Hi I am a 30 year old mom with two beautiful little boys. Joey who will be 3 in June and Zack who was born in october 2007. Things are not easy but God gives me the strength to deal with it all. I am married to a wonderful guy for almost 8 years now. Together we make a terrific family and I would not change it for the world.

I am gonna give you a highlight of both the births of my boys....I was living in Massachusetts when pregnant with my 1st son Joey. we moved to North Carolina when i was almost 6 months. I was ok with the move but was not excited about having to meet a new doctor and go through the whole thing all over again but they were very nice and things went smooth. on june 23rd 2005 i was eating at ruby tuesday and wham my contractions started. but i just wanted to go home first and not to the hospital yet. so with the contractions coming all night i managed to hold off and decided it was time to go at 5am on the 24th. i was scared i have never been through this before so i called my best friend from Massachsetts and just cried. well she calmed me down and off me and the hubby went. we got to the hospital at 6am and i was 3 cm. waited till i was like 5cm before i got my epidural. well i finally got to 10cm at 1 pm and started to push and he came out at 2:43 pm. words will never or could never explain the feelings i had when he came out with all 10 toes and fingers and when i heard his first cry ahh music to my ears. he weighed 8lbs 2oz and was 21 inches long. We named him Joseph Paul (after my dad and hubbys dad)

Now on january 23rd of 2007 i took a pregnancy test that had two faint lines...then i took more and sure enough i was postive. i was all excited but could not share my news cuz hubby wanted to wait. i was like ok and sadly on january 28th i lost the baby. i was sad but very optimistic about it knowing that it was in Gods plan and you never question him. well we went on with our life enjoying Joey when i had to go to the dentist , they sent me for blood work and for some reason i asked for a pregnancy test at the same time to be sure before i had the surgery and the nurse called me up on march 12 and said that my bloodwork showed that i had some hcg in it and wanted me to come in for an ultrasound so on march 14 2007 i went in and there was another beautiful sight a little embryo and a slight heartbeat. i was thrilled but remembered what just happened so i just remained calm amd was like this is Gods plan. well on October 27th we were all chillin at a neighbors house and i looked up at the sky and said its a full moon tonight i am gonna go into labor chuckled and went on with what i was doing.(i still had 11 days to go) so around midnight i decided it was time to go home cuz i was feeling really tired and joey was ready too, so i said good bye to everyone including the hubby and was getting in my van when last minute hubby said no i am going with you i have a wierd feeling. so we get home and i had to pee when i went in i was bleeding. i called the doctor and she said not to worry the bleeding was not heavy it was probably cuz she had stripped my membranes two days before. relieved i decided to sit down and watch some tv before bed when out of nowhere the contractions started and started strong.finally at 2:30am i could not take it anymore. got my babysitter and off we went. got to the hospital around 3:30 and i was 4 cm. they got me settled and got me an epidural amd i rested for a bit. the epidural started to wear off an hour later so about 8am they called for another and finally ahhh i could rest. then the doctor came in and said we are going to start pitocin cuz you are not dialating fast enough. so as they went and got the pitocin put it in my iv the doctor decided to check me and his head was right there. that was at 9:47am and as everyone rushed cuz they did not expect it that fast i started pushing 1, 2, 3 and he was born at 10:02 am. i heard his cry counted his toes and fingers and decided i was blessed with another beautiful baby boy. he was 7lbs 13oz and 21 1/2 inches, we named him Zackary Donald.

I thank God everyday for day for my two little boys....I could not be any happier. i thought that when i met my husband i knew what love was but i was wrong I love my husband to death but the love for my boys is something i can never explain...

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Date	04/10/2006
From	hughbanks3 (Dawn Hughbanks) add to address book
Subject	looking for my siblings.
Body	I'm not sure if you sure who I spoke to earlier today or not, but this profile says your birthday is august 22 which is when my sister Tammy's birthday is. I have a brother named Billy and Mark Their DOB's are 12-8-75 and 10- 10-77. I don't even know if the know that they were adopted. I was only 8 when we were separated. I have been searching for many many years. I don't want to cause any trouble, I just would love to know whatever happened to them. My name is Dawn I just froze I did not know what to say what to do if it was true or was it someone playing a cruel trick on me. so after I calmed down I decided to go with it and I answered the add and immediately I got a response back. we exchanged some info and so far it was all legit. so I told her about my dad and she seemed to know about him so I was getting more excited as the time went on and then I told her that I was given a picture of my mom a few years back and I decided that if all of this was true then that picture would tell it all so I scanned it to her and it was the same person. oh my Goodness did I freak out. I called her immediately after that and all we did was cry for about 20 min's then we were able to squeeze out a conversation. through her I was able to meet the rest of the family. for two weeks my phone did not stop ringing and my email was blown out with pictures of the whole family. within a month we were all reunited. it was a dream come true. sadly though two weeks after I met granny and spent 2 wonderful weeks with her she passed away (everyone says she held on for me because i was all she talked about) and my mom just passed away 2/17/08 from small cell cancer. although all of that happened I was blessed with the fact that I was able to know them and see where I came from and the 2 years that i did get to know her will always be cherished in my heart for now the hole that was there was now filled by the miracles of the internet( AND GOD).... who knows what the future will hold but for right now I can smile although sad because unlike many other people in this world I was given a second chance and my dream came true.