Happy Birthday, Hannah!

Hannah is one year old today! I can't believe it. It seems like yesterday that I was as big as a cow waiting on her to get here. Now she is walking, cutting teeth, and saying Mama, DaDa, & Bye. Wow! What a difference a year makes!

Since I did not have a blog last year, I will fill you in on how the day went. I got up and decided that I was tired of being pregnant and was going to "walk" until I went into labor. I also needed to get some things that we would need when we got home from the hospital. So I went to Dollar Tree, Big Lots, and Walmart. I walked around for a good 3 hours. Big as a house, feet swollen, and hot as could be, but I was determined. After I left Walmart, I started having random contractions. I came home, ate lunch, and went to my doctor's appointment.

My doctor told me that I had not made much progress. She told me to go home, take it easy, and if nothing happened by the next week, she would induce me. I was still having random contractions.

Anyhoo, I was disappointed because I was really hoping that she would keep me. So I call everyone and tell them it is going to be a while. Then went home to watch Dr. Phil. My contractions were starting to hurt a little and they were coming more often. I laid on the couch to watch Dr. Phil and decided maybe I should time the contractions. However, I kept loosing track of when I had the last one. As I was about to get up to get some paper to write it down, my water broke. I called Josh, the doctor, and my mom. I put all of the stuff in the car and waited on Josh to get home to get me.

After waiting on the doctor for 20 minutes, he finally came in and said "yes your water broke." DUH!! I could have told you that. Anyway, he admitted me and the rest is history. Sweet little Hannah was born into this world at 10:27 pm, weighing 8 lbs, 4 oz, and was 21 inches long. The moment they put that crying angel on my chest, my life changed forever. She has been such a joy to our lives. This has been a great year. I have enjoyed watching her grow and feel so blessed that I can stay at home with her. If I was working outside the home, I would have missed so much of her first year of life and no amount of money is worth the precious moments that we have together. So, Happy Birthday to my sweet Hannah bug! I hope you have many, many more happy years of life! I LOVE YOU!