- getting up to go to Jackson Hospital at the crack of dawn
- watching Saved By the Bell in the waiting room before getting officially checked in
- mommy weighing in at her heftiest ever: 144!
- getting all hooked up to IV's, etc to start the induction
- feeling nervous & scared!
- realizing there weren't enough magazines to keep me occupied during that long day
- getting mad at Rod for wanting to keep watching the Food Network - when I clearly was NOT allowed to eat!!
- Rod pacing like a lion in the room - and driving me thoroughly CRAZY
- Begging his dad to dig into his "Doc stash" to give Rod some meds to shut him up & put him to sleep - thus giving me a break! (which Rafa kindly removed Rod from the room to take him to lunch & drug him!)
- Having the Dr. tell us that it was 6pm & nothing was happening & we could either "go home & try again next week" or "break the bag & get things moving". We opted for the latter!
- Finally getting the epidural & getting about an hour rest before I was ready to push!
- Watching The Tonight Show while pushing (no kidding!) & joking with Dr. Duggar during commercials!
- Hearing Sophia cry for the first time at 11:10 March 28th, 2007!
- Eating a 100 calorie pack of oreo crisps from my moms purse in my hospital bed - it was the first food I saw & I was starving!
- Holding Sophia for the first time
There were many other "firsts" to follow in the coming days, weeks, months & years - and it truly only gets better each day! Sophia is such a tremendous joy in our lives & we simply cannot imagine life without her - she is our first giggle of the day, often our first tantrum, but always our last kiss goodnight. She's growing up so fast & we're doing everything we can to hold onto the simple sweetness of toddlerhood right now - cherishing all the small things as we go.
We had a fun celebration in honor of the birthday girl - we invited her little friends & their parents, along with our family to help her blow out the 3 big candles this year! We all had a wonderful time as the girls played house, colored, shopped & became hopped up on sugar...we were ALL pooped by the days end!
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