Countdown to freedom!

Last year in honor of Jackson's birthday, I did his 7 years in review.  This year I'm going to countdown our 5 week hospital stay from birth to home.  On May 21, 2004 after many stress tests it was time to bring Jackson Bradley Meyers into the world.  As we rushed to Norfolk, unsure of his future, we called family and I personally prepared for the worst.  Brad always kept a positive outlook that all was going to be okay (which now I attribute to his faith).  Inside I was dying, expecting to birth this baby and say goodbye to him shortly after.  Well, God had other plans for our amazing son.  Here's a small snapshot of his first day!

Two of my many rocks in life.

My forever love

 Amazing team who so carefully brought Jackson into the world.

  Here he is.  2 pounds 5 ounces.  This doctor, one of my heros!

Daddy is so happy, he was right!

 All is well, he gets to stay at Norfolk Sentara by 25 GRAMS!

 The journey to get home begins.

 Uncle Allen holds the diaper on his hand to show the size.  Jackson is wearing one in the picture above.  It was really big on him.

Family & friends waiting patiently, praying constantly for his health.

Love you guys!

Jackson's entire hand was the size of my thumbnail.  I will forever be grateful for this miracle I witnessed.  Daddy showing his hand in comparison.

WOW!

I just went back to my very first posts from 2008.  Gotta say they tugged at my heartstrings to see how time has flown by and how my babies aren't babies anymore.  We moved to the OBX 5  years ago this July.  I just can't get over how much the kids have changed in those short 5 years.  Jackson turns 8 in a little over a week.  I know 5 years from now, I'll be looking back at 2012 thinking again...where did my babies go?  It's all relative.  A reminder to embrace today and enjoy my 7 and 5 year old babies before they are 8 and 6!  WOW!

Here's a video of Jackson a week before we moved.

Eat your greens!

The kids made a protein rich salad.  I'm sure they'd be happy to share the special recipe if anyone is interested. 

Batta, batta, batta...SWING!

I'm making good on my word to be better at posting.  This is a short clip of Jackson's baseball game last night.  We have the most endearing coach I've ever met and he just really loves these kids.  Jackson adores baseball and it seems we will be spending many years at the field (which you won't hear me complain about).  He's had a hand full of hits this season so far with only a few resulting on the base, but he always has a smile on his face as if he hit it out of the park.  It's great to watch for that reason alone.  Excuse my loud piercing voice on the video, but that comes with the territory.

Like, Dude! I'm taking a Facebreak!

I'm going to try to do better at updating this blog while I take a much needed break from Facebook.  I realize Facebook is a forum for sharing and I appreciate that about it.  It can be used to share wonderful things, keeping in touch with far away friends and a platform for people to do great things.  I love that about it.  What I've grown tired of is the rants, emotional political postings and offensive comments made on the News Feed.  Rather than become further annoyed and waste precious life on being irritated, I've decided to take a Facebreak!  You never know, I may be back next week but I'm hoping the opposite will happen and I'll spend that extra time doing things I love to do with my family and friends.  I am GREAT, happy and perfectly content. Nothing is wrong or out of sorts other than my attitude toward Facebook.  So, I've decided I won't continue to complain about it...I'll just take a break.  This is a personal decision and nothing more than that.  I have no ill-will or judgement toward Facebook or people on it.  This is a decision made for Rebecca and Rebecca...only.  LIKE TO ALL!

September Session

Waves from Katia. You can click on the images and make them bigger! Shot these from the Nags Head pier. It was a lot of fun to watch.

More Earrings for Reese!

I have more earrings!! I'm selling these gorgeous handmade earrings and all proceeds go to my little friend, Reese! Click on her name to learn more about her fight against cancer at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. If you'd like a particular pair (FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE) please post here or on my Facebook post and I will deliver them or mail them to you for free. Please specify which pair (#) you would like. All earrings are $12/pair and you are more than welcome to donate above and beyond that. ALL monies will go directly to the family.

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The earrings were made by my awesome friends! Thank you for your support of this special family!