Aries Derrae Garcia-Blake

^^Aries just a few hours after birth^^

Aries was born on Friday October 9th 2009. After 41 hours and 3 minutes of labor and two hours of pushing he was born at 1:03pm. He weighed 7 Lbs 12 oz and was 20 1/2 in Long. He is by far the most amazing thing to have happen to both Jacques and I. Talk about love at first sight. Every day I fall more and more in love. I had no idea I had so much love to give. I am a very loving person but this is a new type of love! He is so wonderful and has been the biggest blessing God has ever given to me. I am so excited for the future weeks as we continue to learn and grow as a family!

^^32 hours into labor with the best partner I could possibly have^^

Not so good at waiting...

So I figured out I am not very good at waiting! Up until now i have had the mind set of he will come when he is good and ready. However now with only five days left to go its hard to keep that mind set. especially when my body has been showing signs since Monday that it is almost time. And now tonight i have been having contractions starting at this morning they were probably about an hour apart then became about a half an hour apart for a good portion of the day at around 8pm the dropped to 20 minutes apart then at about 9 they dropped to 10 minutes apart and since 10 pm so for the past two hours they have been about 5 minutes apart. I don't want to get excited because i know that many woman go DAYS with contractions that close together and my hospital doesn't want you to come in until they are 3 minutes apart last for a minute and that has been going on for at least an hour... bahhh so even though I am having all these signs it could still be a few days before he comes. .... or he could come sometime in the next few hours.... how frustrating lol Now i finally get it when pregnant woman say they just cant wait and that the waiting game sucks because this whole time i found the waiting game to be very exciting but now its just annoying like to have it be so close but so far... I mean for the love of goodness sakes i just want to meet my son already lol I wish i knew for sure or not if these contractions were going to continue to get closer together or if i was going to be one of those unlucky few who have on going contractions close together but not quite close enough for days at a time... grrz But at the end of the day im not actually mad or that frustrated i know like with everything its all in Gods timing!!! : ) Over all i just feel blessed to be going through this experience!!! but being slightly selfish i really cant wait to meet my little man : )

Almost there!!

I can hardly contain myself as the days fade away and Aries due date grows closer. The anticipation of is he going to be born early or is he going to be born on or after his due date is so high. I honestly don’t care when he comes but the excitement of guessing maybe it will be this week is so extreme. I only way to describe the feeling growing in my stomach is by comparing it to that feeling you get when your at the very top of a roller coaster about to go down on the very first drop. Or the feeling one would get as they are about to jump out of a plane skydiving. That adrenaline rush you get when you do something that involves a slightly unknown ending. I am just so ecstatic to meet my son. Really words can not explain. I feel like I have been saying that so often lately… WORDS CAN NOT EXPLAIN… But how could words ever explain the amazing miracle of a pregnancy and a baby it really just is one of those gifts God gives that only emotions can explain. And what an precious gift it is!