I remember lying in the delivery room as Eden made her big debut. I remember how the nurse told me that needed to take her to the NICU right away because she wasn't breathing great and I remember telling Les "Don't you leave my baby!" I remember walking down to the NICU after I was all stitched up and looking at my baby all covered in wires and a plastic bubble over her head...
I remember how I felt sitting in my room at 4:30am just staring at the clock, waiting until I could go back down to the NICU and see my baby again. I remember how I called the nurse exactly after 20 minutes had passed and asked if I could come back down. I remember how the nurse told me that she would bring Eden to me because she made leaps and bounds after I left and they felt like she just needed her mama. I remember how hearing the nurse refer to me as "mama" for the first time just felt right. I was meant to be a mama...always have been.
Now three years later my little baby doesn't NEED her mama like she used to. She can tell me what she thinks and what she wants and MAN she knows how to get her way. Most days now end with me locking myself in my room so I can get a break but I wouldn't change it for anything.
If you know my family, you know that birthdays are BIG...like really big. I've been asked several times why I spend so much time planning birthdays when Eden's not even going to remember them and my response is always the same. The day she came into the world I became a mama. I found my purpose. It was the greatest thing that ever happened to me and I will celebrate that day, not only for her but for me, because she is my joy and every year I am so grateful that she is mine. I want to celebrate and remember that day for the rest of my life... and in true Hutchison fashion... we either go big or go home!
Menu:
- bacon (baby girl LOVES bacon...like her daddy)
- hasbrowns
- chocolate chip pancake (in the shape of a 3...of course)
I lite the candles and walked into the room singing happy birthday and Eden just smiles the biggest smile. She waits impatiently all year to have that song sung to her and so on her birthday I make sure I sing it as many times as I can. Every time, without fail, she LOVES it!
Eden loves it when I paint her nails. She always holds REALLY still and makes sure to tell me every couple of minutes how great a job I'm doing and that her nails look "beautiful!". She loves to help me blow on her nails and she spends the next half hour or so very carefully using her fingers as to not ruin her beautiful nails!
While I got really for the day, Eden decided to keep me entertained by running in and out of her room as fast as she could through the crate paper I hung from her door. She couldn't figure out why I put streamers on her door. I kept telling her because it was her birthday and she would always add "and because I'm your baby..."
We traveled on down to FotoFly for a birthday photo shoot. This was the first time that Mitzi Torgerson didn't take Eden's pictures. She lives in Vegas and I'm so sad she moved away. I love Mitzi's photos and so I was a little skeptical on how these were going to turn out. Well, the lady who took Eden's pictures did a great job. Eden just laughed and squealed the whole time.
While we were waiting for our photos to get edited, Eden and I headed over to Great Harvest for some lunch. I told Eden we were going out to lunch because she was the birthday girl. I told her she could have anything she wanted for lunch and that she would even get to pick a treat.
Menu:
- half a grilled cheese
- chocolate milk
- sun chips
- GIANT oatmeal chocolate chip cookie
After lunch we went back to FotoFly and picked up our free 11X14 print and our CD. The fact that I got my pictures same day turn around...dealsies...we'll go there again!
Why not pack as many things into one day as you can? I mean it was the only day I had off from school and so I made the most of it. We visited Dr. Lash and showed him how big we are. Eden is in the 90th percentile for height and weight (which is where she has ALWAYS been). She showed Dr. Lash how she's dances, flips (a.k.a somersaults) and doesn't stop talking. He was quite impressed! We even ended the visit with a request for a shot. Eden told Dr. Lash that Doc McStuffins (a Disney channel show about a little girl who is a toy doctor) always gives her patients a shot. Dr. Lash said no shots today but he would put some medicine in her nose (a.k.a FluMist) and that seems to sufficient.
Eden has been BEGGING Les to take her golfing. We weren't sure if we'd be able to take her golfing today since it was suppose to rain, but luckily the weathermen don't have a clue what they are talking about and we made it. Eden had a blast. She didn't want anyone to help her. She wanted to do it herself. She would hit the ball a total of 3 times and then pick it up and put it in the hole. After the full 18 holes she told me "I'm good a golf! I'm better than daddy!" She then asked to go golfing at the driving range. Les told her she needed to practice more and get better, to which she replied "I am better, daddy. I am a good golfer!"
After golf we finally made it back home where we spent the rest of the night playing with new toys and putting away all the new clothes. The night ended with me tucking my big girl in bed and kissing her goodnight. She didn't made a peep and when right to sleep.
I can't believe three whole years have passed! My little shadow is starting to venture out on her own and doesn't need to be glued to her mama all the time. I can't believe that my little baby is now carrying on full conversations and giving me a piece of her mind. I love that she can play pretend and I sort of love that she can do everything by herself. Like getting dressed or feeding herself or going potty all by herself. I'm the luckiest mama around because I get to call her mine. Three years ago I became a mama and I have loved every single crazy and frustrating moment of it!
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