I decided to start blogging so that all of you that are wondering how our large little family is doing can come check it out. Just so you all know right off hand I am lazy when it comes to proper english so don't expect too much!
Okay as most everybody knows we welcomed a very special new addition to our family on St. Patricks day this year. After a pretty hard pregnancy with a ton of up's and down's my water broke at 3:30 p.m. JR came home and off we went to the hospital. They hooked me up to all of their gadgets and at exactly 9:30 p.m. our little leprechaun made his grand entrance. We named our special little guy Dawson Justin and I knew as soon as I saw him he was special. He weighed 5 lbs. 14 oz. and was a very long 19 1/2 inches. After everything happened there I went to surgery (we decided that seven was plenty for our family) while dad and Dawson went to get cleaned up. When I got back to my room JR told me that Dawson had to go to the NICU because he was having a hard time breathing. Deep down in my heart I knew it was more than that. So after a couple of hours of just sitting without talking to any medical person the Dr. finally came in and said she had the same concerns that I had she also thought Dawson had Down Syndrome.
So after the news had set in I went down to the NICU and met the sweetest little boy that I was so afraid to meet. I spent the next two days crying and grieving for the little boy that I thought I had "lost". I left the hospital still very much in pain and unable to cope with the feeling of doom that I had. I got home and my son Ayden asked what is wrong I looked at him and said "the baby has down syndrome" He turned to me and said "so what". It was at that moment that I realized yeah...so what. We all have been very blessed by a very special spirit. Dawson is the sweetest little guy with the best personality he has made my life much more fulfilling and I have found that I never really knew what I had been missing. JR and the kids ADORE him and think he is the cutest thing ever they all fight about who's going to hold him or talk to him or play with him. Everyone is so in love with the little guy. Thank you God for giving us this very special gift.
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