A Halloween To Remember!

I hope everyone had a Happy Halloween...we sure did! The United Cerebal Palsy Center (where Noah gets his Early Intervention therapy) held its First Annual "Life Without Limits" 1/2 Marathon on Saturday morning and my bf Kellie (click her name to view her blog entry on the 1/2 marathon) ran it in honor of Noah. I had intended on taking Noah up there to watch Kellie cross the finish line, but he decided to nap instead. So Chenequa and I got up there around 10 to be there for her big finale. Talk about emotional!!! I was so overwhelmed with gratitude watching the hundreds of runners cross that finish line in honor and support of all the special needs kids in our area. It truly was amazing! One of the most special moments was watching a little boy with Down Syndrome run across the finish line while holding hands with two of the runners. WOW. Kellie did GREAT and finished right under 3 hours... pretty awesome for her first 1/2 marathon, especially considering that she had only trained for the first 6 miles.

Then around 2:45, we got a call from Jamie's mother, that our sister-in-law, Stacey was in labor and at the hospital!!! So needless to say, our trick or treating plans got rearranged. :) We weren't sure how fast her labor was going so we dressed Noah in his costume (just in case we had time to go trick or treating before the baby was born) and headed to the hospital. On our way there, we got another call that they decided to do an emergency C-section because Stacey was having some complications. Once we get there, she was already sedated and in the OR. It was pretty scary there for a little bit because we weren't being given very much information. Thankfully, the baby was delivered perfectly healthy and Stacey is doing GREAT. James 'Eastlon' Brink was born at 4:21pm on 10/31/09, weighing in at 6lbs 8oz and 19 1/2" long... pretty good size considering he came 2 1/2 weeks early! We waited for awhile hoping to be able to see her after her surgery, however, they kept her in Recovery for several hours, so we took Noah to my grandmothers to collect his Halloween loot. After that, Noah was spent, so Jamie took him home and put him to bed and I went back to the hospital to meet little Eastlon and check on Stacey. Here are some pictures from the day...



Noah in his costume at the hospital, waiting to meet his new cousin


Sweet little Eastlon