Happy Birthday

Today my little baby turned 1 year old!  She is such a little sweetie.  But I can't believe it's been a year already. 

It, of course, reminded me of where I was a year ago today.  I woke up at 2:30 a.m. with contractions, but not strong or very regular, so I couldn't really tell if I was in labor or not.  To make it more difficult, I do have strong, regular and long-lasting contractions which start 2 months before my due date, so it's very hard to know when it's for real.  Well, by 4 a.m. I could tell, so I called a babysitter.  My second phone call was to a lady who sounded wide awake.  She had woken up to start her Bible Study a few minutes before I called her!  She got here at 4:20 a.m.  By then I was getting a little worried.  My husband made the 40-minute drive to the hospital in 20 minutes!  I got to the room at 4:40.  The second I got up on the bed, I said, “I need to push.”  The funniest thing was the nurses yelling into the hallway, “Get the 'doc in the box' [the OB who sleeps over in case of emergencies.]  Well, he didn't even make it to the room before my precious little girl was born!  What a miracle!