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Hey, Ya’ll.

If you have not figured it out yet, I am from the south, Florida to be more precise. I have only lived outside of Florida for five of my 50+ years. I am married with three kids that are amazing on most days. I have a son (19), and two daughters (16 and 14). I am a Navy Brat that has been married to an amazing former Marine for the last 19 years (Seth).

We both waited until later in life to have Kido’s was 31 almost 32 and he turned 30, two days before our son was evicted from my womb. Due to his 9lb 15oz self being stuck. LOL. It was crazy the doctor sent a nurse out of the OR to see how much he weighed. The doc was certain he was about 11 lbs. but he was off by a little. Duder, that is what we called him, Bean was next in line she was causing problems before we even knew the sex of the kido. She was not processing the amniotic fluid properly, so my fluid level went from 22 to 60 during the last eight weeks causing over 40-pounds of water weight gain in the last 8-weeks I carried her. She was also born with severe hypotonia, meaning there was no muscle tone in her body. Noodles was the last of my kids to arrive on the scene. They were perfect in every way. I spent the last 7 months of the pregnancy crying and horrified that there would be complications like with Bean. To our surprise they were their best version of their normal and I was ecstatic. 

That is currently the state of our family, but just like the world we are ever changing and evolving into more than we were yesterday. Sometimes it is for the best and other times maybe not so much, and that is okay. We must learn to hike up or bootstraps and adjust to the situation and move forward. 

Michealle
Pronouns She/Her
Bean
Pronouns She/Her
Noodles
Pronouns They/Them
Duder
Pronouns He/Him
Seth
Pronouns He/Him