Happy 1st Birthday Brandon!

Brandon is ONE today! Wow, where did the year go? I can't believe I was having contractions a year ago today when I woke up at 8:30 am and started cleaning the house around the house with my Mom thinking nothing of it and on the way to the hospital with my Mom around 1pm. Calling Joni (our skippers wive in VFA-11) to call the boat to tell Aaron who was deployed on the USS Truman at the time.  Waiting in the waiting room in the hospital having contractions 2-3 minutes apart getting a call from Aaron who just did an mission over Iraq to find out I am in labor. With 45 minutes waiting to see a nurse in the waiting room to see that I was 9 1/2 centimeters dilated when they finally got me a room, after they found out that they got me all set up and about a hour and 15 minutes later Brandon was born at 4:01pm.  All natural because it was to late to have any drugs! I got a call 20 minutes after from Aaron to find out his son was born and was surprised thinking I was going to be in labor lot longer!

Brandon has brought so much joy to Aaron, I and our families! He is defiantly an gift from god and so happy he is in our lives. He is the best baby and looking forward to what the next year will bring to our blessed family!

We are celebrating at my parents house in Missouri City, TX with my parents, sisters, Virginia Miller and Aaron came up for a day to celebrate the day with us! Will be posting pictures later this week!