So my sweet little
Austin man turned 4 years old last week! Wow, where does the time go? I seriously can't believe he's 4 already!! So I thought we would take a trip down memory lane and share Austin's story. ...
Austin was my first
little boy that was born into this family! I wanted a little boy
soooo bad so you can imagine how excited I was to hear the doc say those magic words," Up, yep, right there..and he's not shy about it!!" Ha Ha! It brought me to tears and to this day love this little guy as much as the moment they put him in my arms. Austin was born January 31st 2007, and oh boy did he make an entrance into this world! I know some of you have already heard this story but because of everything I went through to bring him into this world, I believe I have the right to share this story every year!!
I was scheduled to be induced on August 1st (yes..the NEXT day..but I guess he couldn't wait!) The morning of the 31st I was having some
braxton hicks contractions but I had been having them since I was 5 months
prego so didn't really worry about it. I decided since I was going in the next morning to have him I better run to the store and get some groceries for my family and some last minute supplies. I was getting some pics developed at the hour
kidos and remember thinking, "
hmm, these are getting
alot more frequent. Maybe I should start timing them." I got in my car went home,
layed Brooklyn down for a nap and decided to call the doc because they were off and on, nothing consistent but every 5 min, then every 1o, then every 2, etc.. the nurse told me to NOT come in until they were
consistently 5 min apart, so I said
ok and hung up the phone. I called Ben and he said he was headed into a meeting so wouldn't be able to leave his meeting for another hour so he would be home after that. I said
ok and hung up the phone again! I kid you not, 2 min after I hung up the phone with Ben, I was in EXCRUCIATING PAIN!! I called my neighbor and she rushed over to help. I was hurting so bad I was on the floor in the fetal position and literally thought I was going to die!! My friend tried calling Ben a couple of times and couldn't get
ahold of him, so was getting ready to rush me to the hospital when low and behold Ben walked in the door! He told me he had a bad feeling(which we all know what that bad feeling was!) after he talked to me and decided to leave his meeting. He literally had to carry me out the car, rushed to the hospital, (and when I say RUSHED, I mean going 40 down the dumb one lane redwood road at the time during school bus hours so we were following the slowest buses EVER ) as i was SCREAMING in the car. I remember looking up at Ben when we at a stop light and he was SMILING!!! I asked him why he was smiling and his response, "Because we're gonna have a baby babe."..
aww, so sweet now..NOT SO SWEET THEN!! I then screamed at him to drive faster! We pulled up to the hospital and they brought me a wheelchair and rushed me up to the triage room. The nurse checked me and sure enough, I was at a 9+, my doc couldn't make it so the doctor on call would have to deliver, it was to late for an epidural and there wasn't even time to get me to a real
hospital room. I was having that baby NOW so push!! I of course broke down, kept saying I did not think I could do this and even brought tears to my non emotional never-
crys husband. After a major prep talk from him, and clinging to his hands for dear life, I DID IT! From the moment I was
wheel chaired into that room, it was a total of 16 minutes!! It felt like 16 hours, but I did and was
SOOO happy to have my healthy 6.4 pound baby boy in my arms. From the day Austin was born I have always said that he has been my hardest. The birth, with sleeping, eating, attitude when he was 2 and 3, etc.. but I have come to realize now that Talon is 3 that it's just a BOY thing!
haha.
Austin is BEST friends with his sister Brooklyn, plays with boy toys all day with Talon, and is the best out of all of the kids with Dru. He talks to that baby all day and before Austin even walks up to Dru, Dru is kicking his little legs just cause he sees him coming. Austin LOVES his
leapster video games that mom has to pry out of his hands every day. He loves
transformers, playing swords, riding bikes, playing outside, Thomas the train, and every other little boy toy that comes his way! He is
truly a joy in our family and we love him so so so so so much. He is my biggest
cuddlier out of all of the boys, tells me ten times a day how pretty I am, and how much he loves me at least every day! He will randomly walk up to little girls in the store, take them by the hand, bring them to me and say, "Hey mom, look at this girl, isn't she so pretty!" Oh boy..I am in BIG trouble with him. Those baby blues will be used to his advantage some day I'm sure, but for right now the only heart he is melting is his mama's. Happy fourth birthday big boy. We love you to the moon and back (grandma's saying that we say
allot around here) and would please appreciate it you could stay this age forever
pls. Now, we are both sitting here on the couch on opposite ends with the worst flu bug ever so cuddle with me..Love you baby
January 31st 2007
He's here!
Brooklyn was so excited to have a brother in
her life
Kisses from mommy that I still get every day
Austin has love Brooklyn from the day he was
born. They truly are best friends
Ya, I'm pretty sure he's a stud haha
Look at those blues...big trouble I'm telling
you!
This is the way the two of them really
are so I love this pic
Austin is so good with his brothers
and I love that they love him
so much. Always be a god example
k buddy because they will be watching
very close!
Telling Santa what he wants
4 years old!!
We took Austin to Monkey Island for his birthday
this year and he had a BLAST!
Austin's new love..our fish Zippity
Valetines day party! He's my biggest snacker
for sure and could eat sugar all day long!!
