~Busy Days~

That is what it has been for us..just a lot going on and I feel like I need each day to be twice as long. I have been working on Nick and Kara's party for a few weeks, details, details, that is who I am,lol. Nick kept adding things he would like done and such, so it was a work in progress. I got all the prizes taken care of this week, and the food was completed Thursday. Today we ran out for the last minute stuff, and finished making the games. scott worked hard on that, he is excited for the kids to play them;0)
The house is pretty much ready, and about 55 cupcakes were baked for the occasion, since our original carousel cake fell throug, last minute..sigh.
It is so funny because most of Kara's well wishers for this party, are of the male nature,lol..she is everyone's hearthrob, I was told today by one of the Moms,lol. I knew she was telling us about the boy she was going to "marry", a lot, but this gave us a huge chuckle. She has had her eyes set on a lil guy named Nicholas, and she is just the cutest with him, and the feeling is very mutual, his Mom has told me every week, in fact when he was thinking about Santa this week, he asked to write a list for Santa, and he added a list of what he should bring for Kara,lol. ( Now that is big stuff for a little tyke ;0) This will be so cute to see her with her friends tomorrow.
Nick is so happy, as well, to have his friends come to the party. he is a shy guy, so I am anxious to see how he will be with the kid's from his class, on his own turf. He does not know it, but his big wish for his birthday was granted. His bigger brother got a Nintendo DS for his past birthday, last Dec, and he oogled and drooled over it all year, and has been so patient, so my parents are surprising him with one for his special day, he will be elated, and so happy. My Dad promised him one ever since mackenzie's birthday, so this ought to be so sweet to see him when he opens it;0)
I just cannot believe my guy is turning 7. Really~SEVEN~To look at him, he is a bigger boy, and he looks older,but he is just going to be 7. He has the biggest eyes you will ever see, they stare into your soul, and with everything he says to you, you know it was well thought and heartfelt. I remember when I went into labor,like it was last yr, time is not so kind, as it jumps way too fast...but I had such a slight back ache all day and I had the same ache for weeks,so I was thinking it was just false labor, and was so passive. The only thing was that the ache was coming and going more frequently, so when Scott came home from work, we decided to go grocery shopping and get stuff done in case we would be in the hospital that weekend, as it was my due date, and we knew it would happen soon...and as we were at the check out line it started to be so strong and then I knew it was starting, so we went home and put everything away, and dropped the kids off at a very dear friend;s home, and the pain had stopped, really, just mild, so as we talked to our friend, on her doorstep, I was just saying" We will probably be back inan hour, becasue they will send me home" and wooosh, my water broke RIGHT there,lol... so on oir way we went, as the hospital was about 40 mins away. When we got there, I was almost 5 CM, but the bad news ws that I had the thickst tar like meconium laced fluid they had ever seen, and they were very concerned immediately. The hooked me up to the moniters and he was doing well, so they decided to give me pitocin and get him out ASAP, well, after a few hrs, of his heart decelling, me on oxygen, and truely praying my hardest of my life(up until that point) we were on this scary roller coatser, they would turn up the pitocen and he would just bottome out, and then I would halt my labor when they turned it off. I remember just shaking because the nurses and doctors were so stern and looked grim when they came in and said we need to act RIGHT then, because he could not tolerate it any further. They had even tried to re-add some fluid to cushion hi inside, but to no avail...
The last thing was them prpping me and literally shaving my stomach and unhooking the machines because he had no heartbeat fora long decel...when we got in the OR, they were turning up my epidural and trying to just go so fast, and it was just as surreal as it could get. I remember asking why it hurt and they said it was just pressure, and I said no that is pain, and it was because they did not have a solid epidural in, but the dr looked at me and said" we don't have time" I immediatle freaked out and asked is he alve? and they just igored me, and it was just so quiet,like a deafening quiet, you could never imagine, till you live it..and then I heard them say theywere pulling him out, and in a few seconds he was here, it was like a moment in a movie, only we were living it, he cried out, and the whole room was in such joy...we had been blessed like no other, on that day.It truely reknewed our faith in God's love, because this boy was almost not...and he was ill for a few days from fluid in his lungs and an infection, but he was here and just as beautiful as could be. I think back to that day, whenever I am challenged in my life, which has been many times over the last few years, Scott and I both do, because not everyone get's that movie moment, where they are spared that heartache, we were lucky and Nicholas was given to us for a reason. He has had many challenges, in his 7 yrs, including a language delay, and many other things but by the time he went to KDG last yr, you would never have known it, he has over come many obstacles, and when you think about it, that is why we are here, to overcome...
Ok, so on Monday morning at 7;15 am, my little guy is here for another year to bring us joy and to show us that with that one little prayer, it CAN make a difference....He is here, because if it ;0)