My Winter Baby Boy

We found out we were expecting at the end of the school year & I was sick the last two weeks...like running to the bathroom sick.  It was thrilling as well as exhausting.  I had gotten mono at the beginning of the school year, so that year in total was not the best.  It did stretch me and push me to work harder though.  As soon as summer began, I was in "enjoying my first pregnancy" mode.  I felt better and was excited to find out whether we had a boy or a girl...when the baby was delivered.  Everything progressed well.  We were fostering a four year old boy at the time, so I didn't have a lot of time to focus on just being pregnant.  The little boy lived with us until about a month after Caleb was born and then went to live with his bio father {short term, sadly.}  My ob was supposedly supportive of natural birth and in favor of my birth plan.  Then, she decided that I had Preeclampsia and should induce labor soon.  I pushed it off for a week, but she scared me into believing that either the baby or I could come to harm if I continued naturally, so we induced.  About 13 hours later, he was born!  He looked so much like his daddy with thick, dark hair.  We were in love!  Caleb was the smiley, absolutely adorable baby of our dreams!!  He slept well and loved to listen to Mama sing.  He did have trouble with nursing and I was in pain for about two or three months straight, but once we figured it out it was simple!  He was easy to please.  Caleb loved smooches, cuddles, laughing, bouncing on Mama's exercise ball, and so many things.  He was and is a wonderful, wonderful boy!