the past two weeks i have been back and forth from pa to va... and back. twice. haha. Brandy had a beautiful baby girl, Ashton Jade, on tuesday feb 17th. the week prior, however, she was in the hospital to be monitored bc of a few complications. by the time i got down there to surprise her on the 10th, she had been there a week. i sure surprised her, though! haha. not to mention her nurse! i walked to the door and the nurse asked if i was going in that room, i said, 'yes' and she did a double take and said, 'y'know, you could be her twin'. i smiled and said, 'i am' and her jaw dropped she's like, 'seriously?' and i just laughed and nodded. it was so funny! Brandy just looked at me and said "what are you doing here?" but i know she was just shocked. :) i know it meant a lot to her that i came down to keep her company - even though she was just told she could go home. it just meant that we could hang out at her house til friday instead of the hospital.
so i got to the hospital that day just in time to take her home (where she stayed for about a week). i left friday morning on the 13th. monday came and she had a dr appt. her BP was still high, so they sent her to the hospital to be monitored, again. they decided it best to induce the next morning (the 17th). i got up on the 17th and decided to go back down to be with her. i got there with a few hours to spare, and Brandy gave birth at 6:18pm to little Ashton. and i mean 'little'. 6lbs 10oz. Brandy (and everyone else) was expecting a much bigger baby.
all in all the delivery was smooth (and after such a rough pregnancy, she deserved that!). AJ is healthy and everyone is doing well! :) thank God for kids!
speaking of kids... i stayed with Jill and Scott when i went down to va. and let me tell you, Luke and Leah have just gotten so much sillier!! not to mention cuter and bigger... they are so sweet and i think they really got used to having Rah Rah around - i'm sure they're expecting me to come next week...
so many more stories to tell... but i am so tired right now... so it will have to wait til another time.
take care of you for me.
