Birthday time is here......

The men of the house get older!!

One is real excited about it.. the other is getting less and less excited as each year rolls around. :)

On Tuesday~

Carter is turning 4

And his daddy is turning 27

Curtis' 23rd b-day, Carter just born!!

That nurse with the scissors freaks me out everytime i see this picture. :)

Daddy 24, Carter 1

25 and 2

And here we have 26 and 3!!

We didn't plan it this way in any way shape or form.. But Carter was indeed born on his daddy's birthday. It was quite the day if you ask me!! :) But.. wow!- four years already? I almost can't remember it all!! Go ahead and read this birth story i wrote a while back... on Carter's first birthday i believe.


I'm one that enjoys hearing other ladies' stories of labor and delivery. So i decided to sit down and tell ya all about mine. Minus a few details I'm sure the blogging world would rather not hear. It is very hard to believe that this all happened one year ago!! I'll see if i can remember everything--If you are one that hates details, long paragraphs, etc. then please skip all this. I never said you HAD to read it.......:)

Well, i was one that thought i was going to be over due. My mom and sister both were so i just figured i would be also. Almost 2 weeks before my due date, the Dr. decided to induce me at 39 wks because Carter was looking like he was going to be a big baby. They set up the date for me to come in June 30th... So i had everything written down that i was going to do that week. Curtis' birthday was Thursday, June 28th so i was going to have his parents over for one of his favorite meals (chicken enchiladas and p-nut butter pie). That night we were going to move our changing table in the nursery. On Friday i was going to clean the house, make sure the baby room was totally ready and then that evening we were going to practice our breathing techniques that we had learned about in Lamaze.

So here is all went on hours before my water broke. First off we sang at an old folks home at 7:00, from there we headed to Curtis' ball game. The game lasted till 9 or so. After that we headed to Wal-mart to buy an onion and cream of mushroom soup for Curtis' birthday meal. We also purchased a couple magazines for something to read while i was in labor that coming Saturday. Ok so after Wal-mart we headed to Burger King for supper. Got home a little before 11... and crashed. I remember Curtis being totally worn out and falling asleep just like that. I of course did what any other 9 month pregnant lady does.. Toss and turn,use the restroom, toss and turn some more, worry, etc. At around midnight i got up to use the restroom for probably the third time that night. The moment i stood up i like freaked out because i thought i was peeing myself. Seconds later it hit me what was happening.... Was that really my water breaking...?!!? I went out in the living room and was pacing around, got out the labor and delivery book to read and make sure that was what was happening. I didn't want to wake Curtis unless it was the real thing!! After realizing it was indeed that.. i went into the room, tapped Curtis on the shoulder and said " Honey, i hate to wake you up, but i think my water just broke.... and by the way Happy Birthday!!!" :) He laid there for a little letting it soak in and then said " Do you feel the cord?" We were told in Lamaze class that if your water breaks and you feel the cord to bend over and call 911 immediately!! I just thought it was kinda funny that that was the first thing that came to his mind. Anyhow well, he jumped up and started running around getting stuff together.. We were only partly packed. He was getting the carseat, reading the manual figuring out how you strap it in, reminding me to put chapstick in the bag(another Lamaze thing--- take chapstick along --you lips will get dry when in labor!!-is what they said) ..... Well while he is running around doing that stuff, i got into a major laughing fit. So there i was laughing VERY loudly and my husband is like "umm, honey is everything ok?" And i say (over and over again) in between the loud laughs--" I just didn't picture it happening this way!!" Duh, Alyssa. Well, we got left.. and as we were headed down the road, Curtis turns on the light and pulls out the Labor and delivery book and says "Could you look in there and read about the breathing techniques?" So there we were 1:00 AM driving down the empty roads, on the way to the hospital, reading about different ways to breath when you're in labor.

Well, we arrive at the hospital around 1 something. They ask me if i am having contractions..I say no. Later she tells me i having actually pretty big ones.. And I say "Oh that's what that is!!"(the very yucky feeling i'd been having all that day!!) Around 6 AM they give me PIT to make stuff happen faster. I was having big contractions just a couple minutes apart...... Ok so to make a long story a little bit shorter....... i took nubane, that wore off, then finally around 3 pm i asked for an epidural........... by 6:30 they were like ok things are taking too long. They prepped me for a c-section....and wheeled me into the operating room. And at 7:03 PM..Carter Monroe(weighing 7 lbs 10 ozs) entered the world.. Not at all how we expected it, but that didn't matter one bit.. We had a healthy little boy and that's all that mattered!!!!! I finally did get to hold Carter around 11:00 that night. Don't remember too much of it, i was pretty much drugged up.

So anyhow that pretty much sums up how Carter was born. I still think it is neat how he came on Curtis' birthday!!! Curtis will say that, that was his best birthday yet. Hopefully he gets to spend this Birthday a little bit more relaxed..........;)

Wow... If you made it through that story, then good for you!!


Tonight, after church, we are going to celebrate their birthdays.

The birthdays of my two favorite guys..- Now that is worth celebrating if you ask me! :)