Baby Grayson

Today is Grayson's First Birthday!!! She was born at 5:35 pm a year ago today. Her real due day was suppose to be tomorrow the 30th. I remember it like it was yesterday. I had on a white sweater and gray dress pants( both maternity of course), because I had to go to work to save every day for when I went out on materity leave. My boss was making me run around trying to get stuff done, because he knew it wasn't going to be to much longer. I noticed that my stomach had been hurting most of the day, but I really didn't think much of it because Mary Elizabeth was a week late from her orginial due date.

The few days before we noticed that Mary Elizabeth wasn't feeling very well, so I made an appointment for 3:00 that afternoon on the 29th. We wanted to make sure she was well before the baby came. So I picked her up from school and headed to the doctor. While we were there, I really started feeling contractions. I started getting really hot and feeling like I couldn't sit still. Of course the doctor's office was super crowded and it felt like we waited for hours. While we were waiting for the doctor I debted just walking out, but my water hadn't broke or anything, so I just figured there would be plenty of time and I was just feeling some early contractions.

So now it was about 4:30 and Ben and I had ridden to work together that day. ME and I got in the car and headed downtown to pick him up. At this point is when I realized it was time. ME kept trying to talk to me and I kept trying to be nice to her and drive with contractions. Right around 5:00 we get to the spot where I normally pick Ben up and I see him strolling across the State House grounds. I get out of the car because my contractions are so strong now I could hardly sit still. I call him and next thing I know he is running towards us. Luckily the hospital, Baptist, that we go to was only a few blocks away. Ben is calling my mom and his parents, that live a hour away, telling them to get here as quick as they can.

We find a parking spot and Ben and ME start running across the crosswalk of the hospital, leaving me way behind. I just remember watching ME laughing from a far, beacuse she thinking this is a game. I finally make it to where they are and the nurses start asking me all this questions that I can't even begin to answer. They take me into a room to get changed and that's when everything happened. I just remember the nurse saying, "it's time". They rushed me over to the delivery room, along with Ben and ME who are scared to death beacuse they have no idea what's happening to me. At this point a nurse came and got ME and they told me that I wasn't going to be able to have any drugs. I just remember looking at  the nurses saying, "I can't do this". The sweet nurses, who didn't even know my name, just held my hand and said you are going to be fine. Then the nurses started telling me not to push, because Dr. Stands had not arrived yet. He was paged and was running across to get here in time. Well he got there alright, just in time to catch our beautiful baby Grayson.

Wasn't the best experience, and it was certainly a pain that I will never ever forget. But we recieved a healthy baby and that all that matters. And now that I think about it ME wouldn't have be there more than likely, but it was nice to have the whole family there to see Grayson.

With that whole crazy story, it still makes me sad to know that this is our last little baby. I know she's one already, but she still seems like my little baby. So in the words of ME, "Happy Birthday Baby G money"!!!