GoodBye 2013
This year started off with me 9 months pregnant and HUGE. I mean when I say I was huge.....I really was. I had a ten pounder in there.
February brought around Valentine's Day where I prayed that my son would stay put until after the holiday as I didn't want him to have to share his birthday with a commercial holiday.
And then my due date, February 24th, came and went with not one labor symptom. I had ZERO labor signs. We went to breakfast at Persey's Place where I had the All American Waffle.
And then it was Monday the 25th, and 3am I woke up and felt some slight cramping. Barely anything at all. My husband went off to work...I started to go about my day and then it happened. Contractions.
The rest of the day was a whirlwind but we brought our son into the world and it was amazing.
The next 3 weeks were the hardest 3 weeks of my life. My husband and I went through more than we thought we could handle. We broke down, a lot. We had to leave the hospital without our baby. We spent day after day traveling to the hospital to be with our newborn as he was treated in the NICU and the Special Care Nursery. We came home each night, just the two of us, and I cried daily. We were filled with such emotion and it was such a joy to be by our sons side, yet it was such heartache to leave him each night. It was thing pull of happiness that we had a sweet baby boy yet sadness that he had to stay in the hospital and endure all these treatments and tests to get well.
And then the day finally came, after what felt like an eternity, we were able to step outside into the fresh air and sunshine with our boy and bring him home. We were ecstatic.
There were lots of doctors appointments in the coming months, but we didn't mind because he was healthy and HOME and with us 24/7.
I have been able to stay home and be a mother to our bundle of joy and I have truly cherished every day. Every moment. I have taken in precious moments that I will never forget. We have done lots of Firsts this year and we've been able to see our baby grow and develop.
We've taken trips and seen new things. We've laughed and cried and had sleepless nights. We've been through tough times and come out on the other side.
We have had quite the year. It has brought so much happiness and taught us a lot about ourselves and each other.
I am looking forward to 2014 and all that it has in store for us. Here's to a Happy New Year!
**As I was reading what I had written, I realized that I was so wrapped up in all that is my new family that it slipped my mind to mention one of the other BIG happenings of 2013 which includes me starting my own business!
Arbonne International has proven to be a business where I have been able to make money, get hooked on amazing products, learn and grow, share knowledge with others, share AMAZING products with others, build my business, meet new people, be encouraged, feel enthusiasm and love, get wonderful support, go out of my comfort zone, try something new, create a clientele, create a healthier lifestyle for myself and my family, give support, accomplish goals, and have fun doing it all! So many thanks to my upline and sidelines and everyone that I have been able to interact with because of this awesome business!**
February brought around Valentine's Day where I prayed that my son would stay put until after the holiday as I didn't want him to have to share his birthday with a commercial holiday.
And then my due date, February 24th, came and went with not one labor symptom. I had ZERO labor signs. We went to breakfast at Persey's Place where I had the All American Waffle.
And then it was Monday the 25th, and 3am I woke up and felt some slight cramping. Barely anything at all. My husband went off to work...I started to go about my day and then it happened. Contractions.
The rest of the day was a whirlwind but we brought our son into the world and it was amazing.
The next 3 weeks were the hardest 3 weeks of my life. My husband and I went through more than we thought we could handle. We broke down, a lot. We had to leave the hospital without our baby. We spent day after day traveling to the hospital to be with our newborn as he was treated in the NICU and the Special Care Nursery. We came home each night, just the two of us, and I cried daily. We were filled with such emotion and it was such a joy to be by our sons side, yet it was such heartache to leave him each night. It was thing pull of happiness that we had a sweet baby boy yet sadness that he had to stay in the hospital and endure all these treatments and tests to get well.
And then the day finally came, after what felt like an eternity, we were able to step outside into the fresh air and sunshine with our boy and bring him home. We were ecstatic.
There were lots of doctors appointments in the coming months, but we didn't mind because he was healthy and HOME and with us 24/7.
I have been able to stay home and be a mother to our bundle of joy and I have truly cherished every day. Every moment. I have taken in precious moments that I will never forget. We have done lots of Firsts this year and we've been able to see our baby grow and develop.
We've taken trips and seen new things. We've laughed and cried and had sleepless nights. We've been through tough times and come out on the other side.
We have had quite the year. It has brought so much happiness and taught us a lot about ourselves and each other.
I am looking forward to 2014 and all that it has in store for us. Here's to a Happy New Year!
**As I was reading what I had written, I realized that I was so wrapped up in all that is my new family that it slipped my mind to mention one of the other BIG happenings of 2013 which includes me starting my own business!
Arbonne International has proven to be a business where I have been able to make money, get hooked on amazing products, learn and grow, share knowledge with others, share AMAZING products with others, build my business, meet new people, be encouraged, feel enthusiasm and love, get wonderful support, go out of my comfort zone, try something new, create a clientele, create a healthier lifestyle for myself and my family, give support, accomplish goals, and have fun doing it all! So many thanks to my upline and sidelines and everyone that I have been able to interact with because of this awesome business!**
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