Well my first mother’s day was wonderful!! BJ and Hayden gave me some new perfume by Ralph Lauren and a beautiful pink sapphire hear necklace.
Hayden gave PawPaw a present for his birthday to play with at his house….she had so much fun playing in it this weekend!!
She also started pulling up on everything…wowee, she is growing up so fast. It makes me sad though I am happy to see each new stage.
I hope that all of you mommies had a wonderful mother’s day like I did!!!
Before I was a Mom, I never tripped over toys or forgot words to a lullaby.
I didn’t worry whether or not my plants were poisonous.
I never thought about immunizations.
Before I was a Mom, I had never been puked on, pooped on, chewed on, or peed on.
I had complete control of my mind and my thoughts.
I slept all night.
Before I was a Mom, I never held down a screaming child so doctors could do tests, or give shots.
I never looked into teary eyes and cried.
I never got gloriously happy over a simple grin.
I never sat up late hours at night watching a baby sleep.
Before I was a Mom, I never held a sleeping baby just because I didn’t want to put it down.
I never felt my heart break into a million pieces when I couldn’t stop the hurt.
I never knew that something so small could affect my life so much.
I never knew that I could love someone so much.
I never knew I would love being a Mom.
Before I was a Mom, I didn’t know the feeling of having my heart outside my body.
I didn’t know how special it could feel to feed a hungry baby.
I didn’t know that bond between a mother and her child.
I didn’t know that something so small could make me feel so important and happy.
Before I was a Mom, I had never gotten up in the middle of the night every 10 minutes to make sure all was okay.
I had never known the warmth, The joy, The love, The heartache, The wonderment or the satisfaction of being a Mom.
I didn’t know I was capable of feeling and loving so much before I was a Mom.
And remember that behind every successful mother is a basket of dirty laundry.
Happy Mother’s Day!
So this weekend we took Hayden to the pool for the first time. She loved it!! She even splashed around and kicked her little legs 🙂 It was so much fun!!! We all had a blast. She went underwater two times and didn’t really know what to think of that, but she will learn. She loved the little whale that we got her to float in and wanted to play in it all day long, even without being in the pool. Such fun was had by all 🙂
This is Hayden’s first Crawl! It’s not very good quality, because I did it on my camera, but I am so glad we had at least some sort of recording of it!
The picture right below this post…if you click it, you can see Hayden’s two bottom teeth 🙂 It is the best one i’ve gotten so far and I didn’t even mean to 🙂
Hayden had an exhausting first Easter. Poor thing. She slept until 11 this morning to make up for it.
We had a fun time with her and will have many more Easter’s ahead!
Here are some pics of the weekend….
She also decided that this would be a great time to start crawling…. 🙂 She has got the leg part down, now if only those arms would cooperate!
HE has Risen!
Starting a petition to force Deborah to update her sight 🙂
1.Lindsay
2.Hayden
3.Bj…I’m sure he would want to sign 🙂
I can’t believe here we are at 6 months….seems unbelievable.. anyway, Hayden went to the doctor today and did great as usual. She weighed in at 20lbs 15oz. and 28 inches long. She is rounding out on the curve for her weight and has stopped peaking. The doctor said she look GREAT! She’s sitting without assistance and doing all the developmental things she should be! She’s really been checking out those hands lately! I love it. Then the dreaded three shots…she cried like crazy but stopped as soon as I held her. It was the best one yet. 🙂 What a big girl! Her two side bottom teeth are starting to get close to the surface too, so we are going to have a mouth full of teeth before long. Since she did so good she even got a big girl blues clues sticker 🙂
So exciting…being a mom is so great! I just love it! Hayden has really been responding to her name lately which is so cool to watch her just turn into a full blown respondant child. ANd squeeling…she’s discovered she is definitely a girl…and a girly girl at that 🙂 Life is amazing!
Thanks Melissa and Cary for the cute little dress and hat and socks she wore last sunday 🙂 She was a doll!!
I am in such a reflective mode due to the tragedy that happened yesterday. I bus of girls soccer players were traveling from Beaumont to Humble for a playoff game when the driver swerved to miss some debris and flipped the bus. I believe 11 girls were taken to a nearby hospital but two girls died. These were high school girls. So young and having so much life ahead of them.
My cousin was on that bus. I thank God today for sparing her life and for keeping her wounds and injuries minor and repairable. One of the girls was one of her best friends.
It is so sad to think of what those parents must be going through. When I heard the report, even though I didn’t know any of them, my heart sank. As a new parent, I cannot fathom the thought of living my life without Hayden. I want to never take a day of her life, a second of her life, and Bj’s as well, for granted. Life is so fleeting, and it can end in a split second.
Traci we love you and are here for you through this. May God comfort your heart and heal your wounds. ❤
This is my norm 