Announcing.......

Kyle David Barr
Born June 24th @ 2:58 am
7lbs 14 oz
20 and 1/4 inches long
I will try to blog a little more later and show more pictures as they come. We just got home form the hospital. I went into labor at 12:15 am on Tuesday and had to go on and have the C-section earlier than planned but all went well and he is finally here!! Mommy and Daddy are very happy for him to be here as well as big sister Katy.

C-Section Scheduled

Hello everyone. Just wanted to let you all know that I am scheduled for a repeat C-section on Tuesday the 24th at 6:30am. I had to end up having one with Katy and will have one with this one also...just too scared of the risks involved with having it vaginally. I am nervous but very ready and excited. I went to my regular OB appointment yesterday and I am still not dilated but the baby had really dropped. I would love to go into labor and get it over with but it doesn't look like that will happen. I was originally suppose to have my surgery today but I opted to wait until the Doctor that I wanted to do it was available. He is on call all weekend though so just maybe I will go into labor. I will try to post pictures as soon as I can but I know I will be in the hospital for a few days. Thanks for checking in and I would appreciate all of your prayers!

Last minute details

So.... last night my hubby, Katy and I went shopping for last minute things that I have been needing for the baby. One of which was a carseat/stroller combo. I have been shopping around for the best deal so I didn't end up with one like Katy had. It wore out really soon and kept pinching her arms when adjusted. I found the one I wanted at Target. I also got some more burp cloths because there is a certain kind that Target carries that I love. Of course while there and at Burlington Coat Factory (which by the way has one of the largest baby departments of any store I have have ever been in) I perused the baby clothes. I didn't get any of course because I have been pretty blessed with newborn sizes up to 9 months. I am almost overloaded! I will have to change him every hour!! I, along with my mother and grandmother, have hit the consignment sales since I found out what I was having. This may not meet the approval of some, but around here we have about 4 major consignment sales per year that go on in Spring and Fall and you can get things with tags still on. I wait until the last week when everything is 50-75% off. I pretty much cloth Katy from these sales with the purchase of new accessories on the side. Anywhoo... I got lots of last minute things accomplished yesterday. I even managed to get lots of cleaning done in my house and get the baby's room finished. I am sure everyone is ecstatic and jumping for joy while reading this post, but I just had to seal my sense of accomplishment with writing about it..sorry!! Hopefully in a few weeks my blog will be filled with pictures of the new baby(haven't totally settled on a name yet) Tootles for now...

Lurkers....

It has been very interesting for me to see all of the people that visit my blog since I have added the live traffic feed on my side panel. Please feel free to leave an "appropriate" comment even if I haven't met you. I would very much like to know who all of these people are from all of these cities and other countries where I really don't know anyone. Thanks and continue to visit! :)

Pictures, Family, and Upcoming Birthdays

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Visitors from home....Mr.Billy and Mrs. Patsy Schwartze, from Louisiana, stopped by for a few hours on their way home from vacation in the Smokies!! We were happy to see them.
I look absolutely horrid in this picture, but oh well...here it is anyway.

This post is going to be a mixed bag of sorts. I had meant to do a Mother's Day post but haven't been feeling like sitting in front of the computer a lot so...I didn't. Katy's birthday is coming up the first week of June and since I have 5 weeks before the new baby comes and am pretty miserable now...I am going to go ahead and do a birthday picture post now in case I am not feeling up to it later. We usually have a party for her, but with everything going on this year we have decided to take her to Chuck E. Cheese and invite a few friends and family. Yesterday I took her to a local garden that is maintained by the city of Spartanburg. Those are the pictures above in the slide show. I have taken her there before for pictures, but not while I was 34 weeks prego and in 85 degree, very humid weather. I wasn't as pleased with the pictures as I have been before but oh well...they are still cute.
Katy has been and continues to be a blessing to us everyday of her life! Mommy and Daddy thinks she is a smart, beautiful, and always funny little girl. She so enjoys Sunday School and absolutely adores her teacher. She loves her Paw Paw Tony and Maw Maw Joy and as she calls her the "Other Maw Maw" Ruby. Her favorite foods are quite surprising for a 4 year old. They include raw carrots, raw onion, sliced tomatoes, any kind of tossed salad...and of course being of a cajun background ..GUMBO!! Here are some pictures from birth up till now.

4days old

4 Years old

Something to get you thinking.....

Several weeks ago I was reading Tracy Bowen's blog. My husband knows her from childhood and I happened upon her blog from someone else's and have enjoyed reading it ever since. She posted about Cystic Fibrosis and had a link to a blog about it. I won't go into detail. You have to read it for your self. I went to it and read it from beginning to end and have kept up with it since. It is written from the perspective of a husband whose wife was born with CF and got pregnant, against doctor's advise, had the baby prematurely(at 24 weeks) and is now still in the hospital(as is the baby) after several months. The blog also has some great photography and really puts things into perspective. The husband is a photographer as well as a pastor. Read it!! You won't be sorry. It is a great ongoing story of faith and courage. The link is http://www.cfhusband.blogspot.com/

Double Baby Shower

Today the ladies ..."Women of Worth", gave a baby shower for me and another girl that is pregnant in our church named Autumn. Autumn is 36 weeks and I am 28. It was very nice of them to do this for us as this is my second and her third. We received lots of nice things that will be put to much use very soon. Thanks so much ladies!!! The men had a devotional in the church while we had the shower in the fellowship hall and then joined us later for a cookout. Great fun was had by all. Autumn and I....I look so much bigger to be 8 weeks behind.
Below we were acting silly as you can see!!

We got so many nice things.....lots of diapers!! Yay!!!
It was mainly a supplies shower, but we both got some nice outfits as well.

Katy helping mommy open gifts!!

Katy and Maw Maw Joy