My Baby

Our sweet baby girl

cuddle bug

full of energy

fearless

future farmer

lover of peanut butter & jelly

hilarious personality

huge heart

Papaw's girl

book reader

animal lover

supportive sister

huge hugger

excited about life

class clown

non dress wearer

our sweet little girl

absolute miracle

gift from God

a blessing to all

Happy Birthday Sweet Kate!

We love you!

Sweet Katelyn was an absolute surprise! It was my first week back at school. My team and I (who I absolutely adore) were sitting in staff development and I started feeling sick. I thought it was food poisoning and started drinking anti-nausea medicine. After two days of this, my team started teasing me about being pregnant. I of course thought they were nuts. I mean Addison was only 5 months old (and I was on birth control). How on earth could I be pregnant? They finally convinced me to take a pregnancy test. On my way home from staff development, I picked one up to take at home. I remember taking the test and just crying. How could we possibly take care of three kids under three, much less afford them! I ended up being 8 weeks along. I certainly think God had a plan. Isaiah came home at 8 1/2 months old, three months after he came home I was pregnant with Addison, three months after Addison was born I was pregnant with Katelyn. God certainly had a plan for us! I absolutely adore our youngest child. She is a spitfire, a tough little girl (like her mama) and looks like a Fuller (my maiden name). She is our sweet blessing that I couldn't imagine our family without. We sure love you baby girl! Happy 3rd Birthday!

The Big Four

Our middle child

sweet girl

pink lover

adventure seeker

girly girl

pedicure princess

beautiful curl wearer

love bug

wonderful cleaner

late sleeper

book reader

doll lover

blue eyed beauty

dress wearing

loving sister

friend to all

unexpected miracle

gift from God

blessing to our lives

our sweet daughter

Happy Birthday Sweet Princess!

I'm not sure many know the story of how we found out we were expecting sweet Addison. I was exhausted, sick and just miserable for about 2 weeks. I was upset that I was gaining weight, threw a fit about clothes not fitting, but never thought I was actually pregnant. I mean, why would I? Jason and I were told that we would never have biological children. We had accepted it, adopted our sweet little man and had started our family. One Sunday when I was just feeling miserable I told Jason to take Isaiah and run a few errands. I was going to stay home and rest. Jason asked if I was pregnant to which I responded, "Are you crazy?" I ended up taking a pregnancy test and it was positive. Absolute SHOCK would be an understatement!

I scheduled a doctor appointment the next morning, went in by myself because Jason couldn't get off work on such short notice, had an ultrasound and was told that the baby did not have a heartbeat and that I was miscarrying. The tears and feeling of disappointment were overwhelming. I honestly felt like I was just going through the motions the next week as I waited for the miscarriage to start. I was trying my best to be the loving mom Isaiah needed (he had only been home three months), but deep down my heart was falling apart. I was mad and I tried to justify everything in my mind. God wouldn't give us anything we couldn't handle, but why was this happening to us. We prayed every night for the sweet little baby that we thought we were losing and for the strength to accept what had happened so that we could move on. I had finally become a mother, something that I had wanted after struggling with infertility for 2 years. So why was this happening now?

The next week as I headed into the appointment with Jason we prepared ourselves for the worst. This time however, things were different. The doctor walked in, Jason and I, hand in hand, just watched at the ultrasound began. And then there she was! A little bean with a heartbeat. I will never forget that day.

7 1/2 months later sweet Addison Grace was born! She was a fighter, a miracle, a gift from God!

Happy Birthday sweet Addison Grace! I don't think you will ever understand how much Daddy and I love you!

Until next week,

Melissa

P.S. Next week our sweet baby turns 3! Just when we thought our family was complete, God had other plans! Another miracle, another story!