And Samuel Makes Three

Well folks....he's here! On June 24th Jimmy and I got up at 4:15am and headed over to the hospital.  Once there they started the IV and the anesthesiologist started asking all his questions in order to make sure I could have a spinal block. They also spent about 30 minutes monitoring baby's heartbeat. That was pretty entertaining. He was very active the entire time so he'd kick around and get his heart up into the 150s and then take a quick rest and it'd get back down to the 120s. At 6:30 they wheeled me back to the operating room to get set up. I immediately started shivering...it's freezing in there and those hospital gowns do nothing to keep you warm. Thank goodness for heated blankets! The spinal block wet well. It was weird to suddenly start feeling warm in my lower half because of the numbing. Then they laid me out and set up the drape. My doctor came in and turned on some music which was kind of relaxing. An then they let Jimmy in. He came and stood by me and I told him what had happened once I came in the back. Mostly I was trying to keep myself busy from thinking about the fact that they were slicing me open. After about four minutes they told me that I should feel some tugging and then he would be born. Jimmy watched over the drape and got to see as they pulled him out. Samuel  was born at 6:46am, weighed 8 lbs 4 oz, and is 19 inches long. I shudder to think how big he would have been if I had been allowed to go into labor on my own. After that they cleaned me up and had Jimmy go to the nursery with Sam. Within half an hour the three of us were in recovery together. It really was amazing and we love him already. 

And now for the pictures :)

Jimmy Graduates from Officer's Training School

Well, folks, he's done! Yay! I'm so excited and proud that after 9.5 long weeks, Jimmy has finished this part of his training and is now a Second Lieutenant. It made for an eventful two days. On Monday we went to an open house where he showed us around the campus and his living areas.

And, yes, Jimmy is staring directly into the camera and making a weird face. He enjoys ruining my snapshots.

Later that evening he and I attended a formal dining out with the rest of the OTS class. It was lots of fun. I have to be honest, I think my favorite part was judging the dresses that the other girls were wearing. Petty? Perhaps, but I thoroughly enjoyed it.

Bright and early Tuesday morning we headed back to the base for Jimmy's commissioning. Other than the fact the fact that the A/C was broken, it was great! Jimmy's Dad, Doran, was who commissioned him so that was really special. Then his mom and I got to pin him. And have lots of pictures taken :)

The last event of the graduation was the parade. All was going well until the lightening decided to grace us with it's presence. To steal the words of the lady officer that was sitting in front of me, "nothing stops the U.S. Air Force....except lightening within 5 miles." So, it got delayed for 30 minutes. And then the sun came out and it got hotter than hades. Thankfully, everything from that point on went smoothly and it only lasted about 30 minutes. They did their march to the Air Force song, took the oath all together, and threw their caps in the air!

That's all I have about graduation. Thanks to all the family and friends that have been so encouraging!

Also, a little side note, we also had our last doctor appointment later in the afternoon of graduation. Everything is going as expected and we are set to have our little guy on Monday! Can't believe that it's only two days away! So...keep an eye out for the next blog post....it's sure to be a good one :)


Kyrstie

Gillie Family Reunion

Last week, we had the Gillie family reunion. What a fun week! It was so great getting to see all the sibling and our niece, Lily. We had tons of fun going to Paint n' Clay, hiking (actually only some did this...the rest of us had fun doing girly things), a family picnic on base, going to the Montgomery Biscuits baseball game, going to Gulf Shores (if you haven't been...you're missing out), and eating at Lambert's BBQ (which very well may be the most delicious restaurant on the planet). And now, I'm going to overload you with pictures!

Paint n' Clay

you can't go to a Biscuits game without eating biscuits!

Love this picture so much