Jason's 2!

Two years ago, our family was in a much different place.  Kevin had just joined the military and was away at Basic training.  I was enormously pregnant and trying to manage my two cuties, Garrett and Caiti, while dealing with pregnancy fun, like my gestational diabetes.  Luckily, I had very supportive friends and family around to help me get to all of my appointments, give me breaks from my kids, help me around the house, etc. 

On April 18, 2008, I went to the doctor for my checkup.  We discussed inducing me the following week because of my gestational diabetes.  Then I went home feeling great.  That night I was awakened to multiple contractions.  Because I had had false labor on many occasions with Caiti, I tried to ignore them, but finally I called Michelle and asked her to come watch the kids so that I could go to the hospital.  Then I called my parents and asked them to come take me to the hospital.  I apologized in advance for waking them up in the middle of the night because I knew the hospital would just send me back home...but they didn't.  Instead they admitted me.  Because I was only 36 weeks and 6 days along, they would not give me pitosin or break my water, so I had to try and wait patiently for Jason to decide to make his way into the world with the wonderful company of my mommy and my sister Sarah.  Luckily, the doctors changed, and the doctor on call in the morning said, "Let's have this baby!" and broke my water.  Unluckily, the anesthesiologist was stuck in an emergency situation, so I had to go through natural hard labor for an hour.  I am a big wimp when it comes to childbirth and was so relieved when I FINALLY got that epidural.  My sweet little Jason came (arm first), at exactly 12 noon on April 19, 2008.  His daddy didn't even know he had arrived until I got a surprise phone call the day I came home from the hospital, and he asked when I was going to be induced.  :)

Last year, for Jason's first birthday, his daddy ended up having to miss it again because he was deployed.  So, this year we made sure Kevin could be there for Jason's birthday celebration.  We had a great little party with our small family.  We had yummy Oreo cake, bought Jason some fun balloons, opened presents and played all night. 

We are so thankful for our little Jason.  He is such a happy, loving, funny, cute boy.  He brightens our life and our family, and Heavenly Father knew what we needed when he sent our little surprise baby our way.