This past weekend Chris, Athena (our pup), Rylynn, Jenn and I all packed up and drove down to meet Mama Love in Free Port. It was our last vaction before the baby comes. Let me just start off by telling you the assigned seating in the truck. Well you have Chris who was driving, Athena (did I mention she is our dog) who had the entire front seat to herself, Rylynn in the middle of the back seat with her cozy car seat, and Jenn and I on both sides. Oh I can't forget that Rylynn's car seat was leaning on me the entire ride. So as you can imagine the ride was a little long, but now looking back it was absolutly halarious. I have to say that this weekend was probably one of the best weekends I have had in a while...because it was so relaxing. We went to the beach a few times, but honestly the best part was sitting out on the back patio just telling stories and cuttin up. This was Athena's first trip to the beach, and she was so much fun to watch. She went crazy...in fact I believe Chris had to save her one time because she almost went out too far. LOL. She didn't really understand that you can't drink the salt water, so there was a little up set stomach that came along with all that fun. On Saturday we went into Galveston and went to a place called Moody Gardens. It was probably the coolest place I have been to in a while, they had everything there. Our day consisted of an aquarium, Titanic artifacts, Imax movie, and the jungle...and you can't forget dippin dots. All in all I had a blast and can't wait until our first vacation with the baby.
So, as I said before I am not too good at keeping up with this! As all of you know...we had our little precious baby Boy, Cohen Christopher Burton. He was born September 26th at 6:47 p.m, 8lbs 8oz, big boy! It was actually really funny, I was due on September 26th and scheduled to be induced as well. We woke up that morning planning on going to the hospital, but then they called me with the news that they were completely full and I was going to have to change my induction date. Apparentely Cohen wasn't having that, so he finally started to make his move. I started having contractions really fast and strong, about 4 minutes apart right away! For some reason I was worried that my doctor wouldn't believe that I was going into labor because the hospital just called with the bad news. (I don't know why I was thinking that...crazy) so she had me come in her office and right away she sent me to the hospital. We checked in the hospital around 11 a.m. and my water broke around noon. Things went pretty fast after that, I was only pushing for 20 minutes. Before we knew it we had out little miracle!! He was so beautiful, I just couldn't believe that he was mine. I am truly blessed and have a new meaning to my so called life. Chris said that I did great at not being mean or yelling at him, he said I was "in the zone"! I remember getting mad at him for the flavor of his gum, the way it smelled really bothered me. LOL. Chris, my mother, Amanda, Jenn and Chris' mother Sandy were all in the room and were all in tears at the first sight of Cohen. I think that Cohen really brought our families closer and I am very greatful for that too. He will be 3 months the day after Christmas, and it makes me sad how fast he is growing up. He is the most amazing thing in my life and I can't wait to share more with you all. Hope you all have a wonderful holiday and I will see you next year. 
