I can’t believe it’s been 9 months since Lily was born into the world. She’s such a cutie, isn’t she?
Frankly, there are days when I just think, “Wouldn’t it have been nice to have just one more?” Then I laugh hysterically at myself – ONE HAS BEEN MORE THAN ENOUGH.
Just thinking about how Lily is sitting up and starting to crawl makes me tired. Seriously, I get tired just thinking about it. My back is starting to hurt as I imagine Rene spending the next 5 years hunched over Lily as she learns to crawl, walk, run into trouble.
And believe me. Don’t let that cute exterior fool you. That kid has got attitude. She’s got me and her momma wrapped around her cute chubby finger.
Rene starting having contractions at 4:00 am Sunday morning. True to Pisces form, the baby did not want to leave the watery confines of her mother’s womb and made us wait and wait and then wait some more. The midwives and doctors tried everything in their toolbox to coax her out, but she wasn’t budging. After a good fight, they decided to perform a c-section because she was quite content just swimming around and not descending into the world like everyone was expecting.
Rene was full of grace but by the end, she was a bit loopy from a combination of exhaustion, delirium and drugs. She started saying the funniest things, with my favorite quote being:
“Look at all these tubes! You [midwife] should be an electrician. I look like the back of my television.”
Lily was born at approximately 1:00 am Tuesday morning. I didn’t get home until 3:00 am. And I left for Oregon less than 6 hours later.
