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Sullivan’s Legacy BY KIM HILDENBRAND PHOTOS BY CATHERINETAYLOR Sullivan October 16, 2016, should have been the best day of Mark and Laura McCarty’s lives. After a typical pregnancy, they welcomed their muchawaited baby girl Sullivan. However, Sullivan was born ill, and the couple only had a short time with her before they had to say goodbye. “It was the most beautiful and most horrible day of our lives,” Laura says. But as you’ll soon understand, Sullivan’s legacy lives on in so many ways. FIRST COMES LOVE Laura and Mark met when she was a freshman at Auburn and he was a senior in high school. Though they were just acquaintances, six years later they reconnected at a friend’s wedding and fell in love. “It was on just our third date when we knew we were going to get married,” Laura recalls. “In fact, we began dating, got engaged and were married all within a year’s time!” The couple, who live in Vestavia, had been married almost three years when they began trying to conceive. Almost immediately, in February 2016, they had a positive pregnancy test. “I couldn’t believe that we had gotten pregnant so quickly,” Laura says. “I have a lot of friends who have struggled to get pregnant for many months—years, in fact. It seemed surreal that it happened so fast. What an incredible blessing that I don’t take lightly.” Laura’s pregnancy was easy and uneventful. The first few months, she encountered some nausea. But soon it subsided, she got her energy back, and she felt “amazing.” The couple couldn’t wait to meet baby Sullivan—whom they called Sulley for short. A HELLO … AND A GOODBYE Two weeks before the due date, Laura went into labor in the middle of the night. “I wasn’t sure at first if it was real labor,” Laura remembers. “For hours, I thought it was just gas pain!” The couple headed to the hospital and learned that the labor was, in fact, real. Laura had been terrified of labor but, she says, “Labor wasn’t nearly as scary as I thought it would be.” She recalls being “overwhelmed with incredible peace” as she prepared to give birth. <strong>Babypalooza</strong>.com 27
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