Well, on Tuesday we had to say goodbye to Barry....It was the hardest thing I had to do in a long time. And I just gave birth with no epidural!!
What made it so hard...was watching our son Damien breakdown and cry out for his daddy as they closed the door to the ramp going to the plane. What do you do for a child that doesn't understand why his daddy is leaving him...again. I did the only thing I could do...cry with him and pick him up.
This time was so much harder saying bye to him. And the reason for the difficulty....Damien had a reaction. Something that I was hoping to avoid.
The upside to all of this though...is that Barry will or should be home in 4 or 5 months. And then we will have him for at least a year.
I know that reading this sounds like I am having a pity party. It is not meant for that. But I do need to get out the sadness that I am feeling.
We did have a wonderful time while he was here. We even got blessed and got an extra night with him when he plane was cancelled for the next day bc of the fog!! I was over joyed and Damien got an extra day and night with his daddy!!
Please keep Barry in your thoughts and prayers as he finishes he tour in Iraq.
hugs
Marie, Damien and Lance
We welcomed home Barry/Daddy!! I didn't get to post about it because of what happened the very next day.
While I have time to put some pics up...I wanted to share the pictures from when we left the hospital and one of Barry and Lance. Who do you think he looks like....Barry or Marie?
Mommy telling someone of our new arrival
Last time I had a belly with a baby in it!!
Is the day that we will all know as Lance Taylor Lyle Sledd's birthday!!
He arrived this morning at 939am...weighing 6lbs 2.9 ozs and 19 1/2 inches long! He came out kicking and screaming...and he looks just like his big brother Damien.
How this all happened.....
Barry came home on the 10th of January from Iraq...and with the help of the moon and some good o' fun...I started contracting about 33oam. The contractions were pretty much bearable and I just breathed through them and tried to sleep around them.
At about 5am...Barry decided that he wanted to get up and make some coffee. I got up with him bc there was no way I could try to sleep around the contractions anymore. They hurt but not enough to keep me from sleeping...they were just coming at a more frequent rate! I told him at 6am...that we were going to need to time them....just in case...lol!!
645am....Damien wakes up and we are all hanging out. I start to get more uncomfortable and trying to hide my tears from Damien. 720ish...I called to see if I should go in or not. By 800am...I was in a bed being checked to see if I was in "active" labor. My nurse checked me and I said..."Please tell me that I wasn't suffering for no reason...." She looked at me and said that I was 6/7cm and was going to be having a baby today.
I was very relieved bc that meant the end was very near for me...lol!!
She got me hooked up to the monitors, got my IV and antibiotics and stadol all hooked up, and then waited for the doctor. He showed up at around 830ish and said I was 8cm--0 station and was going to break my water!! I was nervous about the water being broke bc my body normally did that on its own....
From there...they let my body do what it was suppose to do. And that was naturally turn my baby around and let him continue to drop into the birthing canal. Finally around 935am-ish...I told them that I needed to and wanted to push.
I pushed no more than 2-3 times and Lance was out and yelling and hitting the doctor!!
And he is the most perfect thing that I have seen in a while!! And don't worry...pics will be coming soon.
Poor Barry through the whole thing wanted nothing but to comfort me...and I of course wanted nothing but space.....I told him NUMEROUS times to "stop touching me!" He did as I said but the whole time...I felt bad bc I knew he meant well. I just couldn't take it...lol!! I did apologize to him after and he said he understood! Love him for that!!
Damien did pretty good at our friends house. But when Barry went to get him...All Damien could talk about was his mommy! He wanted to "find" me. And let me say...when he "found" me...he was over joyed!!
Anyways.....
Lance Taylor Lyle.....Welcome to our beautiful world!!!
Love,
Marie, Barry, Damien and Lance
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Until Barry might show up in the states!! I am super excited and can't wait for our short reunion because it will be a REUNION!! He will get to hold Damien after 7 months and see his new little one still in my belly.
This has been a long and hard road for us. Even though we both act like it is not a big thing that he isn't here...we both are hurting on the inside in our own way. We are both happy that we get to see each other in a weeks time!!
I have been trying to get Damien to understand that his Daddy is on his way home. I tell him everyday that daddy is coming home. And I show him pictures of his daddy that way he doesn't have stranger anxiety with him!! But I have a feeling everything will go smoothly and without a hitch!!
I think the hardest thing that I have had to face these last 7 months is the last 7 days til Barry makes his appearance at one of the airports here in TEXAS!!! Every night I think to myself...you better stay inside my belly...so your daddy can watch you come out...lol!! And so far, every morning...I am still big, fat and pregnant!!
The excitement and anticipation for him to come home is eating me up inside!! I can't wait for me to post some pictures of all 3 then later 4 of us on here...even if it is only for about 2 weeks!!
