The one thing that I haven't done is introduce the rest of my family.
I apologize for that. I'm going to start with the star of the show Ethan.
Ethan is 3 years old. The problems all started while I was pregnant. The drs told me when I was about 6 1/2 months pregnant that there was something wrong with my baby's heart, they then scheduled a heart specialist from Children's Healthcare of Atlanta to come do an ultrasound of her own. She came out and did what she needed to do and informed us that he had several heart defects. At this time they weren't going to give us any precentages. She proceeded to tell us that he was going to be born with VSD, Truncus Arteriosus, Tetralogy of Fallot, Pulmonary Stenosis, and a few others that I can't remember off the top of my head. Well, she gave us all this info and told us to go home and do as much research as possible. So, I did, I did all the reading my eyes could take. I went back to the dr at 7 1/2 months and they then told us that Ethan wouldn't survive, and if he did he would be on a breathing machine for at least 4 months and they then would go from there. They then told us that he would have to have open heart surgery to repair what was missing, and if we didn't then he would most likely die within the next few months. This broke my heart very deeply. That afternoon my mom made a few phone calls and then my husband and my mom made his funeral arrangements, my husband wouldn't let me go. He told me the hardest thing was picking out the casket. We had a C-section scheduled for April 22nd, because he was breech and I refused to let the drs turn him. Well, March 31st rolls around and I go into labor at my nephews school. Ethan was born that night at 930 I believe, I don't remember, they were giving me lots of drugs at this point. The only thing I remember my husband telling me was that Ethan was purple. I didn't get to see him until the day CHOA came to bus him for his first surgery. He was in the hospital the first time for 7 1/2 months of his life. It was very rough. He was also born with dislocated hips, so he's not walking right now and he's going to have to have surgery on them again in Jan of 09. I will only post pics of his heart surgery if people ask to see them, they're very graphic. I will however post of pic of the day he was born.
Jeremiah is 4. He's my big boy. He was born 3/26/04. That year he was really supposed to have been born on Easter, but God wanted other plans for him. He's perfectly heathly as you can see from his pics. He's a great big brother to his little brother and he's very protective of him. He started Pre-K this year and he's loving it. He's meeting all kinds of new friends (girls and boys) lol. More girls than boys lol.
My husband Jason is 26. We met in October of 1999 at high school and we've been together ever since. He's a great dad and a great husband. He's a huge supporter of me continuing my education especially with everything that's on my plate right now.
I think that's all for now. When I download more pics I will post some more for everyone to see, but not the heart surgery ones. I will only post those if you want to see them.
Thank you everybody for your warm welcome.
Nikki is here!! Thanks for coming over girl 
He is just too cute! Oh and the halloween picture....sorry but I'm laughing at Jeremiah again....He's just so silly!! 
I'm one of Carla's DIS buddies too! Your boys are so sweet! I can't wait to hear all about your trip!!! 
