The holidays were absolutely glorious , spending another year just us as a family. When subtracting the idea of traveling from the equation, the holidays are extremely enjoyable ! Steven had way too many presents ( thanks to some ridiculously spoiling grandparents and parents ) and we both ended up with gifts that were on our lists for Santa as well . I made an enormous feast full of family favorites and some new recipes of my own, we had some close friends over and really just had a blast. New years was spent having a pj party , yes an adult comfy pj party, over here watching the ball drop. Being so pregnant was not treating me well so it was extremely enjoyable to just relax on a holiday that is usually filled with over indulgence and little sleep .
January was spent getting Steve back into the swing of the Apache course , lots of park days with Steven , a zoo trip to Montgomery, and utter exhaustion on my part. I can say that I enjoyed being pregnant all 16 months of the past few years... But those last two definitely took a toll on me physically and mentally . Poor Steves had to deal with a half version of myself thanks to minimal energy, severe pain, and constant complaining.
The middle of the month contained some fun weekends with a baby shower put on by my great girlfriends here Aly and Monica. A group of girls we have been friends with here all came and even Nana , Missy, and Aunt SueSue came up from Florida . The following weekend our FRG ( family readiness group... Basically a spouse group from flight class) had a 3 way shower which was also a blast. We are truly beside ourselves with how much support and friendship we have here at Rucker .
The end of the month brought Steve's birthday , old man is 26 ;) my attempt at a surprise party didn't exactly pan out. I invited about 15 of our friends to go to dinner where we would surprise Steve and then all come have Cake here after . Thanks to his speed racing driving skills we ended up getting to dinner before most people, ruining the surprise. Either way I think he had a great night hanging out with friends and celebrating another year in the books ! We were definitely waiting for this baby to be born on his birthday ...We kept on waiting...
The first weekend of February brought more excitement than we could have imagined . Friday night I began itching. For those who don't know I had a condition called cholestasis with Steven thanks to my lack of gallbladder. There is no way to know you have this until you begin itching . Your stomach bile leaks into your blood stream and in turn the babies blood stream , which becomes very dangerous in late pregnancy . Doctors want to induce by 37 weeks to avoid the high chance of stillbirth . Unfortunately we had no idea I had this condition again until the itching began at 38 weeks. Saturday my dr. Put me on a bile reducing medicine . Saturday was also the day of Steve's good buddy Dave's wedding in AZ which he obviously couldn't make it to. Sunday the itching persisted so Dr. Johnston had me venture on down to labor and delivery to simply test my bile levels . After driving myself down to Dothan and being monitored for hours the results came back worse than anticipated. My levels were nearly double what they were with Steven and way off of the safe zone charts , needless to say I was not being released until Kane was here .
This same day was ironically the day of the super bowl that the patriots just so happened to be playing in against the giants ... We all know what happened there ... I will say no more. ;/ watching it in the hospital was possibly the safest place for My husband ! I spent the evening sleeping until the morning induction began. After having my water broken at 6 they began my pitocin induction at 830 just in time for Steve to arrive from dropping Steven off with friends . Everything progressed very fast from there and our sweet baby Kane was in my arms by 11:36 in the morning ! He came out at 7 lbs 7 oz 21 1/4 inches long . He is absolutely perfect , more perfect than we ever could have dreamed of.
The next few days were spent very peacefully for me . I called it a mini vacation being waited on hand and foot with my sweet new little guy by my side! Steve on the other hand had quite a handful with Steven ;) being thrown off schedule and not having mom around was unsettling enough but later we found out he had Some terrible allergies he was fighting as well . Zyrtec has made all of the difference and brought back our happy energetic guy !
We had some great company in the hospital and even more after returning home. Many of our friends were quick to make dinners for us, come visit Kane , and really just show us tremendous amounts of support .
We have spent the past two weeks getting to know our little angel Kane James and our dynamic as a family of 4. Steven and Kane are literally night and day, we have a lot of fun ahead of us ! From the second Kane was put into my arms and Steve clipped that last attachment to me, we could just feel his peaceful disposition. Boy were we right ! He is a great eater , sleeper and simply happy/ easy as can be . Steven is totally in love with his brother. He is constantly kissing him, checking on him, and really just adoring him throughout the day. We could not be more blessed as a family , the feeling of wholeness and joy has been overwhelming . We are both beyond excited to have such amazing little boys to raise.
Life has been pretty good to us lately and we are thankful for every moment . The only thing better would be to have family close by to share such precious time with . I have put photos of the birth and newborn pics I took on a Walmart account so family and friends can order their own prints! I'll post the link below ...
Click here to order prints of Kane!
Even though it's been a while since I've posted I'm going to try to write at the end of each month to not only update everyone but keep our own family journal to look back on as well.
We love you all very much , thank you for being a part of our lives !
- Brittany
Ps. Pardon my lack of editing, second grade level grammar , and poor sentence structure... Apparently midnight feedings and toddler chasing has temporarily exhausted my brain ;)
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