Jonathan Miller, Jr. (Part 1)

There are so many details that happen in the labor and delivery process, so I hope I'm writing this in enough time to remember the good stuff. Thanks to my sweet husband for recalling the details that have become blurred to me by the pain. :)

First a little family history...

The Alligood Family Timeline:

August 9, 2010  We started dating.

March 3, 2011  Jon proposed. I said yes.

August 12, 2011  We got married.

November 9, 2011  This happened:

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Jon was very excited, which was good, because I was having more of a freaking-out emotion.

We had talked so much about wanting kids but felt like we needed to wait since we were both still in school. Not to mention the fact that we were probably still living off of leftover wedding food when this kiddo was conceived. However, we learned the truth of Proverbs 16:9 - "The heart of a man plans his way, but the Lord establishes his steps." And Jon and I believe wholeheartedly that His ways  are always good, so we trusted in that.

But first I had to freak out a little bit. We were both in school, I was months away from starting pharmacy school rotations (i.e. paying tuition to work full time), we were moving 3 1/2 hours away from our families (and free childcare) before the baby was due, and we hadn't even been on our belated honeymoon yet. All that aside, though, there was the fact that there was now a child inside of me and there was only one (technically two) way for him to come out!

Which leads us to June 24, 2012...

[to be continued]