HAPPY 16TH BIRTHDAY TYLER STEVEN!!!!

So it's January, 1994 and again I suspect that I am pregnant. When I went to the doctor to confirm and the nurse told me to step on the scale, I knew. How does this keep happening??? My doctor walked into the room with my chart and said "Well Starla, you are the most fertile woman I know". What the...???? Jayci was only 5 months old. I was JUST pregnant!!!! I probably don't have to tell you, but I cried. Of course Shawn was all excited. When we went to tell his parents, I cried. When we went to tell my parents, I cried. I cried, I cried and I cried. Then I got sick.

Of course I would have to be sick AGAIN. But this time my doc put me on some pill(I don't remember what) and it worked. I remember going to the doctor just before my 16th week. I had stopped taking that little pill just prior because my prescription was up and I thought before I renewed it, I would try and see if I could come off of it. And it worked!!!! I wasn't feeling the sickness that I had felt prior. My doc was very impressed.

Again, I carried this baby totally different than my girls and considering I was soooo sure that Jayci was a boy, I wasn't about to bet on this baby. This pregnancy seemed like forever. It probably had to do with the fact that I had just had a baby 5 months prior!!!!! I was so anxious and could not wait for this baby to be born.

On September 23rd, 1994 at 8:21am, weighing 6lbs 7oz, our beautiful son was born. Shawn was ecstatic!!! We had our son! It took us a bit to decide on the name. We had Tyler picked out in the past tho and we just kept coming back to that. Since we had named Cassi after me (Lynn) and Jayci after her dad (Shawn) we went with Tyler after Shawn (and also I had always liked that name) and then Steven after Stevenson. It was perfect! We had the perfect family! Tyler quickly earned the nickname Baby Cliffy as they said he looked like my dad. Then later, Jayci gave him the name Ty-Ty, which still sticks to this day.

So now you know how all three of our kids came into this world. I am so blessed that they call me 'Mom'. I am proud of all three of them and don't know what I would do without them in my life. That's not to say that there aren't times that I would like to knock their heads off, but overall, I am blessed! We have been through different stuff over the years but I think this past year has taught us all that the most important thing is to love each other. Be kind to one another and when you just can't be kind, GO TO YOUR ROOM!

Happy Birthday my beautiful son. We love you very much!!!!

Love Shawn, Star, Cass & Jayci

P.S. My tubes were tied BEFORE I left the hospital!!!!