Richard and I have been married for 6 years and this summer we welcomed our first child, Grady, into our family. For those that know us well, you know that this has been a long awaited miracle! We have been wanting children for a few years and finally after our first round of invitro, many prayers and a miracle from our Lord we became pregnant with Grady. The pregnancy was not easy as I developed rheumatoid arthritis around 12 weeks. It was very hard, but completely worth it! Thankfully all those symptoms have disappeared since Grady was born! Then ten days before Grady was due his fluid was low, so I was enduced. 24 hours later I was making little to no progress, so I had a c-section and Grady was born nine days early! Our family and many friends joined us those first few days to celebrate Grady's arrival and here are some pictures from our hospital stay. He was born on July 31, 2008, was 7 lbs. 5 oz. and 20 inches long.
