He is Here & We Are Loving Him!

I know it has already been two weeks, but I thought I should post a little something about our new addition!

Crispin Daniel Reyna is here & we are all loving him. After our disappointment of not getting to have him on the day we picked out (1/11/11), we attempted going in & having him again on 1/12/11 & we were not disappointed!

After prepping me for surgery & listening to his heartbeat on the monitors, it was time to deliver our precious baby. He cried the moment they pulled him out & while they cleaned him up & swaddled him. Our anesthesiologist took our first pictures for us.
He is perfect & we are so thankful to God for blessing our family with him. When he smiles while he sleeps, we have started saying he is playing with Nehemiah. Thank you everyone who prayed with us & for us! God is GoOD all the time!

Anticipation & Patience

Anticipation [ an-tis-uh-pey-shuhn ] noun

1.the act of anticipating or the state of being anticipated.

2.realization in advance; foretaste.

3.expectation or hope.

4.previous notion; slight previous impression.

5.intuition, foreknowledge, or prescience.

6.Law . a premature withdrawal or assignment of money from a trust estate.

7.Music . a tone introduced in advance of its harmony so that it sounds against the preceding chord.
Patience [ pey-shuhns ] noun

1.the quality of being patient, as the bearing of provocation, annoyance, misfortune, or pain, without complaint, loss of temper, irritation, or the like.

2.an ability or willingness to suppress restlessness or annoyance when confronted with delay: to have patience with a slow learner.

3.quiet, steady perseverance; even-tempered care; diligence: to work with patience.

4.Cards (chiefly British). solitaire (def. 1).

5.Also called patience dock . a European dock, Rumex patientia, of the buckwheat family, whose leaves are often used as a vegetable.

6.Obsolete . leave; permission; sufferance.

These two words I am having a little problem with today. Since we went to bed early last night & got up at 5:00am to be at the hospital on time, just to be told that our c-section was not scheduled for today as we had been told & expected. How heartbroken was I. All I could say was, "I guess you don't get your date" to JD like it was all his fault or something & held back my tears until we got into the car & by then I was so cold I could not cry.
Anyway, we are suppose to be back up there at the same time tomorrow morning. Wish us luck & we ask for prayers that everything works out tomorrow as it should.

Nerves of Steel?

We are now in our final days of this pregnancy & still trying to get everything in place so we can enjoy our bundle of joy when we bring him home.

I am scheduled to go in for a c-section on Tuesday morning. Everything is already planned out. Where my girls are staying, what time we have to be at the hospital, what time the surgery starts, how long I will be in recovery before getting settled in my room with our new addition & so on & so forth. One thing sticks in my mind over & over again with what we are preparing to do. That is, is this baby going to stick to our plan?

With the way my last pregnancies have gone I know ANYthing can happen & nothing ever works out the way that they are planned to. I was naive with my 1st pregnancy. Just a mere 18 years old, so I did whatever the doctors & nurses asked me to do. I figured since I had worked up to the week before I went into labor with her & since I was young, that I would not labor long & have a beautiful baby in a few short hours. I labored ALL day, 13 days past my due date, just to end up having to have a c-section. I never dilated past a 3 & she was stuck with her umbilical cord around her neck.

With our 2nd pregnancy we were hoping for a VBAC. Well, this little lady had a mind of her own. I was only 3 days past my due date, she was head down & my water broke at home while we were getting ready for work. Everything was calm at the hospital & I was getting ready for a long day of pushing & laboring, when just a few short minutes after my doctor checked me, my baby went into fetal distress & I was wheeled to the OR & knocked out!

Then with our 3rd pregnancy, I had nightmares & strange feelings throughout the pregnancy & then unfortunately we had to say good-bye to our little man at 20 weeks gestation.

Now with our 4th pregnancy, this has been a roller coaster ride of emotions. Everything has went great so far, but we still have our worries & anxieties. Even knowing I will deliver in a little less than 4 days I am still nervous that something bad may happen. We have discussed this with our doctor & we know we are not guaranteed to have a live birth until the baby actually makes their appearance.

Now I think JD & I have switched roles. He is getting more excited & not as scared as he was in the beginning & I am now the one who is anxious & nervous. I know everything is fine & will work out, I just do not have nerves of steel.



"Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer & petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. & the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts & your minds in Christ Jesus." Philippians 4:6-7

Grief - Jeremiah 31:16-17

"This is what the Lord says: "Restrain your voice from weeping & your eyes from tears ... there is hope for your future," declares the Lord."

Grief - Psalm 32:6-7

"Let everyone who is godly pray to You while You may be found; surely when the might waters rise, they will not reach him. You are my hiding place; You will protect me from trouble & surround me with songs of deliverance."

Grief - 1Thessalonians 4:14-18

"We believe that Jesus died & rose again & so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in Him. According to the Lord's own word, we tell you that we who are still alive, who are left till the coming of the Lord, will certainly not precede those who have fallen asleep. For the Lord Himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel & with the trumpet call of God, & the dead n Christ will rise first. After that, we who are still alive & are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. & so we will be with the Lord forever. Therefore encourage each other with these words."

New Year 2011!

I hope everyone made it home safe & sound last night after having fun ringing in the New Year. If you do not go out, I hope you had a nice night ringing in the New Year as well.

Each year we go to my parent's house & stuff ourselves full of sugar & dip, then we play games & sing a little karaoke. We watch the last few minutes of Time Square & count down the ball dropping. We scream & holler "Happy New Year!" at midnight, then kiss & hug everyone! Then we toast & have a drink & then my mom walks around passing out black eyed peas. Which my dad always says he is allergic to it & they make his "teeth itch" just to get out of eating one. As old as I am, I am still not too sure whether this is true or not.

This year was no different, except instead of games, we watched wrestling. Some of our family members stayed in this year & rang in the New Year at home, but we still had a blast. Mom made virgin mimosas with orange juice & 7up, it as different, & we used that to toast each other.

But however each of you rang in the New Year, I just pray for peace & blessings to you & yours this year & may you follow your resolutions to a better year!

From my family to yours, Happy New Year!!