Hunter arrives!

December arrived splendidly this year!
Hunter Lawrence Stevens made his debut
on Thursday last week. He had been due
on November 30th. When Lacey visited the
doctor, all Dr. Iler would say was that it
would be "soon".

It was. It was the next day. Lacey even
drove herself to the hospital. She had
him in only about 5 hours. She told us
that it was not as tough as she had
imagined it was going to be from what
everyone told her.

She will be able to have children easily.
Both my mother and my mother in law
had their children easily. Somehow
my older daughter and I missed out
on that. I am not sure why, but it
is a forgettable pain, so that makes
it all worth while.

With each Grandchild's birth, I remember
bits and snatches of my own children
coming into the world.

It took me a long time to want Grandchildren.
Maybe I should never have had 3 children of my
own. Whatever caused me not to want grandchildren
at that time has passed. It passed as soon as my
oldest daughter told me she was expecting.

I remember her call that day. I do not remember
what day it was...but I remember what she said.
She said.... what are you doing in November?
I don't know why, but I caught on pretty fast.
She must have been laughing in the background
or something, because I said, "are you pregnant"
pretty quickly. I was covering a lampshade with
scraps of fabric at the time...hands all glue
and sticky.

The time went quickly and Tyler ended up coming
almost a month early, on October 9, 2003. Guess
I should have told daughter that it did not take
me long to get pregnant. She didnt take long either.
They had only been trying for a short while.

The youngest, who just gave birth to Hunter, took
a while longer to get pregnant. They had been
trying for almost 2 years before they succeeded.
Lacey had an easy pregnancy. She even worked up until
a few days before he was born. She got so bored those
days waiting after she left work.
We took her out to supper on the Tuesday
before he arrived. Grandpa Larry said he wanted out
because of all the pizza and chicken we ate that night.

Jodee had a long labor, and we worried if and when Tyler
would get out. He finally got here....after she labored
a long hard time. He is 2 years old now and that time
seems to have flown by. We did not get to see him as
much as I would have wanted to because of the distance
between where they lived and us.

Now they have moved closer. We see each other about every
month now...which I really like. He is going through
the terrible 2s right now...so I don't cry so much when
I have to wait to see him.

We got to see Hunter the night he was born. I got to hold
him for about an hour that night. That was special.

I was in the room when Tyler was born...that was special too.

I have been very blessed.

I called my Dad to tell him about Hunter...and he sounded
so very excited too.

I have promised to call Dad more often, and I intend to
keep that promise...both for him and for me.

I want to close this with a small thank you.

I am thankful to God for helping me find out
what was wrong with me. I want to thank Dr. for
listening to me and helping me find the right
medicine for me.

I want to thank my Family for loving me and
forgiving me so quickly for being kinda nuts
for a few weeks.

Thank you too, dear cyber friends for listening
and letting me rant and rave when I needed to
do so.

You are all in my thoughts and Prayers.
May you enjoy December and begin your New Year
with Joy and Happiness, not Depression and Sadness.

If you feel sad, see your Dr...it may be the best
thing you ever do for yourself.

Goodnight all, hugs too

Katie