Already?

First: Kerry Ann is already 5! I just cannot believe it! She got to spend this birthday at Build-a-Bear with her cousins...and then had cake with her grandparents that night...she is nothing short of spoiled rotten. She had the best time and kept saying, "Mommy...this is the best birthday ever!"

Shall we take a little stroll down memory lane? I cannot believe 5 years have gone by. Five years ago, I was in the hospital getting to know my sweet, sweet, Kerry Ann. We had gone to the hospital earlier that day, around 1, and they sent me home telling me to come back when I couldn't breathe or talk. At the time, KA being my first, this sounded completely rational to me. These days? Not so much. Because you see, when you can't breathe or talk, you also can't walk very well...or tell your husband (who is watching the Cowboys game) to GET YOU BACK TO THE HOSPITAL! Thank goodness Mom and Joanne stopped by to say hi and just about fainted at my condition. Aaron rushed us up to the hospital, with my mom in the back seat yelling, "YOU BETTER RUN THAT LIGHT!" the whole way there...which he did. Mom was also the one that ran into the emergency room to get me a wheelchair because the orderly was moving a little too slow. SOOO...it's now 5:25 and we have arrived at the hospital...and at 5:55...I am holding my precious baby...which means there was no time for any epidural...and rumor has it that people were coming out of their rooms to see what all the screaming was about:) Funny thing is...I don't remember any of the pain...one of God's little blessings...I cannot believe she is already 5. I cannot believe what such an amazing little girl she has become. I cannot believe how much she is like Joanne! I cannot believe how much love can fit inside one little heart.

Second...Cole is already 8 weeks old...which means...

Third...I'll be returning to work on Monday...something not a bone in my body feels like is the right thing to do. You moms out there that get to work at home...on days when the stress is getting to you a little...stop and count your blessings...be thankful that you don't have to miss one minute of your little boogers infancy...it just about kills me...but it is a decision we have made as a family...and is a result of decisions I have made in my past...and so I will gladly do my part for us...and hey...they are with my mom in my absence...so I really can't complain a bit. I know Cole will be just as close to my parents as the girls are, and I cherish that relationship, too.