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| July 09, 2006 |
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I just knew I was pregnant! I kept telling my husband “I know I am, I just know I am”! He kept saying you’ll probably just stressed. So I decided to go to the spa and relax. That Saturday I went to get a massage but in the back of my mind the whole time I kept telling myself your going to be a Momma again. When I got home I told Shane I stopped by the store and picked up a pregnancy test . He proceeded to go outside and cut the grass while I was so nervous inside taking the test. It showed up immediately, there was no doubt it was positive! This was surprise pregnancy and to this day I tell people it was my sister Pam’s fought for taking me and the kids on a two week vacation without Shane. Shane was so excited and happy , he wanted another little boy (or so he thought) and me, well though I did not outwardly show it I was thrilled. I always wanted to have 4 children. My life was finally going to be complete. I was just a little nervous about telling everyone. We were not sure how everyone would feel about me having another baby. Everyone was so concerned with my health after having Greyson. We waited until Labor Day before telling anyone.
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| July 19, 2006 |
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I went to my first Doctors Appointment at 1:00 pm. I was only 4 weeks pregnant but the Doctor wanted to see me early since I had delivered Greyson at 34 weeks. At my first Appointment they told me my due date was March 11. Even though you usually do not get an ultra sound until much further along Dr. Bland did a quick one so I could see my little peanut. She was so tiny and cute from the very first time I saw her.
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| August 30, 2006 |
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I went to see a fetal monitoring diagnostic specialist because I had two previous premature births. Dr. Potter took good care of me. He suggested I take a new shot (progesterone) that would help with preterm contractions. We did an ultra sound and everything looked perfect! She was already so full of personality. She was moving around so much, it took forever to complete the ultra sound.
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| September 20, 2006 |
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I went to Dr. Potter again. That is when I found out for sure that we were having a girl!!!! I already knew in my heart. I was so happy. Even though I knew it would be hard on my other daughter because she wanted to be the only girl, I was so happy when it was confirmed. Shane was not with me so I decided to keep it a secret for awhile. The pregnancy was going great. A little morning sickness but other than that We were doing just fine.
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| October 10, 2006 |
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I started my shots. I had to take one a week. It was one of the most painful shots I have ever had. My butt was sore until the day before the next shot! Everything was going great! I was gaining weight and so was our baby! It wasn’t until the end of October that I told Shane we were having a little girl! I bought him a little pink crocheted hat and booties and gave him a card about Daddy’s little Girl. When he opened the bag he had a puzzled look on his face and said “Oh so it’s a girl, I guess that’s ok”! I said “you guess! well it better be!” I don’t think it was until after he saw her that he was excited about having a girl. |
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| November 2006 |
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November seemed to go by fast I was getting bigger and I could feel our little one moving around. She was already so active. Her heart beat was strong and everything was going wonderful except for some little contraction had started. They were more regular than Braxton hicks but not really any concern.
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| December 2006 |
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By December I was so big and carrying so low that I was starting to get uncomfortable. Now our little one was really moving around. You could see my belly moving from across the room. She would press her hand against my tummy and I would rub her hand. She loved it when I played with her. She had big hands!!! And long feet. You could even count her little toes when she would press against my tummy. By the end of December my contraction were getting worse and the shots did not seem to be helping. |
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| December 29, 2006 |
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I went for my first NST test and well the contractions were so strong that they sent me over to the hospital to see if they could stop them. I ended up staying for the weekend. It was rough to say the least. The medicine they gave me made me so sick. My sister (Meme) stayed with me and took care of me while I was sick. The little one calmed down and they sent me home.
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| January 19, 2007 |
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At my next Dr. appt. I just knew that the contraction were not going to be stopped this time. I had my sister Pam take me to get my nails done first. If I was going into the hospital I was at least going to have pretty nails. While setting there having my nails done the contraction were getting stronger and stronger. I went to my appt and immediately the Dr. said I needed to go to the hospital! Once there they tried and tried to get the contraction to stop but they could only get them to calm down for a while.
