It's a Beautiful Life: It's been 4 YEARS

Aidan: "Mommy, am I 4 again today?"

Mommy: "Yes Aidan today is your birthday and you are 4"

Aidan: "Wow I am getting so so big!"

Yes birthday has been the topic of conversation with Aidan. He eats a bag of chips and stops to tell me how big he is getting. He tries to understand the concept that Saturday was his birthday party but Monday is his real birthday. He thinks he has 2 birthdays...he doesn't quite get it.

It all started with my friend Shannon taking me shopping about 20 weeks pregnant to Baby Gap. It was then I became hooked to that little peanut inside of me. That was over four years ago. Four years ago today Joe and I were at Anne Arundel hospital schedule for a C-section..never went into labor with Aidan (the labor Gods were good to me). 38 weeks preggers and the kid was head up. Breach..not flipping which was fine with me because I didn't want everyone staring at my "who ha" while trying to push this 7lb 12oz baby out. It was quick and easy. Well...maybe not easy. It's funny the things I remember. I remember the two doctors talking about the upcoming Christmas party and what they were going to be bringing. I remember Aidan's head was too big so the had to pull out the "benjamins" to pull his head out. I remember when Aidan was born everyone left me to be with Aidan. I stayed on the operating table like thinking to myself, "yep I am not longer the center of attention." I remember laying in bed afterwards and wondering why I had not needed to use the restroom to only realize that the yellow bag the nurses were looking at was not mountain dew. Crazy..how did I not realize that? I remember Joe and I having strep throat...he had to leave me one night while the antibiotics were working. I just cried..my Mom had gone home (she thought Joe was coming back) and I was alone with Aidan in the room (they don't take the babies to the nursery). I remember Aidan had a dirty diaper and I needed help and was convinced the nurse was mean to me so I just cried. Oh that was bad. Damn hormones. Thankfully Keith and Karen came to helped me later that night. They were veterans at that baby stuff. I remember trying to breastfeed and supplementing with formula only to be given the stank eye by the breastfeeding Nazi nurse lady. I remember the first night we brought Aidan home he slept like 6 hours for us. I called my mom the next morning and she seemed quite jealous and didn't think that was fair. HA HA. I remember every time Aidan needed a diaper change, a bath or a bottle it was a family event. Joe and I would both huddle around Aidan and both change his diaper. One would sooth him while the other would hurry up to change his diaper. He was NOT a fan of being naked. I remember Aidan had to be laying on one of us to sleep. We took turns with him on our chest (FOR 3 YEARS).

4 years later...

Birthday party was held at Adventure Park. Aidan calls it the "big" Chucky Cheese. We had a few of his friends from school as well as cousins come to the event. The men huddled to the side and talked loudly about football while the kids ran around wild. I just stood there dazed. I don't do well around crowds haha. It was perfect. The pictures speak for themselves.....

Aidan and Omizzy ... Double Trouble

The pictures above were added for two reasons. The one on the left because my arms look AWESOME. Thank you Body Combat. The one on the right...Miss Kennedy...beautiful smile :)