Jacob & Jada

I still remember the day that Jacob's cousin, Jada, was born. It was January 31, 1997, and I was on Interstate 85 headed to Durham. You see, I was undergoing infertility treatments at Duke in my own attempts to have a baby. So when the call came in that Steph and Sam had had their baby, I cried and cried and hoped Steph was alright. Later that day, we traveled to Danville to see them. (Side note: If you know Sam Sullivan, Jada is the "spittin' image" of him in this picture.)

For most of 1997, I would battle the ups and downs of infertility treatments, and then in September, I was pregnant. But, when we went to have the ultrasound, there was a sac, but no baby. Devastated ... I decided to wait until the holidays were over to allow my body and mind to heal.

Not willing to give up, I started making those daily drives to Durham again in January 1998. And, by mid-February, I was pregnant again. Scared to death. A little neurotic. I waited for that 6 week period to be up so that I could go for the ultrasound. And, there it was .... a baby, a heartbeat, a future.

I admit that it was a nervous 9 months on my part. October 25th seemed like it would never get here. I had no clue that I would not need to make it that far. On October 7th at 10:33 a.m., Jacob Andrew Creedle was born, and I finally became a mother.

 

 

 

 

He was my miracle baby. I had no idea at that time that I would love him like I do. That feeling you have when a baby is born just grows and grows and grows. After that, I lost both of my tubes to tubal pregnancies, one in 2000 and one in 2005. The one in 2005 was conceived naturally, which was like a one in a gazillion chance, and it was stuck in my tube. That's just one of those questions that I would really like to know the answer to....If I was granted a miracle to conceive on my own, then why would it not make it to where it needed to be??

Lucky for us, the Sullivans have been both friends and family to us. I have known Steph all her life, even remember seeing her in her own baby bed, and we stayed at the same babysitter. Sam and Jacob's Dad are cousins, which brought she and I back together.

This picture of Jada holding Jacob just melts my heart. I think he was about 3 months old in this picture, and she almost 2.

 

 

Lucky for them ~ they have gotten to share every holiday together.

 



 

 

They have attended Church together ~ even singing a duet once.

And birthdays and vacations. They will only realize how lucky they are when they have children of their own.

Fast Forward .... 15 years. On Monday, Jacob will be 15. In January, Jada will be 17.

Last night, we all got together to watch the Season Premiere of Scandal, and Jada decided to make a McDonald's run and took Jacob with her. First time. What a strange, strange feeling. She's now a Junior and he's a Freshman, and I know we are going to have more feelings like this.

 I'm glad Steph and I have each other to help us through it.