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| January 20, 2007 |
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The medicine they gave me to stop the contractions made me violently ill. I could not stop throwing up. I was sick for a day and a half. By that point I was dry heaving so hard that it made my water break. At about 11am the Dr. Kunsel came in and said we were having this baby by noon! Around 11:45 they started to prep me for a c-section. Shane had already decided he did not want to be in the delivery room, he just does not do that sort of thing. So I asked my daughter Ashtin if she wanted to go in with me. I didn’t know if she would or not because she did not want a sister but she stood tall and said she wouldn’t be anywhere else. Before they took me back I told Shane that if anything were to go wrong and there was a decision to be made choose to save our baby not me! They took me and Ashtin back to the delivery room. I was so scared I had a million thoughts going through my head. Was my baby going to be ok? Who is she going to look like???? All of a sudden it got quiet.! Then I looked into Ashtin’s eyes and I saw the most beautiful twinkle in her eyes that I had ever seen. At 33 weeks 6 days it was 12:13 pm and she was looking at our baby! Is she ok? is she breathing? How is she??? And then I heard her cry. Ashtin went over to where they were cleaning her up and she got to cut the cord. It was at that moment that a bond was made that could never be broken. They finally brought her over to me and I kissed her and told her how much I loved her and that she was the most perfect baby I had ever seen. She had the cutest little face and the longest fingers and toes. Her color was beautiful, her ears were perfect. I couldn’t believe it my life for the first time felt complete. The only thing they could tell me was that she weighed 4lbs 8.9oz and was 17 ½ inches long. Then they had to take her to the neonatal intensive care. They did an assessment of her and told us considering that she was a 33 weeker she was doing great. I had to go to recovery so it was around 7pm before I got to see her but when I did and I touched her and kissed her I knew that God had blessed me with the best little miracle in my life. If you have been reading all of this you might have asked yourself by now why do she keep referring to this baby as little one, or little girl, or little miracle and not by a name…. Well that is because Shane and I could never agree on a name. It took us three days to name her. I wanted to name her after my brother Edward “Lee” and Uncle Daniel “Lee” who and just passed away and Matthew like the name Emily so I like Emalee. Shane did not want to name her that. I was so upset that I could not name her after my Brother and Uncle. After many hours of tears Shane agreed on Emalee but he wanted to choose the middle name ( I had a list for those also) out of the list I had given him he chose Rain. So there you have it after three days and everyone in the hospital asking about that baby that didn’t have a name… Emalee Rain Galamore! Shane admits now that it is a beautiful name and it fit her perfectly. For two and a half weeks I stayed up at the hospital almost every minute of the day. I would only come home long enough to fix breakfast for the kids and see them off to school and come home at night to eat dinner with them and tuck them in. It didn’t matter how tired I was or how bad I was hurting I was going to be with my Emalee. Holding her in my arms was the most important thing in this world to me. She loved it when I would show up. The nurses would say she was waiting on me. As soon as she heard my voice she would start waking up and wanting my attention. I would hold her on my chest for hours and hours at a time. The doctors kept telling me because she was only 33weeks she would not nurse but we proved them wrong! She started nursing at 1 week old and never stopped….. She was an eater.
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| February 6, 2007 |
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Emalee was finally released to come home from the hospital. She had to wear a heart monitor but we had to go through that with Greyson so it was not as scary as it sounds. Just one week after being out of the hosp. Emalee was doing great. During Feb. she had her first Valentines. She was everyone’s little “BALENTIME”!
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| March 2007 |
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Emalee took her first train ride when we drove to Calera Alabama and went to A Day Out With Thomas. Greyson loves Thomas the Train! She slept through most of it. Even when the train whistle blew. We did not really get out much with Emalee but we did go to Brother’s soccer games. I would always carry her in her Pack. She usually just slept on my chest during the whole game, except when I would get to loud yelling for Brother. She loved me carrying her around on my chest.
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| April 2007 |
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Emalee took her first vacation. The kids were out of school for Spring break so MeMe took us to Chattanooga for the week. We went to the Kids Discovery Museum and to the Tenn. Aquarium. Emalee did not like riding in her stroller she wanted me to carry her around in the little PackPack. She looked so cute in it because she was so tiny. Her legs barely stuck out the leg holes. It was while we were in the aquarium at the butterfly exhibit that Ema saw her first butterfly. There were butterflies all around. She had some land on her head and she could not see them. She felt them tickling her little head but could not figure out what it was. It was so funny seeing her look up in amazement. The smile on her face was priceless.
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| May 2007 |
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Spring had come and we were enjoying nice weather. We started getting out more. Ema didn’t really like her car seat. I would have to sing to her while we were riding. She loved the song Oh My Darlin… except I didn’t know many words to it. I made up my own. That is something my Mom started with her. At the end of May when the kids got out of school, we went to my Mom “MooMoo’s” house for the summer. Emalee was getting so chubby. MooMoo was determined that she was going to start her on cereal before we left there.. And she did! Emalee spent a lot of time with MeMe and MooMoo over the summer. The had a pool installed in the back yard for the kids. Emalee loved playing in the water. She had this little elephant float she loved to relax in. We also took a summer vacation with MeMe to Dollywood in Tenn. We had the best time. Emalee started riding in a new kind of stroller I had bought. Greyson could sit or stand in the back of it. It was called a ride a long. Emalee would not sit anywhere but in the front looking out. She wanted to see everything! She was so tiny and not really ready to sit in the front. We had to take towels and tuck them all around her so she could sit there. So many people would stop us and comment how beautiful she was. Even people with children or grandchildren of their own would say she was the most beautiful baby they had ever seen. It got to be pretty funny after a while. We couldn’t even go out to eat without people coming up to us. It was like we were a celebrity or something. |
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| June 2007 |
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By the start of summer Ema had filled out and was gaining weight just like she should. She was a perfect baby. She had her routine but usually went with the flow of things. She always had a smile on her face and her eyes shined so bright. I would dress her up everyday. Even when we weren’t going anywhere. MeMe and I could not help but buy her something new every time we went out. She had some favorites. I loved to dress her in lavender or blue because of the way it made her eyes look. She looked best in lavender.
