Uhh OOOOHHHH!!!!!!!!

My son Braxton, is 16 months old and a REAL character! He thinks he is 3 already! Anyway, we have been introducing the pody to him just to see what he does and how he feels about this big round hole with water. For the past week or so he will get his stool beside the toilet and put it in front of the toilet and stand on it as if he were really peeing. TOO CUTE, let me just say! Well on Sunday the 26th of October 2009 he actually peed in it! I went nuts, jumping up & down screaming; "Great Job, way to go, that's awesome, your such a big boy" all the while he takes hold of the toilet bowl with both and looks down and says "uhhh ohhhh!!!" I was in disbelief he went pee in the pody.... this just amazed me and what's even more amazing is what gratitude we parents get when our children do something so little but in all actuality is HUGE! I can say that was one of the most proud & exciting moments that I have experienced as a parent. Now, you are most likely thinking he is only 16 months and yes I know he is YOUNG and I know it (peeeing in the pody) will be a random happening for a while to come but hey I just wanted to brag! Braxton did GREAT and that's all that matters! Parenting is truly a gift frrm God, He teaches us in so many ways that life and all of it's happenings mean nothing when it comes to HIS gifts that He generously hand to us. I can't thank my God enough for all the GREAT gifts He has blessed me with over my lifetime and yet he still seems to amaze me with both small & big things! Thank you God for letting me witness my son peeing in the toilet for the first time and it being such a HUGE deal. I never would have thought I would have ever been so grateful for one peeing in the toilet! Hahahaha, that just goes to show that uhhh ohhhhs are wonderful and most meaningful occurences in our lives!

Family...

So, here is who we are.....

Jeremy, Jessica & Braxton Glaze. We are followers of Jesus Christ and LOVE life. We are very honest and caring people who strive to be the best we can at all we do. We enjoy family & friends, loving each other, and sharing Gods love with all we can. Jeremy & I have been married for 6 and half years but have known each other for 14 years. I am a 28 year old stay at home mom and Jeremy is 32 year old business owner/sales manager of a company in the aggregate industry. We live in Suwanee GA and just enj0y life and what God so graciously provides for us each & everyday!

We were blessed with our son Braxton on June 4, 2008. He has truly changed our lives in so many ways and opened our eyes to much more than we ever anticipated. Braxton is a gift from God and we cherish him and are so thankful to God for giving us such a wonderful little boy! Through parenting I have become someone who I never thought I would be, a stay @ home mom, and I love it! I think that this was Gods way of letting me know that there is more to life than work and the basic routine that we all fall into. That FAMILY and LOVE ( both of which God wants us to have as well as share) are the two main ingredients to a rich & successful life! God also is teaching me what my purpose is and that is to be the best wife, mom, & Christian I can be. I do this through actively seeking God, having a friendship with Him (like I've never had before) most importantly caring for my family & giving as well as experiencing true love, GODS LOVE. In doing these things life has become so easy, its like all the chains of this world have been taken away and its time to really live, really have quality time with family and love like no other. All of this is overwhelming, I know but this is truly what I as well as my family is experiencing and that's what we want everyone to have & experience.

FAMILY: love, honor, cherish, take care of, provide for and most of all live by the word of the GREAT GOD!!!!

Braxton Cole Glaze

The story of Braxton....

Braxton was conceived on Jeremy's surprise 30th birthday party in Vegas, so you know that saying"What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas...." Yeah well what happened in Vegas didn't stay in Vegas for us!!!! We could not be more excited that the conception of our 1st child happened in one of our favorite places much less the weekend of both mine & Jeremy's bday! So what else can I say except we have a crazy now 17 month old who we adore more than anything in the universe!!!!

