Really long time!!!

Well, it has been an eternity since I have posted on my blog. Lots has happened since July. We had a great shower where we received many nice pink gifts. I spent two weeks on bed rest and delivered four weeks early. Much to my surprise I delivered a beautiful baby BOY!!!! Not a girl. Thankfully I had been on bed rest and had not removed any tags yet so we were able to take most things back and exchange them. However, Dawn was supposed to come to my house that day after church and help Bert with that kind of stuff. Yes, after numerous ultrasounds, we had a boy, instead of a girl. Avery Travis Frazier, he is my precious angel. He was delivered via C-Section, on Sunday, August 28th at noon, much to our surprise. I really thought that I was having a gallbladder attack, but it turns out that I had HELP syndrome(High blood pressure, elevated liver enzymes and protein in the urine). He was fine I was not, so we had a baby. Due to his being so early, he had a few breathing issues and has a condition called Hypospadius. That is where the hole for the urine is in the wrong place on the penis. He will require surgery at about 6 months to a year, but I have been reassured that it is a surgery done daily with excellent results at UMC. This is why we never saw a penis on the US because it lays flat and the scrotum looked like labia on the US. He will be fully functional as far as reproduction after the surgery, but He ha no problems with it now, in fact he pees on us routinely.

Avery is now four months old and beautifully handsome. He looks like a perfect mix of Me and Bert. He is alert, happy and growing. At birth He was 5 pounds and 5 ounces and 18 inches long. Wednesday at his checkup He was 12 pounds and 24 inches long. He is growing so well. He eats good and is even eating fruit and cereal.

I went back to work in October and unfortunately lost my job the week before Christmas. I know the Lord has a plan for us, but I am truly uncertain as to what it is. As for now I am looking for a job and enjoying the extra time I have been given with my husband and child.

Motherhood has been a n extreme blessing for me. I have always been satisfied and happy with my relationship with my husband. He and and I have always been close and were happy with our lives before Avery. However, the birth our child has brought us closer together and made us happier than we could have ever imagined.

2011 was a year of great surprise, joy, turmoil, pain and confusion, but I would not have it any other way. The Lord has a plan for us and I have every intention of shutting up and listening. 2012 is sure to be a great year because we are going to make it that way.

Now that I have time I will post a few times a week with Avery stories and meal planning ideas. If you have any requests for recipes let me know!

Love to all!

Mandee