On Monday our oldest daughter turned 10. She is growing up so fast that sometimes I look at her and I forget how old she is. I’m afraid I’ll blink and she’ll be dating. Sometimes after you’ve become a parent and the years go by details get lost. Her birth is something I still remember pretty clearly.
I was in my last trimester when my OB stopped practicing and I had to find a new doctor. I was not a happy lady. At the time all I could find was someone way down by Washington Regional, which is about 40 minutes from our home. Abby had been cooking for 40 weeks with no signs of labor…and I was hot. It was July in Arkansas! They tried to let me go until I went into labor naturally, but we decided together that induction might be the way to go. We were to be at the hospital at 6am. I remember not being able to sleep that night, jitters and all. I kept pacing around the bedroom, unable to relax. Andy, half asleep, kept encouraging me to lay down and get some rest. Finally at 3am I could take no more! We grabbed our bags and headed down to WR. By the time I was checked in and taken to my room the contractions were really intense. Since it was so early our doctor wasn’t at the hospital, they had to call. I remember asking my husband what on earth was taking them so long. This was not our first baby, so I knew what I was feeling. I looked at Andy and said ‘I can feel her head down there.’ and told him to run get a nurse. The nurse reassured me that our baby wasn’t coming out, it was just pressure. Boy was she wrong! I’ll never forget the look on her face when she checked me! She hustled out of that room, trying not to alarm us, calling for the doctor. Our baby girl arrived at 8:30am, weighing 8.4 pounds!
Look at her now. 🙂
And this adorable little boy will be turning 6 this month! I fear I don’t have much time left that he’ll be my little boy.
This face is simply irresistible! She is just over 7 months now. Crawling and pulling up everywhere!
