birth

At 39 weeks plus 1 day, my baby boy was born healthy and perfect! His family of: Mom age 37, Dad age 40, big sister age 10, big brother age 8 and big sister age 6 couldn't be more thrilled to welcome him. He's like the cherry on top of a delicious ice cream sundae. We can't wait to just eat him up! Grandma and Grandpa arrived within 72 hours of his birth and spent the first three weeks with us as we transitioned into a family of six. He is a blessing and a big answer to our prayers. We are a military family stationed overseas for three years. Isaac was born just two weeks short of our one year mark of living in Spain. This makes him our Spanish/American baby!

My pregnancy had a few bumps but in hind sight, it wasn't too bad. During the second trimester I had an amniocentesis test due to multiple elevated risk factors but the test proved the baby to have a healthy chromosome count and also revealed the secret of our growing baby BOY! It was stressful deciding whether or not to proceed with the test but afterwards we were very happy that we had done it and we were thrilled to start planning for blue and green baby gear. Then throughout my third trimester, I had to shoot insulin into my thigh daily and restrict my diet for the remaining pregnancy. I was able to control the gestational diabetes successfully with no further complications. My baby ended up being the smallest one out of my four children and he didn't have any blood sugar problems after delivery.

Before getting pregnant with Isaac, I had an unexpected but welcomed pregnancy that ended in miscarriage. We had a lot of concerns about trying for another baby but my heart strings were pulled and I felt such a loss without this baby in our family. Our prayers were answered four months later when we discovered that we were expecting again. Isaac completes me and and our family. I'm so grateful to my Heavenly Father for this baby and just love him more than words can express.