New Adventure of Life

Payton James made his appearance Saturday February 16 weighing 7lbs 5 oz and was 19 inches long. James and I are so bless to have him in our lives. People have asked me if I had a long labor. I was probably in labor for roughly 24 hours before he came, but having really bad contractions that were close together maybe about 12 hours. Friday morning I had woken up with back pain. I have had back pain almost my whole pregnancy (pretty much when I started showing). This pain felt a little different, but I wasn't entirely sure. I took it pretty easy that day. I just laid around reading, try sleeping, and even took a couple of warm showers. By 5:30 - 6 that night I ended up calling my mom because I wasn't sure if I should go in or not, so I wanted her opinion. I knew that I could be possibly having back labor. My mom told me that I should go in just to get checked out. Worst case scenario I would just get sent back home. We get to the hospital around 7 pm. They checked me out  and

It's 8:05 pm the night before my due date. I can't believe I'm the end of my pregnancy. I know that Payton can be late, but knowing the end is near is kinda nice. I've enjoyed being pregnant, but these last 3 weeks have been really hard for me. I not the biggest fan of surprises. I have to know what or when something is going to happen. James has a hard time surprising me because I'm always trying figure out what he is doing. *He did surprise me today with some chocolate and a Valentines day card*  Anyways knowing that Payton could come any time excites me, but also terrifies me. I mean when in the world is he going to show. I wish I could just be give a date saying that he will be born that day. Not a due date since most babies are not born on their actual due date. Poor James, I've kept him up numerous time in the past few weeks freaking out, stressing, etc. over this whole not knowing and knowing that I can't do anything about it really. God knows and I h