Mallory Raye Fields

I was told I had a lot to say in blog, and my aunt was right.

Here's an update:

Last year I wrote about this guy, Paul. He was my new boyfriend and I was in love. He was perfect and everything I wanted in a guy. Kind, romantic, chivalrious, and of course, handsome. Paul was the one for me. I was sure of it. A month into our relationship I was sure that he was the man I wanted for the rest of my life.

I was right.

We got married on April 28th. Was a beautiful wedding, and if I may say so myself, I looked great for it. Only time I really felt beautiful. He looked great too, in his tux and clean shaven and smelling great.

Paul and I danced to our song, "I cross my heart", by George Strait. It was a wonderful reception and I know I will never forget it. We had an amazing honeymoon, thanks Mom and Dad. I had never been to Gatlinberg, and I almost didn't want to go there, but we decided to go and Mom and Dad rented us a cabin in the woods and gave us a generous gift card to have fun on. It was quite the magical trip.

And then we lived in our house, that we own, as husband and wife. That has a nice ring to it. When his girls came for the summer we got to spend it together as a real family. It felt great to get to cook dinner for four people and help take cre of kids and just to be a wife and mom, which for those of you who really know me, it is all I've ever wanted out of life.

And then on July 25, 2007 Paul and I welcomed into the world little Mallory Raye Fields. She was 5 weeks early and gave us each a scare. It was quite the tramatic experience, with bleeding and an emergency C-section. Found out my placenta had ruptured and I had a 880 gram blood clot. As the doc put it, "We did the right thing," in taking her out, as opposed to just watching me through the night as they had previously decided.

Though she was 5 weeks early, Mallory was just fine. Slight case of jaundice but it was not major. She has no health problems and is doing wonderfully. As my pastor put it, "God was not surprised."

I am doing great as well. Only had to take a few doses of Motrin while in the hospital, but no pain meds at all. They were quite impressed. To tell you the truth, I was impressed. I'm a sissy and I would have begged for pain meds if I were in pain. Thank God I didn't need any.

So right now I am enjoying my time with my daughter. Very much not looking forward to going back to work and missing time with her, but someone has to help pay the mortgage. I'm just glad for the time I get with her now.

As of right now everything is going great at the Fields' residence. Let's all pray that I can continue to say so.

I'll try to keep this more updated, but no promises.

Thanks for listening, and when you talk to God next, thank Him for Mallory's safe delivery.

DeAnna