Happy Tuesday lovelies! I hope you had a fabulous weekend! We did! I was not ready for the week to commence but it did anyway! Ha! It’s a big day in our house today! My little lady president, Reagan is turning two at 6:51 pm to be exact! As I sit here writing this post on the eve of her second birthday (“birfday” as she calls it), I can’t believe how fast time has flown, but at the same time, I feel like it was just yesterday that I found out I was prego with her. I can still remember taking the test and there was not a second line on the test, so I tossed it in our guest bathroom trashcan. I remember feeling so bummed and thinking that maybe the next month it would happen. My mind was racing with what-ifs but I tried to push those to the back of my mind. Fast forward to later that evening, I got a conformation email for a massage that I was having the next day. The email said “prenatal massage.” It was so weird. I had not signed up for a prenatal massage because, um, hello, I was not prego! Something told me to go check the test that I had tossed into the trash earlier that morning. I dug it out of the trash and upon seriously close inspection, there was, quite possibly the faintest second line ever! I couldn’t believe it! At this point, it was after 10pm on a Saturday night and I told my hubs he just had to run out and get a few more tests…you know, just so I could be sure! 🙂 I had to take numerous tests with both little presidents to actually believe it! The verse that always comes to mind is 1 Samuel 1:27, “I prayed for this child, and the LORD has granted me what I asked of him.” We have been so blessed twice. I had a really rough pregnancy from the beginning, right up until the end and had issues after I delivered her (they determined after I delivered that they should have delivered her weeks earlier). She was worth everything of course! I would do all of it all over again for her. I can remember the constant trips to the hospital during the last couple months. I can remember the countless NSTs, blood pressure tests and urine samples. I can remember a few false alarms, where we, including my doctor, thought she was coming way early. I can still remember my doctor telling me we were going to induce and me knowing that I would meet my precious girl in such a short time and how excited and nervous I was. I can remember trying to get Teddy prepped and saying goodbye to him and knowing that the next time I saw him, we’d be introducing him to his little sister. I can remember stopping to get bagels for the labor and delivery nurses on the way to the hospital. I can remember walking into my L&D room and hearing the poor woman in the room next door, screaming like crazy because she requested her epidural too late. I can remember my awesome anesthesiologist coming in and sitting and chatting with me throughout the day, like we were old friends (I was hoping that he would my anesthesiologist for the procedure that I had in March. He wasn’t working that day, but I had his best friend instead and just knowing they were friends made me feel so much better.). I can remember loving my nurse so much and telling my hubs and her that we had to deliver this baby before she got off work, at 7pm. Reagan was born 7/9 at 9 minutes to 7pm. 6:51pm. An answered prayer. This nurse was amazing. I had spent so much time in L&D the month prior to delivering and had dealt with some not so nice nurses and some fabulous nurses. A couple of my fave nurses stopped by to say hi throughout the day. I can still remember my epidural running out and them not getting a new bag up to my room in time for Reagan’s delivery. Ahhh, that’s not something easily forgotten. 🙂 I can still remember hearing Reagan cry for the first time. Both of the little presidents came out silent, which freaked me out. Teddy finally let out a little sigh right after he was born and Reagan started crying. Their little personalities were so different even in their first moments. I can remember holding my sweet girl for the first time and just feeling like our family was complete. I can remember Teddy running into my room the next day to meet her and yelling “where’s my baby sister?!!!!” I have watched their relationship grow and watched them become best friends. Seeing my two little presidents together is one of the most rewarding things. Ever. Even when they fight. Ha!
I can still remember all of these first moments like they were yesterday, yet they were so long ago at the same time. I am not sure why I am struggling so much with Reagan turning two. I think it’s knowing that she’s my last “baby.” This year has been a crazy one of me in that department. Maybe that’s part of it? I don’t know? I always knew that she would be my last, but it feels so permanent now. I am soooooo blessed to have both of them. I know this. Soooooo blessed. I don’t remember being this distraught when Teddy turned two, but maybe I blocked it out or the fact that I had another baby on the way, cushioned it? I love watching the little presidents grow and seeing their little personalities shine. But, it’s so hard to watch them become independent little people and not be in that baby stage anymore. Reagan wants to be big just like Teddy and is constantly wanting to do things herself without our help. I know it’s all part of growing up, but it’s still so tough. I am thankful and blessed that I can remember all of those memories like they were yesterday. There are so many other ones that I have thought of in the process. It’s actually so nice to go back and remember these things.
Sunday night as I was putting my sweet girl to bed, in the middle of me singing “Jesus loves me,” she asked “it’s my birfday soon?!!” I cried. How sweet is that? She is excited for her birthday!! But it also just proves how fast time is flying and how fast she is growing up. I love that every single July 9th, at 9 minutes to 7pm, I will remember my little girl entering the world. Teddy was born in the middle of the night, so I’m usually asleep at that time! Haha! I feel so blessed to be the mommy of two little beings. I’m a lucky lady. That’s for sure. I’m so excited to spend this whole week (we do week long celebrations here) celebrating my little Reagan’s second birfday. 🙂 Time is flying. As much as it kills me to see how fast it’s going, I’m still enjoying the crazy and amazing ride! As I look through all of my pictures, I am so glad that take as many as I do, each day. To me, pictures are the best way to remember everything.You know how people always used say “enjoy it! it goes by so fast!” I feel like I never really understood that concept until becoming a mom. Time flew when Teddy was a baby, but I swear after Reagan joined the fam bam, time flies even faster, which I didn’t think was possible. I feel like I blinked and here we are, TWO years later. Yep, I can still remember it all like it was yesterday. The day I became a mommy to our precious baby girl. I don’t know how I am the mommy to a 4.5 and 2 year old all of a sudden! It’s crazy to think about it.
We started off the birthday week by getting our nails done! You know I document so much in pictures throughout most of the day anyway, but I took pics of everything today, including bedtime and toothbrushing. 🙂 All her lasts as a one year old.
While I can’t believe we are already at this stage, I am feeling blessed that we are here and able to celebrate two wonderful years with our special girl. Happy second birthday to the sweetest, sassiest, fanciest, most beautiful girl in the whole wide world. We are blessed beyond belief to call you ours. We love you more than anything and always remember that you are an answered prayer. Happy birthday sweet baby girl.
