"My Man", Bowen Edward Bryant

Well, because of Miss Karley getting my heart ALL outta wack, I couldn't take any birth contol. So, Jamie and I went old school with out BC methods..Yep, go to Wal Mart, and stare at the packages for like 20 minutes b/c neither of us knows what to buy. Anyway, this seems to be working very good. We decided when Karley was about 10 months old that we were gonna build a house. We split our living arrangements between my parents house and Memama's house. (Not recommended for long term with a baby!)

At last!! February 10, 2005 we moved in!! Finally back 'home'! Well, on March 10th (YEP, ONE MONTH!) those little lines appeared SO bright on that test stick!!

But, thankfully, not any drama at all with this kid. I gained my usual 50-55 pounds, but was able to switch my heart medications to safe ones while I was pregnant. So, I was fine on that. He was due November 9th, but we set the date of arrival for October 28th because after Karley was born , my MD told me he'd never let me labor again, and he didn't want me to get close to labor. So, it was an uneventful, scheduled C-section AND tubal ligation. As I awaited the surgery, dang if I didn't start having contractions! Which we all thought was SO funny and typical of me and my silly kids!!

On October 28th at 2:35pm, we welcomed "My Man". 7 pounds, 9 and a half ounces and 19 and 1/4 inches long. My family was complete! My world was complete.

Bowen was then diagnosed with Hypospadias and the pediatrician suggested we not circumsize him and see a specialist for repairs. So, that's what we did. We yet again witnessed an Angel on Earth when we met Dr. Jean Hollowell at CHKD. She fixed his 'pee-pee' (for lack of better terms!LOL) in August of 2006-he had to be at least 10 months old to be put to sleep. In fact, just last week we saw her for the final visit and she released him. She said he was 'perfect'! Which I already knew that!!

All in all, Bowen has been our 'sick kid'. First he couldn't maintain his temperature and had to 'sun bathe' quite a bit in the hospital. Then Jamie and I darn near got the pneumonia while we were in the hospital, and the hypospadias, three hemangiomas, a brown birthmark on his back, colic, reflux (not bad cases), allergies, busted his head open last April, to list a few things.

But he really has completed mine and Jamie's lives. But thank goodness, we're done with KIDS! I wouldn't trade either of them for a million bucks, but wouldn't take another kid for a trillion bucks!! God has me right where I'm supposed to be.