Happy Birthday to Nathan!

WARNING!!!

LONG POST!!!!!

Well, two years ago today my life changed forever. Nathan Grant Bingham was born and stole a piece of my heart! (I am posting this on the night of the 11th, Nathan's birthday is the 12th.)

I wanted to share a little about Nathan's story with you all. When George and I decided to have children we found out that I did not ovulate regularly. We tried for a long time for Jacob and after taking fertility drugs for about 2 months we finally got pregnant. Well, a few years later we decided it was time to try again. I took the fertility drugs for about 6 months and no pregnancy. They had also put me on a hormone to make my body ovulate which wasn't working. I was at church one night and the preacher had an alter call for anyone who was taking medication that wasn't working to come and be prayed for. So that was my chance. I went, got prayer and that next time I went to the doctor, I had ovulated and was pregnant!!! That was Amber. God had totally healed my body, I just didn't know it yet. I only thought He had made the medicine finally work.
Well, right after Amber's 1st birthday I suddenly had to have surgery. I had a cyst on my right ovary that had to be removed. Once they got in there, they saw that my ovary was totally covered by the cyst so they removed my ovary too. At my 6 week check up the doctor told me that I had to quit taking my birth control because it was causing my blood pressure to be too high. I was really only on it to keep my cycle regular because of not ovulating. George and I had decided we weren't going to be able to have any more children without fertility drugs and with me only having 1 ovary we really thought that even the fertility drugs would be a long shot. So we were settled into our little 2 children family.
Well, I continued to get my monthly cycle on the dot every month, every 4 weeks. That was something I had NEVER experienced. I had never been regular. We would joke about having another baby, but didn't think it would ever happen. We would have never planned to have another ourselves. But God had other plans! The week of Thanksgiving 2005 I was a week late and just had that feeling. George thought I was crazy. While he was at work one day I took a test and it was positive. We had been making Christmas lists for each other. When he got home I had my revised list for him-Van, maternity clothes, diapers, wipes.....
It took him a minute and then he just smiled when he realized what was going on. His reaction was WAY different than mine. I cried and asked God WHY?! I was in shock for a while. But remember, my little girl that I had always dreamed of spending tons of time with while she grew up was only 1 year old. I couldn't see myself spreading my time any thinner without someone being left out. My 2 pregnancies had been pretty rough, SOOOO sick, high blood pressure, bed rest, borderline gestational diabetes. I just had no idea how I would do it all again and with a 1 year old.
It was a tough pregnancy. I was very sick and had TONS of doctors appointments, was considered high risk and had a car accident when I was 6 months along which caused early contractions and false labor hospital visits, and at the very end when I was about 8 months along, kidney stones! But we both made it!
I have said all that to say this---Nathan is my angel sent from above and I know that God has an AMAZING plan for his life! He had to work hard to make it to this earth!
So today I want to share a little piece of my angel with you in a few pictures. If you have met him you know how precious he is. And if you haven't met him, take my word for it--he is a blessing to everyone who meets him! No matter how my day is going, I can pick up that little boy and he ALWAYS gives me the biggest hug and a huge smile. He is so loveable and loves to be cuddled.
I love all my children the same but each of them have a place of their own in my heart that I didn't even know was there until they were born. And I truly believe that Nathan is in my life to teach me to take life slower and to stop and smell the flowers. Enjoy my little angel!

Me and Nathan the day he was born. Wednesday, July 12th 2006-1:18pm

7 pounds, 14 ounces--20 inches long

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Nathan about 3 weeks old(notice the straight dark hair!)

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My little ham! Mr. Personality!

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Me and Nathan on his 1st birthday.

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Nathan(notice the mostly straight, blondish hair!)

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Me and Nathan on Mother's day this year.

Look at those curls! Way different hair than when he was little.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY NATHAN!!

I LOVE YOU!!!