Signet 2

In September 2007 a month after I had gotten off the Diflucan. Ashley and I started trying to have another baby. After 4 months of trying I thought oh no here we go again, and toward the end of December something in my heart told me that I was pregnant and I decided to wait until January to take a test and I was right...I was pregnant with another baby who was due September 13 the day before Brayden's birthday. This pregnancy was alot differant than the first. I was carring all my weight in my belly this time and with Brayden I gained all over.I even failed my glucose test and started the diabetic diet and went back and failed the first hour and past the next two hours so I just stayed on the diet until after I had Bryant. I honestly can say I felt better than I have ever felt while I was on the diet.

***This is a picture of Ashley,Brayden,and Me at the zoo the day before I had Bryant**

On August 26 I went into Dr. Stones office and he wanted to go ahead and induce me because he thought Bryant was going to be another big boy. I told him I wanted to wait until September so that him and Brayden would be 3 years apart in school so On September 2 I went in and Dr Stone checked me and told me to come in the next morning to be induced. On September 3 I woke up got a shower got dressed and we headed to the doctor ready to welcome our new baby boy into the world.

Well I got to the hospital and got changed into my hospital issued gown, and the nurse got some blood work,started my IV and did some paper work, and the whole time we talked about how I would never have a child naturally that it just don't make since when there are such good medicines out there. Well my water was broke around 6:00 am and about 7:15 or so the nurse came back into my room to tell me that my **My wonderful nurse who was pregnant and due March of 09**platelet count was too low...What that meant was I would not be getting my wonderful epidural this time around that I would get some local meds but that would be it. I honestly was scared that this was going to be long day..many thoughts raced through my mind. Well after about 6 hours of being in labor and about 30 minutes of actually pushing Bryant was born about 12:15. In all honesty yes I did feel him coming but I think that made him get here alot faster because I could tell exactly what I was doing they told me to push and I did. I had a wonderful lady that made me get on my kness and that really made me feel alot better. Bryant was born weighing 7lbs 8oz and 20 3/4 inches long. He was such a beautiful baby,but had to stay under the heater alot longer than I wanted.

**Bryant's first pictures**

Dr Timothy Stone.....He was the same doctor that delivered Brayden.

Me&Bryant&Brayden notice the matching shirts...

Daddy &Bryant....Daddy is so proud of his boys.

On September 05 2008 we were released from the hospital to come home it was such a beautiful day.We made a quick stop at Walmart to get Bryants pictures made then we headed to the house to get a nap, cause you never get any sleep at hospitals. Bryant came home weighing only 7lb 2 oz and he wanted to sleep more than he wanted to eat so whenever we went back to the doctor he was up to 7lb 4 oz but still not enough weight so I had to start him on a feeding schedule and wake him every two hours to eat, needless to say it was a bit tiresome but it was well worth it. When we went back to the doctor
09/22/2008
Weight: 7 lbs. 10 oz.Height: 20 5/8 in. so we dr bill told me that I could go back to letting him sleep for hours at night or until he woke up but needless to say he was on a schedule that I could not break so regardless every two hours he woke up to eat. Then we had to come back on 10/01 for a regular checkup and he weighed
Weight: 8 lbs. 5 oz.Height: 21 1/2 in

