The birthday boy himself... the picture of cool.
Wow! How did this happen? I swear it doesn't seem like it's been 12 years since Justin was born. It was a very difficult pregnancy. I started spotted at the beginning of my second trimester, and by the end of that trimester I started having contractions and started to dilate. I had terrible acid reflux, and my doctors told me to take Tums or Rolaids. (They didn't do anything, and now they give pregnant women real medicine. I'm so jealous!) I developed severe pre-eclampsia so my kidneys were shutting down, I had a hard time breathing and my blood pressure sky rocketed. My body didn't work right, and I woke up one morning with so much excess water that my feet and legs were like silly putty. You could poke them and it would stay depressed for 10 minutes before the indentation went away. The swelling didn't go away until Justin was 2 weeks old. Towards the end of the pregnancy the pre-eclampsia got so bad they were worried that I was going to have a stroke. (In the hospital my BP was almost 200 over 120.) I had to go on bedrest because of the pre-term labor and pre-eclampsia and on medication to stop my labor at 28 weeks. I had several trips to the hospital to get the labor stopped. After all that, during the last 4 weeks of my pregnancy everything stopped working and I ended up having to be induced. My doctors were sure that I was going to have him early because of the pre-term labor, and he ended up being overdue. So instead of an August baby I had a September baby. That was not cool!
The delivery wasn't any better. It was long and difficult due to his large head size, and the fact that my epidural didn't work... either time. OUCH! I was so tired towards the end of the delivery that I passed out between each contraction. (I guess being up for 2 nights in the hospital in labor will do that to you.) When he finally came out the doctor lifted his arm up and had him wave to me. I smiled, said hi and went back to sleep.
Despite the horrible pregnancy, delivery and recovery I feel so lucky and blessed to have Justin. He is such a good boy. He helps out with the other kids, and truly feels empathy for everyone. He doesn't want anyone to feel lonely or left out. He plays with the other kids' friends and helps them feel welcome. If someone is new at school he seeks them out and tries to get to know them. He does his jobs usually before I have to ask him to, and he is just a cool kid. I love this boy!
Natalie's face is back to normal in time for Justin's birthday. She only has a few bite marks to remind us that it even happened. She really was happy it was Justin's birthday, but she isn't a morning person!
Trevor and Drew yuk it up for the camera. I'll have to post baby pictures of these 2. The only difference is the eye color.
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