Two years ago on April 7th, my water broke at work but I didn't realize it because it was a slight leak all day. Late that afternoon, I talked to the nurse at my doctor's office and she told me to go to the hospital. I had a feeling that they would send me home because it was too soon for Beck to be born. Plus, I wasn't ready...I had nothing packed and had not washed his clothes in Dreft to keep him from getting a rash. We had not toured the hospital yet so I had no idea where to go. I called Brent and he met me at the hospital. Turns out that my water had indeed broke and I was having contractions and didn't even know it!
The nurse checked me several times that evening then finally decided to give me pitocin which helps speed up the process of having a baby. They also determined that I did have preeclampsia which is probably why Beck was born early. [Preeclampsia can be deadly for the mother and baby. It can keep the baby from getting enough blood and oxygen. It can also harm the mother's liver, kidneys and brain. The only cure for preeclampsia is having the baby.] Once my contractions reached to a 4 or 5, then I requested the epidural. The nurse checked me one more time and said, "Something doesn't seem right." She did a sono and realized the baby was breech. Seems like she would have noticed this when I first arrived at the hospital and then I would not have gone through many hours waiting for Beck's arrival, the pitocin and the painful contractions. So, they immediately got Brent dressed in scrubs and rushed me to the operating room.
At 3:35am on April 8th, Beck was born at 6 lbs. 12 oz which is a healthy sized baby being 3-4 weeks early. Needless to say, I was completely exhausted and could not keep my eyes open in the recovery room. The nurses were trying to tell me all kinds of stuff and all I wanted to do was go to sleep.
Baby Beck has been our little angel ever since the day he was born. For his first birthday, we had a very simple and small party in Gilmer at Pops and Kiki's house. This year, his birthday landed on a Thursday so I baked cupcakes to take to Mrs. Linda's house then we had a big birthday party on Saturday.
Happy Birthday Beck!!! 
After having a blast watching Beck chase bubbles, Jeff picked up Nannie and we ate dinner with Pops, Kiki, Brian, Katherine, Ava, Lola, Jill and Marcus. We missed Jody, Jennifer and Noah! We enjoyed eating ham, baked beans, potato salad, lemon pie (my favorite), coconut pie and a beautiful cake that Katherine brought from Society Bakery.
While everybody was eating, I caught Beck in Pops and Kiki's room standing on the step stool by the bed playing with Pops sleep apnea machine and he put headphones on his head!
Now it's time to decorate 3 dozen eggs!!!
It was so cute to watch Beck get creative with the eggs. He thought he was supposed to dip the crayon in the dye then paint the egg!
This is the variety of colors that we used to dye the eggs...
Ava is totally into decorating the eggs!
Even Lola is getting in on the action...
This is when Beck would dip his crayon in the dye...
Then color his egg...
Check out the bright colored eggs! So pretty! 
I saw Dr. Nivens last week for the glucose test and all went well except that I'm on the low end of iron which really surprises me because I do eat food that is loaded with iron. I guess Kinsey is sucking all of the iron out of me.
This pregnancy has been a lot harder. With Beck, I was sick at least once a week up until I had him but at least I could come home and relax or fall asleep whenever I wanted. With this pregnancy, after I leave work, I pick up Beck, we eat dinner and play until he goes to bed. We start his bath at 8:30 and he's out by 9pm. After he's down then Brent and I watch the shows we record (American Idol, Dancing with the Stars, Lost, Desperate Housewives and the Amazing Race). So, there's not much down time not to mention the fact that Beck weighs 35 lbs which has been hard lifting him. My lower back is in excruciating pain by Sunday night. I do suffer from sickness with this pregnancy but zofran has been my best friend which has helped tremendously. I try to get off the medicine almost every weekend but always end up getting sick. Last Saturday, I ate breakfast (sweet rice) and as soon as I finished, it all came back up. Yuck!!!
Yesterday, I took pictures of our newly remodeled Preston/Forest location and ended up hurting myself by doing a baseball catcher's squat. I was asked to get several shots but the one that got me was a picture of the base of our new tables so I had to get low to get the perfect shot which resulted in a pulled or strained muscle. I called Dr. Nivens and she said to take it easy, prop my feet up, take a warm bath and Tylenol if I need it. Thanks to Brent, I was able to do everything except take Tylenol because we didn't have any. What I did must have helped because I'm able to walk today. I guess I won't be volunteering to do anything crazy like that again. I'm going to take it slow and easy from here on out...wish me luck!
