Jaima Raye DeVries

Not long after Jim came home from Japan, we decided that it would be nice for Lexi to have a sibling.  One thing that I had forgotten to mention before now is that I started smoking when I was 16.  I quit when I found out I was pregnant with Lexi, then when she was only a month old, at a family Christmas gathering, I ended up starting again.  I do want to add that I have never smoked in my house, I have always went outside.
In November, 2000, just after my 21st birthday, I found out I was pregnant with Jaima.  I had already quit smoking in anticipation of becoming pregnant, but I decided to try to be healthier.  I really think I was thinking that I needed to take better care of myself for the babies sake rather than my own.  I walked on the treadmill during my entire pregnancy. At about 5 months, I started having a lot of contractions, turned out I was not getting enough water.  I started drinking a gallon of water everyday and I felt wonderful the entire time.
At the beginning of my pregnancy, I weighed about 190 lbs and the day Jaima was born, I weighed 202 lbs.  I nursed Jaima and did not start smoking again until she was almost 11 months old.
When Jaima was 2 months old, we moved back home to Gainesville.  We lived with my parents for a couple of months, then rented a tiny house.  We were in the tiny house for longer than we had anticipated, because it was harder than we had thought to find and buy a house that we wanted.
Jaima is now a gorgeous, very intelligent 9 year old...