Okay Okay/Happy (Kinda) Birthday

So Ssia politely informed me I haven't posted in a while. Derek and I have been dealing with the havoc the housing crisis has reeked on our lives. BUT Halima had a bridal shower and that was LOADS of fun!! I got to see the old station 77 crew.

Halima's party

Featured in this album are William and Emma. If you'll recall I posted Laurie's station 77 baby shower last September, William has gotten so much bigger and still absolutely beautiful! Also Molly's baby Emma made an appearance at my station 77 baby shower. She is also so grown up now!! I held her and thought "now I want a baby girl!!!" stupid hormones. Some other moms have given me the advice that it is normal to want another one right away and to work through it. Okay!

We also sent out a St. Patrick's day card,

It was fun for me to take these pictures because I found out I was preggers last year on st. patty's day. I still feel like that confused woman standing in the bathroom looking at those two lines on the pregnancy test saying "Oh my God, REALLY?" At first I didn't know what the two lines meant because true to form I didn't read the directions. But there was little diagram next to the window with the lines and sure enough two lines meant PREGGERS! I still felt a bit confused so I then checked the directions to make sure I wasn't reading the stick wrong.

Then I told the cats but they didn't care.

Funny story ALERT. So Derek goes out every year with Jeremy for St. Patrick's day so he wasn't home when I took the test. I tried to call him ALL DAY but he never picked his phone. By the time he called me at 11pm that night to ask me to pick him up I was furious with him! So I didn't tell him until the next morning. What a poopy face, huh? I got over it. He was terrified the next morning when I got up (cuz you know he is afraid of me when I get mad) so when I saw him he gave me sheepish grin and had a spoon full of cereal in his mouth. I told him I was pregnant and he was like "wait, what?".

It is amazing. Derek and I tried to get pregnant and we are certainly not the first couple to succeed but it still felt like a miracle. Even though billions of people have been born throughout history each and every baby is still a damn miracle.

So Happy (kinda) Birthday Harrison!! Mommy loves you and I feel blessed everyday that you are exactly who you are!!

Love,

Mama Panda