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Today I am thankful for my little Aliesha.

I guess she's not so little anymore, cause today she turned 4! I really cannot believe that she is already 4. I would like to share Aliesha's story:

November 22, 2007. Thanksgiving day. I kept telling Aliesha not to come out of mommies tummy until after Thanksgiving, cause then I could eat a lot. :) She was a good little girl and stayed in my tummy. After dinner we had pies. Greg was really tired from working an all nighter for Thanksgiving so we headed home early. We got home at 11 and got ready for bed. As soon as his head hit the pillow he was out. And of course I couldn't get to sleep. all I did was toss and turn! As I was laying there I felt something wet... Umm weird! So I got up went to the bathroom and thought, hmm I think my water broke, but it wasn't a huge gush that I was expecting so I ignored it. Went back into the bedroom paced around the bedroom, trying to feel contractions, cause once again I thought that you feel contractions right from the get go of your water breaking. I really didn't want to wake Greg up, especially if it wasn't necessary. I went back into the bathroom, cause it just kept coming. So finally I walked back into the bedroom and quietly said Greg I think my water broke. He sat straight up and said YOU THINK??? I said I don't know, this has never happened to me before! So he said call you mom then call the doctors. I called my  mom and she informed me that it doesn't have to be a big gush, that it could be a little trickle. So I told Greg that it was my water. Unfortunately for us I didn't have my bag packed. Nothing. So Greg is frantically trying to pack my bag as I call the doctor. They tell me to come in. As I'm standing in my room I'm calling all of my friends telling them that I"m gonna have a baby. Still no contractions and I'm feeling fine. Greg's still in a panic throwing anything and everything in my bag, Finally we head off to the hospital. I'm still as calm as can be. A little scared and nervous for everything to become reality. We get to the hospital I get dressed lay in the bed and.... BAM! contraction! Off the charts! It was HUGE!!!! Owie! So I get an epidural after an hour. Finally everything all numbed up they tell Greg an me to get some sleep. I had my mom, sister, and mother-in-law all there with me so we all doze off. The nurse comes in and wakes me up so that she can check to see how far along I'm at. And next thing I know she's yelling all these medical terms and all these nurses are rushing in and getting my bed ready to wheel out. All I caught is HR drop to 50 and it's not coming up. Okay so now I'm really scared. I'm cold therefore I'm shaking vigorously. Also the on call doctor refused to come in. He absolutely wouldn't come in. So now the nurses were frantic they now had to get a hold of my doctor, whom wasn't on call! They rush me into the OR and prep me for a C-Section. Greg's still by my side the whole time calming me down. Finally my doctor walks in and turns on the stereo and starts the C-Section. I thought there would be no pain but holy moly I felt like I was going to vomit the whole time! Finally little Aliesha came out of my tummy to the song, I believe in Miracle's, by Hot Chocolate. Kind of appropriate. haha.  

Aliesha Is a very smart, loving, caring. She is such a girly girl! She loves to shop, loves candy, the colors pink and purple. She would wear dresses every day if I let her. She cannot wait till she can wear makeup and high heels. She is growing up so big and I am amazed at how smart and beautiful she is.  Here's some pictures of our little girl:

 Hospital

 First family pic

 Sorry so Blurry She's 7 months here

 3 Years

4 Years

Mommy and daddy love you very much Aliesha!