Dear Heavenly Father,

Words cannot begin to express our gratitude for the gift of Cade. We have been faithful in you and clung to your promise that if we delight ourselves in you, you will give us the desires of our heart. Well, 3 years later, many doctors, tears, and prayers...here we are. Today we hold the most precious gift you have ever given us, Cade Beatty Hall. Monday, August 10th, 2009 will forever be a day of happiness and gratitude. His stubborn personality and desire to be breech meant he came via c-section at 7:37pm, which we were thankful everything went perfectly smooth. We are gracious for his healthy weight of 8.1 pounds and his length of 20.25 inches. He is just perfect and we could not have asked for a more perfect gift. So, today we dedicate this blog to every person out there Lord who is struggling with decisions in life and feeling like you are not there. We too felt like that at times, but you continued to show us that faith and perserverance will prevail and you gave us a gift that was worth the wait of all those years! Thank you again for showing us the gift of life through you, yet again.

Amen

Getting ready for surgery!

Mommy seeing Cade for the first time

Getting ready to leave the hospital as a family

Cade in his going home outfit... the shoes and socks were Charles' when he came home from hospital!

Chilin' at home with my Bro Baylor

Daddy leaving to go back to work! I had to match and tell him bye!

Matching wet spots with Daddy!

4 days worth of diapers...Yikes

Getting spoiled by Mommy

The shirt says it all, "The Prince has arrived"

My first bath at 10 days old

Daddy snuggling me up in my cool dinosaur towel

All clean and ready for bed

Mommy and Daddy's little angel

Top 10 ways you know you are Pregnant...

10- You answer "Air Conditioning" when people ask what you are craving
9- You become out of breath just trying to get into bed (not to mention you require a stool!)
8- You start to have eratic breathing when you are putting lotion on your legs
7- You have a constant burning in your throat from indegestion
6- You consider it a good night when you only have to get up to pee 2 times
5- You consider it your workout for the day if you put on your own socks
4- You are in the bathtub and wonder if your nipples will actually touch your belly button soon
3- You become jealous of the lady in the stall next to you because she got to pee for at least 10 seconds
2- You realize your favorite panties begin to roll down in the front to accomodate the belly

AND, the number one way you know you might be pregnant.....

1- You believe stretchy elastic waistbands are cool and making a come back!

Almost Here!

Well, we are on the home stretch! It looks like Cade will make his appearance this week via c-section! We are excited, but of course getting the last minute jitters! I think the excitement is just taking over! We are spending our time doing the last minute cleaning house, mowing yard, washing clothes, etc. Just trying to have less to do when we come home from the hospital! We are squeezing in date nights and last minute fun activities as well. So, while we are busy, Cade has been too! Here is what he has been up to this week!

"Your baby has really plumped up. He weighs about 6.8 pounds and he's over 19 1/2 inches long (like a leek). He has a firm grasp, which you'll soon be able to test when you hold his hand for the first time! His organs have matured and are ready for life outside the womb. Wondering what color your baby's eyes will be? You may not be able to tell right away. If he's born with brown eyes, they'll likely stay brown. If she's born with steel gray or dark blue eyes, they may stay gray or blue or turn green, hazel, or brown by the time he's 9 months old. That's because a child's irises (the colored part of the eye) may gain more pigment in the months after he's born, but they usually won't get "lighter" or more blue. (Green, hazel, and brown eyes have more pigment than gray or blue eyes.)" --BabyCenter.com

Also, wanted to post some pics that our friend Carol took. She is a beautiful friend who does this on the side. If you like what you see, let me know and I will give you her info. She is amazing.