Sickness

In June 2006 I became sick and went to a local doctor with a complaint of a dry cough. I told him I was taking Histussin HC and it wasn't helping so he diagnosed me with Microplasm without any testing he sent me home with a prescription for Zpack, Tessalon Pearls. I honestly felt like he thought I was a drug seeker. I started the medicine and didn't get any better and I woke up early one morning with fever and back pain. I went to the UAB er and they quickly did a chest x-ray and it was not long after that I was admitted to the hospital with pneumonia. I was quickly given to the infectious disease doctor and diagnosed with Cryptoccocal Pneumonia(a yeast infection in my lungs, usually found in Alabama soil, can be carried by pigeon) so the residents immediatly assumed that I had AIDS because normally it isn't caught by someone with a normal immune system. Well nevermind all that I stayed in the hospital for what seemed like forever, because Brayden was only 8 months going on 9 and that was my first time to have to leave him. Well that year I spent 4th of July in the hospital not were I wanted to be. The residents had done a spinal tap on me earlier that day to make sure that the Crypto had not gotten into my brain, well after the fireworks I had a horrible headache that made me feel like I needed to throw up, well the neurologist came in and said the test was normal, gave me meds for the headache. I was released from the hospital with a PICC line in aand home health care (what a joke) well about three weeks went by and I basicly stayed heavily sedated well I got a fever and begin throwing up quickly to be rushed to the hospital only to be told my PICC line was infected. I got sent home to take even more medication...imagine that!The next day the ID doctor called and told me to start on diflucan everyday and to return to his office in a week for a recheck. For over a year I was on the Diflucan everyday, and had to go into the doctor once a month to get my liver checked and do a chest xray well as of August 2007 I was released from the doctor. I will always have residual in my lungs, but hopefully I will never be sick with this disease again. I am so thankful that Ashley didn't leave my bedside throughout the whole ordeal, and Betty stepping in there taking care of Brayden when he needed her the most, and the Cato's for taking the time everyday to call and check on us and come to the hospital to celebrate the 4th with us. I realized how blessed I am through my sickness, Chrs,Grace,Aleasha,Haven,Krissy,Sandra Vinson, Donnie Smith, WJ baptist church, Zelda Frazier, there are so many more that I really would like to recognize but that would take a really long time.

Signet 1

In 2004 Ashley & I decided we wanted to have children, and after months of trying we were told we would not be able to have a baby without taking infertility medications. I was devastated about that news we went and bought the medications,and waited for my cycle well it didn't happen so we went back to the doctor. In his office the nurse forgot to do a pregnancy test so I had to get another sample, and only seconds later she came back to inform me that I was not pregnant, and needed to begin medicine to start my cycle,and so off to the pharmacy to get more medicine. After 3 weeks without a cycle and the medicine not helping I took another test,and come to find out I was pregnant the whole time. Talk about God's time, here I was desperate to have a child, and he had a plan all along. We changed doctor's to Timothy Stone at St Vincents. We had a due date of September 21,2005. The pregnancy was wonderful no health problems but toward the end of the pregnancy I started having issues with my sugar dropping, and on September 13,2005 I went to see him and he offered to induce me the next day so I aggreed and decided to take the rest of the day off so I could go home and wash all my clothes up. That night Ashley & I couldn't hardly sleep I think we went to bed about 10:00 and about 3:00 am we were up bright eyed and ready to go. Ashley got up and fixed him and his mom breakfast, and then we headed to the hospital with a quick stop by Walmart go figure.....Well at 6:00 am I was induced water broke and contractions began and about 10:00 am I was given my epidural and that was so funny I just laughed at everything after that. Well time drug on and about 12:00 Brayden started having troubles his heart rate had slowed down so they decided to roll me over on my side to keep him content. Well about 6:30pm doctor Stone came and had a serious talk with us about having to do a cesearn section cause things were not moving as fast as he would have liked them to and Brayden had already had two close calls, that they thought he wasn't going to make it. Well by 8:30 pm I started pushing and then by 9:03pm we had a beautiful 9 lb 1oz baby boy.

On September 16,2005 we were released from the hospital. This is one of our first family pictures this is right before we loaded up into the four runner.

We stopped off at Walmart for some quick picture with Brayden and then off to the house.This gown was made by one of the ladies that I worked with at Henderson & Walton Women Center. I absolutly loved it but Ashley wasn't so sure of it.

The Begining

On June 28 1999 I was headed into Birmingham traveling on 65 and Ashley got on at Finely Blvd...after a game of cat & mouse he got off the interstate on hwy31 so I waved goodbye to this guy who I just assumed I would never see again and proceded on to the Galleria exit. It was a hot day so I decided to park in the deck, and there he was...I was so embarresed instantly he called me a stalker, we spoke and both went our seperate ways. I went into Jcpenny thought a second and then went back to my car and wrote him a letter.

He called me the following night. In August of 2001 we went to the Galleria to get my watched fixed and while we were there he convinced me to look at rings and I found one super small beautiful and cheap, but he got the lady to show me a big one and I told him how ugly it was and it was gaudy. He said he had forgot my watch in his truck,and we had to go back to get it. He stopped to tie his shoe and I reached in and found a box to turn around and him be down on one knee with the note. October 6 2001 we were married. We bought a house in WJ.