And I always had a big bow or hat on her.
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| July 4, 2007 |
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We had a 4th of July get together at MooMoo’s. We cooked out and celebrated Ema’s first 4th of July. I had her all dressed up in red, white and blue with a big bow in her hair. Shane drove over and went swimming with the kids. He got to play with Emalee in the pool. She had so much fun.
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| August 2007 |
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We came home from Alabama the first week in August so the kids could get ready to go back to school. Emalee had to get settled into her routine. She and I would get up early before everyone else and cuddle. We shared some special moments while nursing. I remember how she would smile up at me through her sleepy eyes and then nurse herself to sleep. Emalee had started scooting across the floor, and getting up on her knees to crawl. I had just started feeding her fruits and veggies. She loved pumpkin squash and the cereal with granola and cinnamon. She had always slept in the room with me until the last couple of weeks. She had just gotten used to her crib. The night before she passed away she did not sleep well. She woke up around 3am and wanted me to rock her. She didn’t go right back to sleep she just wanted me to hold her. I stayed up in her room for a couple of hours just singing and rocking her.
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| August 31, 2007 |
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Emalee woke up early considering she had gotten up at 3am. After I got Ashtin and Matthew off to school Greyson and I played with Ema and read her a book “The Caterpillar Dance” and then I fed her cereal and nursed her. I took her upstairs and I let her crawl around while I got together her cloths that I was going to pack. We had plans to go to Alabama for Labor Day. After I got her cloths I picked her up and danced around her room and sang to her. She had two bunnies that hung from her ceiling fan. I walked under them and let them dance on her head. As she giggled I gave her kisses and told her I loved her. I put her in her bed and wound up the music on her mobile and told her I would see her after her nap. That was the last time my precious baby smiled at me. About two hours later I went to wake Emalee from her nap I found her in the corner of her crib not breathing. At that moment my heart just sank. I picked her up and rushed downstairs to call 911 and I proceeded to do CPR until the paramedics could get there. My whole world just seemed to stop. I was crying and begging Emalee to breathe for Momma. Greyson was standing by me the whole time saying “Momma make Ema ok, make her better”! The paramedics worked on her and rushed her to the ER. They would not let me ride with her. I was in shock the whole ride to the hospital. A police officer that had answered the call drove me. My Husband met me there. When they walked me in they would not tell me anything. I saw the room she was in but I could not believe what was happening. They put me in a room to wait until Shane got there. I kept praying and begging God to please just let my baby breath. I just kept hoping it wasn’t true. It wasn’t long after when a Doctor came in the room followed by a bunch of other people. I knew the minute they made eye contact. I grabbed my husband and it was at that moment our lives would never be the same. “I’m sorry they said, We did all that we could”! They said she probably passed away due to SIDS. They didn’t see any other signs of complications. My husband and I just cried… After a few moments they said we could see our Precious Emalee. They let me hold her and I sang to her and I kissed her. I held her little hand. The most beautiful angel there ever was! The hardest thing I ever had to do was to leave her in that room. I wanted My Baby back I didn’t want to say Good-Bye!!!!!
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| September 4, 2007 |
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We held Emalee’s funeral in Alabama so that she could be buried near her PawPaw and Aunt Beth. My Sisters, Niece, and Nephews helped with the arrangements. Without their love and support I could not have made it through. Everyone wore Lavender and we handed out little lavender bows to everyone who attended. We had a slide show of Emalee so that even those who did not get the chance to meet her could know how beautiful and happy she was and how much joy and love she had brought to her family. My sister Pam (MeMe) spoke and told stories of Ema and all the cute little things she did. Emalee wore a simple long white Strausburg and Lace dress her favorite big white bow; she had her pearl bracelet and held a small dainty bouquet of purple flowers. She was truly a vision of an angel. The service was a sweet memorial of the short life that Emalee lived. But even though it was a short 7 mos and 11 days, Emalee did a lot while she was with us. She was a happy and loving baby. There are so many people that loved her. She will always be remembered and live within our hearts. To those who knew her she will always be our “Baby, our precious Emalee, Ema, Missy Prissy, Beautiful, our Little Girl and GreyGrey’s Emanemane!
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