Amber Dixon:  

Life My life...after high school I went to Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo. The summer after my third year of college I met my husband while we were on summer break both working at Meijer in Kalamazoo. Tad and I were together about a year and a half when we found out I was pregnant. After a very difficult and medically complicated pregnancy our first son was born on Wednesday, February 25, 1998. Andrew Thomas Dixon "Drew", was born 8 weeks early by emergency c-section. He was breathing wonderfully but had an odd complication that required surgery and hospitalization for his little body. He came home on March 25 only to be readmitted for additional surgery on April 22 - during my final exam week at Western. On May 13, 1998 he was home for good with us and healthy! After that semester, Tad transferred to Western from U of M. In 1999 I graduated with my BA in Political Science. In 2000 Tad graduated with his BB in Accounting and we were married July 8, 2000 (3 years, 11 months, and 1 day after our first date). One month later we moved back to Rochester where Tad took a position with Deloitte & Touche in Detroit. I began teaching at Oak Park High School. My first summer vacation Tad and I got pregnant with our second child. We confirmed the pregnancy, oddly enough, during a terrible week - September 12, 2001 I found out I was officially pregnant. After a full school year pregnant (that was a challenge) I went on maternity leave on May 1. Monday, May 6 (my sister's 18th birthday) my water broke. Joseph Dwight Dixon "Joey" was born on Tuesday, May 7 at 4:42am, fully healthy and home with us 2 days later. While I was pregnant ...Expand for more