The life of Joshua, as told by his mother!!

Oh, how it seems like a lifetime ago!! My first little boy; I wanted one soooo bad!! I remember telling my Brewster family that I wanted a little boy, one who was ALL boy. I prayed and prayed for a son and I had the perfect time that I wanted to get pregnant. However, someone else had other plans.

October 2004 is when it all began. We were living in Florida when Nate got a job out here in Ft. Worth. I knew how lucky I was because my family lived in Arlington. Before packing up and leaving our Brewster family, I told them that I wanted to have another baby and get pregnant in February/March 2005. I don't think that I had informed Nate, but he would have caught on eventually. Here's the thing, my husband can walk pass me and bump my arm and *boom*, I'm pregnant. It's that fast and unexpected. My sister in law knew that and she said it would be sooner. We moved October 26th-ish 2004, and I found out I was pregnant in the middle of December2004. Nate's insurance had not kicked in quite yet, so this was a HUGE suprise!!

The Pregnancy:

I knew from day one that I was having a boy. I can't explain it, I just knew. I had my doubts at the sonogram, but when she said boy tears streamed down my face. My 2 girls were thrilled, but no one was more excited than Nate. He was finally getting his son! My pregnancy was great! I felt good, had very minimal weight gain, and carried him all out front. Like my other 2 pregnancies, it was perfect!! I got my mind into boy mode. I started planning his room theme and type of clothing. I bought so many blue things, It was ridiculous. Then came picking names. We knew we wanted to name him after Nate's grandad, who only had daughters. We wanted to carry on the "Palmer" name. So that was his middle name. I had always loved the name Jacob and Noah. So that is what I brought before Nate. We finally decided on Joshua, not one of our names, but one that went really well with Palmer. So Joshua Palmer it was, now we just needed the baby.

My due date was August 28th. My in-laws came in town for the delivery so they were staying with us. It was nice to have the extra pair of hands with the girls. During the first weekly appointment, we discovered that I was already 3 cm dialated. Elation swept over me. Could I really go into labor early? I heard for the next four weeks, "It could be anyday now!". Yeah right, I was 3 cm until they broke my water on August 29, 2005. This is the fun part!!

The Birth:

I was induced at 8:00 am. They broke my water and started pitocin. Since I was barely 4 cm they called in the anesthesiologist and gave me my epidural. That's right, I felt no labor pains!! I was progressing nicely, had a moment when my BP dropped severly, but Josh was just in an awkward position. They just flipped me and all was right again. It was rolling onto lunch, so my family and the Brewster's (including Nate) decided to go to the cafeteria and get something to eat. I was only sitting at 7 cm, feeling no pressure just really relaxed. My sister, Charity, stayed to keep me company. They were all gone for about 15 minutes when I looked at my sister and told her I was feeling a huge amount of pressure. The nurse came in and I told her too. She had just checked me and I was at 7, but to satisfy me she would check again. She closed the sheet so quickly and told me not to push. I was complete and his head was right there. Charity hurried and called Nate. The next thing I knew, my mom burst in the room followed by Nate and my mother in law, holding in Zaynah. Everything happend so fast. The room was ready and I gave one push, his head came out. They cleaned and suctioned him. Second push, out came the rest. He was here!!! August 29th 2005 at 12:39 pm I met my son, all 7lbs and 9ozs!! Such an amazing feeling, I held my daughters right when they were born and now my son. I didn't know whether to laugh or cry. I felt so blessed. As for Zaynah, she witnessed the whole thing, well as much as a 2 year olds mind could comprehend. Although, she had no problem telling everyone that Josh came out of my bobo!! I could not have planned at better birth and the outcome was simply blissful.

Now, here we are 3 years later. Joshua has been such a delight and joy to our family. He is such a comedian. He makes us laugh on a regular basis. Him and I have such a sweet bond, it's true what they say about a mother and son. He could spend hours watching the sanition workers empty our garbage cans, or the lawn guys mow and weed whack. He loves trains, planes, and automobiles. And sometimes I even catch him in my high heels!! I got what I asked for almost 4 years ago, a boy...who's All boy. Happy Birthday Joshua, mommy loves you dearly!!

*his birthday party is on Sunday so I will post something about that then, with pictures!! Tonight we just had pancakes, he got to blow out candles on a cake...a pan-cake... :)