My pregnancy was very good, might I say even easy. I was that woman who was scared to death of being pregnant but always wanted kids I just did not want to go through "the being pregnant part." People always told me I was silly for thinking that way and now I know they were right it was not that big a deal. I know it was God who helped me/us through the pregnancy because it really did go all too well. Jeremy said on many occasions that I was a champ; that if I didn't have a belly(among other things but we ill not mention) you would have not known I was pregnant. We did have a hi-cup or two along the way which in the end was made out to be nothing more than a good scare. At 12 weeks when my blood work was taken I found out that I am a carrier of Cystic Fibrosis ( a very serious disease which normally leads to an early death due to undeveloped lungs and many respiratory problems) this was the first time that I was made aware of this and now we had to go to a genetic specialist to have Jeremy tested and for counseling..... First let me clarify something, I am only a carrier I am not sick, but the issue at hand was that if Jeremy was also a carrier than Braxton would have the disease. Thank the good Lord above that Jeremy's test was negative, so all is well. I do want to say, if you have or if you do visit one of these specialist in the future my opinion is that they go about it all wrong. They counseled us first and then ran tests on Jer. So here we are first time parents sitting in a genetic counselors office on that couch listening to her go over all of the possibilities and even mentioning termination. WE WERE SCARED TO DEATH... But once again, Jeremy is not a carrier so we were all good! Our next venture with the pregnancy was about 28 weeks or so. We were headed to the doctors for our visit and then the plans were to head to Disney World with the Glaze family for spring break. Well plans were halted because my goofy doctor, yeah my doctor, didn't know how to take my blood pressure so the reading came back high & she sent me home to rest and then come back the next day (when we were suppose to be in FLA) to have another BP taken. Turns out everything was fine and we immediately left for Disney after day 2 of doctor visits! The reason I blamed my doctor for this was because the last leg of the pregnancy (2 days before my c-section) we were again at the doctors office for routine check up ( Braxton was diagnosed as Macromesia"BIG BABY") and pre-op visit and "good ole" doc took the BP and she was off by a mile so much so that she had me lay there & rest for 10 minutes and made the comment "that if my blood pressure did not drop we were going straight to the hospital to deliver, but stay here & rest and the nurse will be back in a few to check your BP again...." Jeremy & I were FREAKIN OUT!!!!!!! How the heck was I suppose to rest & remain calm when something like this was just said. Well I did and the nurse came in and what do you know my BP was normal! What a good doc I had!!! She really was great just didn't know how to get the correct BP.

Anyhow, 2 days later on June 4, 2008 at 1:25pm Braxton Cole Glaze rung in at 9lb 9oz & 22 inches long. The biggest baby that had been born in the hospital. We were so proud. I know that sounds huge but he really wasn't that big! I am so very thankful for the c-section, it was sooooo GREAT!! God answered all of my prayers! I could not believe that was our son, he was precious and from the minute I saw him I loved him like I had not loved anyone before. I was a mom now and it is amazing!

The next days to come were quite a roller coaster. Everything was great with Braxton, except it was hell getting him to nurse which was all my problem, talking about feeling inadequate. I was not producing milk fast enough for my big guy. We had to supplement with formula which turned out awesome. Then Brax being a boy came day two, that's what we coined it "Day 2" because it was the worst day of our lives. Little man was cut (I think it hurt Jeremy more than it did Brax) which was completely unbearable (but necessary) to know your child is enduring such pain, we felt so helpless. Then we had soooo many visitors (don't get me wrong we were grateful, just exhausted) my parents made me laugh which killed my insides and therefore I was in tears squeezing the daylights out of sweet Jeremy's hand and then the nurse wanted me to pee in a cup and to me at that point was just impossible. All in all, Day 2 was just that Day 2 a lot was said, learned, forgotten, and later forgiven! We made it through and if you ask me we did it with shinning colors that just got a ittle dim at times....

Next was my blood pressure, that stupid BP. My BP truly did become elevated post delivery so that meant we were there for the long hall, Braxton was discharged before I was. We watched people come & go. We were there for 4 full days and I mean 4 full days! It all worked out in the end when we finally got to come home.

I am grateful to an amazing hospital staff especially Mrs. Carolyn, the lactation specialist, the most helpful, kind, caring & loving person we have met as a family! All of the staff were incredible in so many different ways and we can't wait to visit again!

I also owe the world to my wonderful husband. He truly was amazing while we were in the hospital. He took care of me in ways that i am not sure my own mother could, for this I owe him the world. Jeremy is a trooper he endured so much and all the while did it with a smile of his face and like it was nothing. Believe me it was something, that man, my husband is truly my gift from God. I couldn't have got through those 4 day without him by my side. We continue to learn new things about each other and especially about Braxtpn, but its in moderation now and not all in our face in the heat of the moment!! Jer your a rock star and I love you more than you will ever know. Thank you for all you did, do & will do for us in the future!

WOW.... Look what I have done!

Ok..... I am now an official blogger, Goodness what has this world come to considering I am not at all computer literate and have no idea how to utilize basic computer tech stuff. So I am proud of myself for even getting this far and more so for doing it on my own. Jeremy, on the other hand, has a knack for this kind of thing and would already have an elaborate blog spot up and running.

Why am I doing this one may ask? Well I am trying something new and I need to record my thoughts and life happenings somewhere and this seems to be fun, much easier than writing, and well the new & cool thing to do! I love to journal but just never have the time and my hand always hurts after just a little while of writing, so I rather type! Plus, I need to do this for myself as well as my family. Braxton can one day read all the crazy stuff we do and learn where and how he was taught the things he knows. That should be quite the day!!!! Actually I can't wait for him to read but then again yes I can because I so enjoy him now as mommy's little boy! Braxton is 16 months old and our first child. Can we say I am getting way ahead of myself?

Anyhow, this is pretty neat thus far. Who knows what's to come of it... If I had to make a guess though; it will most likely start as a recap of the past two years of our lives and move on from there. But hey, that's just a guess and if it turn out to be correct, I can promise it will not be boring!