Creide....

Creide, Creidey, Creidey-Bear, Creide Jaxton… the many names he has almost matches the many different aspects to his personality. He is a fiery little man that just turned three in September. Even before we knew we were expecting him he left a lasting impression. My first awareness of my 3^rd son was through a dream prior to my knowledge that I was even pregnant with him. I was told in my dream that I just had another boy. I told the person in my dream that was impossible because I was not even pregnant. The person was adamant that I did indeed have a baby boy, he was at the hospital, and I desperately needed to go get him as there had been an explosion in the town we lived and it was unsafe. I remember feeling anxious and wanted to hurry to go get him when it hit me that I wouldn’t know which baby was mine. I stopped the person to ask them what I named my baby so that I could make sure I got the right one. That is when they showed me his birth certificate and spelled his name one letter at a time. “J – A – X – T – O – N.” When I woke up that next morning I told Jason about my dream. He said, “Another boy?!?.....Ky is still just a baby,” referring to our 2^nd son who had just turned 1 years old. Later that month I took a pregnancy test and it was negative. I did not believe it and took something like 6 or 7 more pregnancy tests before I finally got a positive test. Jason thought I was crazy. I just knew that I was pregnant and couldn’t figure out why I wasn’t getting an accurate test…. I was indeed expecting. Everyone kept saying how they hoped it would be a girl this time and I told them that it wasn’t going to be. It was going to be another boy because that was what my dream had told me. I also told my husband that despite my due date being September 29^th that I felt that I would have him on 9/11 because of the explosion in my dream. Sure enough, on September 11^th, 2 ½ weeks early, I delivered Creide Jaxton, our 3^rd boy.

We thought and thought about what to name him. My first thought was that we needed to use the name from the dream however a family member had recently had another baby and his name was very close to Jaxton. So I started thinking of different variations of the name Craig, my husband’s middle name and my father-in-law’s name. I came up with the names Creide and Quaid. That next weekend we went to church and the pastor was giving a sermon on your “creed”. Jason and I both looked at each other and knew that God was telling us to use the name Creide. So, Creide Jaxton it was (of course we had decide to decide on how to spell it but that is an additional story.)

Since his birth, he has definitely made such an impact on our lives. His footprints are forever on our hearts. He continually makes me laugh with the things he says and does. He is by far our most dramatic child. My favorite thing about Creide is his smile. When I see his precious little face light up with that smile of his it makes my heart light up with joy. This past month he turned three and it is so hard to believe that God has blessed us with three years with this child already. It has been such an amazing experience for both of us. I can’t wait to see what God calls this little man to do with his life with his “rock-star” name and his “rock-star” attitude as we always say.

Creide is the most affectionate of the boys. He genuinely misses his brothers when they are gone and when they return he almost always greets them with a hug. He is the most tenacious of the three, he never gives up. He is also my most accident prone. He has already had a couple of breaks and stitches to mark his bravery. This is something that I hope he outgrows in the very near future.

He never gives up. Keeping up with two big brothers is a big job and he does his very best. I often look at him and wonder, as I do with the other boys, what God has laid out for him. I wonder how He plans on using my little man to expand His kingdom. The scripture that comes to mind when I think of him is “I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me,” Philippians 4:13 as I look at this little guy and how he never gives up. Most of the time he is the last one to sleep at night and the first one awake. You can hear his non-stop chatter about different things and he just makes you laugh. When Kearyn was first born we took her to church the first time. A dear friend of ours was hold her and he asked her if she could “put her back” (in her carseat) “and just look at her.” He is always coming up with things like that.

There isn’t a day that goes by that I just don’t feel overwhelmingly blessed to have each of my children. Thank you God for choosing Jason and I, trusting Jason and I, and loving Jason and I so much that you have given us such wonderful gifts. Now let’s just hope we don’t mess them up!