-er!

Guess I am done for today's post! I am going to try to be better at blogging! :)

Have a great weekend!

The pics-
Me and my momma
Me and my boys
A great picture :)

I should have been blogging my whole life!

Wow! I have to say I LOVE to blog! Even if no one reads it. I love to do this! I remember in high school if I was feel down or sad or mad I was write it out! Kinda like blogging but I would keep it for a few days then trash it cause it helped me get threw what ever I was going threw! This way I can keep all of my thoughts and memories good or bad!
Fathers day was a good day mostly! I got up and went into fort worth to go see my dad! Sure do love him and his family! (sounds weird to say, but I met my dad when I was 15 so I have not been around them all my life- but they are a very big part of my life now!) stay there for a few hours! Came home picked up my hubby and went to my moms (in town) for a fathers days cookout! Every body was there! I am taking prob 20 people! That is normal for our cook outs! :)
The kids went swimming, guys were playing washers and girls were just chit chating. Started to rain and all the kids were going crazy. My step dad has a gator (like a mule) someone was putting it in the shop cause of the rain. My Braxton loves that gator! U start it he goes running! Some how in the mist of everything he ran into the gator and busted his head open and got a puncher hole. Me Justin and my mom went to the er! They had to dig rocks out of it, clean it and then give him 2 staples and 2 stitches! My little guy is so brave! He didn't cry the whole time at the er! So strong! Mommy would of be balling! Lol so some of our fathers days was spent at the er! Crazy day in our life's!
The rest of week was spent just laying around the house with daddy! We went to his softball game Monday Tuesday went and saw Justin's uncles and aunts on Tuesday and wed wa a lazy day! Justin went back to work today and we are at th dr office to look at Braxtons head! Wish us luck! Until I blog again!!

I love me some Pinterest!!!

I have been on Pinterest kick! I love that little app! I have made me a new tank top, a picture collage and now 2 father day gifts for grandpas.. Now I am trying to figure where to start the one for my husband! Wow! I didn't know i had so much craft bones in my body!! Lol- just kidding.. I am NOT a crafty person at all. I trace a lot! :)

Others things pinterest does for me and let's me try new food! OMG I am in love with trying new food, drinks, desserts!! I suck at cooking, but I have been getting better! I bet my husband is happy about that! :):)
Oh BTW my dream house is all picked out! Lol!

Enough about my new hobby. And on to my life! :)

One of my cousins is prego! So excited for her! She is going to be a great mom!! Can't wait til she find out what she is having! I get baby fever a lot these day- my tubes are tied so no more babies for me!-
So we have decided not to move the house we fell in love with is no longer on the market so we are just going to stay put! Prob better anyways! :) plus cheaper to stay here right now!

Austin starts pre-k this year! I am so excited and sad at the same time! I can't wait to help out in the school and help in his classroom. I want to be active in his and Braxton's school! My family was and I loved it! But I can't believe my baby boy is growing up so fast and starting school! Crazy!
Braxton is going to heart broken when brother gets to go to school and e doesn't. Hopefully that gets better as time goes on!

Well I guess that is all tonight! Hope y'all have a great weekend and fathers day! Happy fathers days to all the dads- uncles- godfathers- grandpas- step dads- moms who have to play dad- and who ever else I forgot!

The start of a busy weekend!

Justin works a crazy schedule... 7 days on 2 days off 8 days on 4 days off! Those 4 days off are always a Friday, Saturday, Sunday and a Monday! So every 3 weeks we have busy weekends as a family! Which I Love and look forward to them!!

Today starts his weekend off! We hung around the house, cleaned out his truck, took it to wash it-- it was way muddy-- came home and cleaned up a little and played with the boys! Tonight we went and watch a good friend and his band sing in Glen Rose! We had a blast! Great friends, great music and awesome food! Can't get any better! I love the friends we have in our life's!!!!
So today not so busy, kinda lazy!

Tomorrow is a different story!
Justin also plays semi pro football!! Which he loves!! That takes up most of our Saturday nights! :) Tomorrow they have a grid iron championship games! Which means 2.. The first one starts at 1pm in Frisco! That is 2 hour drie for us. Lucky my meme is going to watch the boys, cause it is going to be hot! We r leaving around 9- going to my memes- then the field- then back to memes- then back to our town! We also have 2 get togethers tomorrow night! One is to kick off summer and another is surprise bday! My weekends seem to always be this busy on day off but we are use to it!
Who knows what Sunday has in store for us! And Monday Justin is training a new guy so he will be working!! We are still waiting to hear back about the house we are hoping to get into.. Maybe Tuesday is when we are suppose to know! I am nervous! I still packing slowly..
Hope everyone has a great weekend! Here are a couple of pictures of the boys from tonight!