Meeting (most) of the Fam!!

Billy is transferring from Roanoke territory to Lynchburg - WOOHOO! It's awesome and a wonderful surprise, but it also means him selling new drugs and going back to New York for training. for 10 days. leaving me with a newborn and a 3 year old. yikes. So what do I do? Bump my trip to the shore up! haha.

Billy left for NY and the kids and I survived a few days alone. Not too bad. I cleaned and packed and left. :) We stopped in Richmond for a couple days to spend some time with the Daniels' family. Sharon & I took Meredith to the Children's Museum in Richmond and introduced Micah to some of the family that hadn't met him yet. A couple days later the kids and I took off, excited to spend 11 wonderful days on the Shore!!!! We had soooo much fun. I couldn't have asked for better weather, better quality time with family, or for better kids. They were amazing the entire time. Billy came the last weekend we were there and got to have fun with us before returning for work. It was such a good trip!

We went to the beach twice, traveled to Ocean City, MD. to enjoy the boardwalk and ride rides, took Meredith to see Disney Junior's Pirate & Princess tour, had multiple dinners with family, celebrated Uncle Wardy's birthday on Chincoteague, played with Megan & her kids several times, and Billy & I even had a date night! WOOHOO! :)

Meredith & I were super sad to leave, and even extended our trip an extra day because we weren't ready to say goodbye. It's hard being that far away because weekend trips aren't that easy - especially with 2 kiddos now. I hate that my family only gets to see us every few months, but we make it work the best we can. We didn't get to see my cousins (The Sayers & Bradford crew) yet again... I'm pretty bad at communicating once I get on the shore because we stay so busy. That's a MUST the next time we're home!!! We finally started our trip home and I'm not sure who struggled with us leaving more... us or Aunt Kate & MawMaw :)

Here's a few pictures of our trip home. We're counting the days until we return.

Micah's first time at the beach <3

Sand Angels... not to be confused with Snow Angels :)

Micah's first dip in the bay!

Pop Pop & Micah... such a special picture :)

Maw Maw & Meredith at the Disney Junior Live! show :)

Mer & I... lovely face girlie. :)

Megs & I in Ocean City!

Meredith & Colton... 

The Daniels Family <3

Aunt Kate & her kiddos 

Maw Maw & her grandbabies :)

Micah's 2nd trip to the beach... this time with Daddy! 

Building sandcastles!

Celebrating Uncle Wardy's birthday!

buddies :)

Megan & Micah!!!

Poppy & Micah :)

Poppy & his grandkiddos :)

Micah Sutton William Daniels

Wow ya'll. It's be a long time since I've written. My sister-in-law (to be I guess but I've considered her my sis for a while now) Hailey inspired me when she started her blog the other day. (You can read that here if ya want!) I have a lot to catch up on, but let's face it... with 2 kiddos needing me... we'll see how much I catch up on. :)

First, and most importantly, Micah Sutton William Daniels was born on June 28, 2013 at 11:35 pm weighing in at 8 lbs. 9 oz. and 21 inches long. Whoa Baby. Literally. :)

40 weeks & 5 days!

My main support. Love you babe!

Please notice the looks on our faces...hmm..

Maria reading scriptures to me...

touching up my make up lol... girls gotta look good for pictures!!!

pain free! woohoo!!

seeing our sweet boy for the first time <3

Micah Sutton... our cone head :) haha

My sweet kiddos... My whole world <3

The story? Here's the synopsis. I was scheduled to be induced the morning of the 28th, but I was supposed to call at 6 am to see when I should arrive. Thursday I was having some issues but nothing too alarming so I didn't worry over it, but instead focused on spending quality time with Meredith, enjoyed a yummy meal of chinese food, and waited patiently  for my mom and sister to arrive. Friday morning I got up, showered, and called at 6... and guess what? The hospital was slammed and said I could call back at 10 but I probably wouldn't be able to come in until much later. WHAT?!?!?!? I'd planned to go at 8... and if you know me at all you know that waiting is not what I do best. :( But, I was still have the same issues as the day before so my friend/doula Maria suggested calling my mid-wife. I did and she wanted to see me at the doctors office at 9. I was preparing to go in, but I started leaking amniotic fluid... so I called her again and it worried her a little so she sent me to the hospital ((this made me happy since I was one step closer to being admitted if I was already there, lol))... and guess what?! When I arrived I was in labor and didn't know it. hahaa... God's plans people. I was admitted at 10 am and labor continued to get stronger, but sporadic. I labored until 2 pm but my contractions were still irregular. I was having cluster contractions and they were strong... and I was progressing... but they weren't consistent. So they gave me pitocin and oh.my.word. Yea. They got regular. By 7 pm I was having contractions 1-2 minutes apart lasting for about a minute and I was in pain. I still wasn't sure about the epidural but my midwife basically said "now or never" so I said NOW! lol.  I labored another hour or so... by 8:30 I was starting the epidural process... by 9 it was in, by 9:30 it was mostly working, but my blood pressure was dropping a lot, and thankfully by 10:30 I was pain free and relaxed... only to be checked and told it was game time. haha. I started pushing at 11:00 and he was in this world by 11:35.

My beautiful baby boy. My sweet Micah. All 8 1/2 pounds of him. ((Meredith was 6 lb. 7 oz. people... I was SHOCKED by my sweet boys size!))

And now... we couldn't imagine life without him. <3