Bubba

You know that friend you've had practically your entire life? The one you tell everyone is your cousin and that you really are related. Yeah I have one of those. His name is Matt, but I call him Bubba. Why am I writing about him? Well, i've seen a lot of post on facebook lately "____ first dance" . This will be a short one but I want to give credit where credit is due and I've never shared this with anyone not even my Bubba.
        In first grade I saw him and said, I know him and it was uphill from there. We told everyone we were cousins. On the playground he would pretend to be a preacher and I would lead the choir. Recess was our time and the memories I made back then i'll cherish forever. I was in 4th grade when I went to my first school dance. I was having a blast! I was dancing to all of those fantastic late nineties hits. then a slow song came on and one by one couples lined up on the mid court line in the gym at Chatsworth Elementary. Girls with their hands on boys shoulders and boys with their hands on girls waists moving left to right. Not exaggerating when I say I was the only girl not up there. So this was the first time I really had low self esteem. My fourth grade mind was going crazy with all kinds of things. "am i ugly?" "the smelly kid is dancing with someone" "do i smell worse?" "why am I taller than all the boys" "they always pick me first for kickball, why not now?" So 10 year old little Kacey sat on the top seat, in the corner where no one could see her and shed a few tears :( My face was in my hands when someone hugged me. I look up and see my best friend, he didn't say anything just took my hand and walked me down to the floor where everyone was lined up. He just smiled at me and I felt better. This happened to me a lot. I was always friends with boys but i was never the girl with a "boyfriend" Dances would come and No one for slow dances then Matt would come dance with me. I don' care if it was out of pity. He didn't care what anyone thought and he'd dance with me. I know it may not seem like a lot to you guys, but it was friends like this that made me believe I was beautiful. He gave me confidence. As we got older I went to more dances with different guys but my Bubba always saved a dance for me.

We are 27 years old now and have been friends for over 20 years.I love this guy so much and I'm so proud of all that he has done. I'm most proud of the way he loves his family and I include myself in his family. He is good people. I love you Bubba.

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Fin Frands

Reagan Sydney & Pierce Cameron (part 5)

This will be the final installment of the R&P saga well at least the newborn part :D I'm going to back track and jump around so stay with me :D

 after this picture was taken only parents were allowed in the NICU because of the H1N1 Virus. My mom , dad, sister, katie, and tim. were the only ones that got to hold the boys while in the NICU

Reagans first feeding from something other than a feeding tube 24 days old :D

and  first burp hehe

Pierce first bottle feeding 24 days old

That was goood! First burp :D(mini Charlie Bailey)

So this was their first feeding. the nurse said We give them 20 minutes then if they don't finish we put it in their tube. Reagan finished in 4 1/2 minutes and Pierce finished in 5 minutes :D they were ready to come home. If you've read my previous blogs you know that my boys were very healthy. They just had to grow and learn to eat :D They also had to bring themselves out of apnea spells. they would get all snuggly and comfy and say "hey this is nice lets stop breathing" we would wait a few seconds and if they didn't breath we'd give them a little nudge. We had to stop the nudging so they could go home. Just when it looked like we'd be going home they'd both be like ah breathing is for the weak boom apnea spell and they would just lay there smiling. not changing a thing. till one week :D neither boy had a spell! wooooo! so we get started on the going home process and Pierce gets a stinking eye infection :( so the boys are moved out of their co bed and into individual beds in pod 2.

After a week we were finally starting the going home process.

My first mother's day :D if all was well we'd go home the next day

Passed Carseat test!!

That night we had to stay in a care by parent room. Reagan was still hooked to a monitor that the nurses could see.  Pierces monitor was there just for our benefit. I was a nervous wreck and didn't sleep a wink. I was afraid they would have an apnea spell. We both stayed up all night watching monitors and listening to the boys breathe.

So this is where I'm sad. we lost a LOT of pictures. going home day. I have the ones from home but the ones from the hospital are gone :(

On May 11th, 2009 We made our way home to Georgia. I sat in the back between the boys. As soon as we pulled in my parents were there to greet us and for first dibs on un tethered lovins! Soon after my sister and Mammaw Katie and Pawpaw Tim came.

Nanny feeding Pierce on his first day home

Still so tiny only 4 lbs at 6 weeks old Sweet baby Rae

Exhausted! Home sweet home!

It was the best Mother's day to date! 

I left out so much but it seems like boring info to me. Maybe one day I'll go back and tell more stories from the NICU. For now I'll stop and say thank you so much to our amazing family and friends. Thank you to all of the nurses, doctors, employees at Erlanger and The Ronald McDonald House. Dont be mad at me Madisun but this is the end

Fin Frands