it hit me this morning that one month from today we will be celebrating miss audrey being on this earth for one.whole.year!!!!! really?? are you kidding me?? wasn't i just pregnant? didn't we just find out we were having a little girl (to say that always made me laugh when i was pregnant and people would ask what we were having...."a little girl" as opposed to a big girl??). :) wasn't it just recently that i was in the hospital giving birth to this precious little life?? my, oh my, what a difference a year makes! that same little bundle we brought home almost a year ago is cruising along anything she can get her hands on, dancing to music, saying "uh-oh" in her VERY cute little way, giving wet sloppery kisses on command (and sometimes without the request even being made - she just goes in for the kill when the mood strikes her). this is the same precious child that i thank God for every single day because i do not take this gift for granted - not at all!!!! i am in awe of her and just can't help but smile when i see her or hear her and miss her terribly when she's not here.
we will be celebrating her big day here in st louis - bittersweet, admittedly, b/c we would love to be able to celebrate with all of our family down south, BUT i was reminded/challenged by a sweet friend of the blessing to even CELEBRATE a first birthday, no matter if we are in st louis, chattanooga, or timbuktu!! and she is right and i've clung to that (rather than pouting b/c we can't go home). we are TRULY TRULY blessed to be celebrating a first birthday!!!! YAY GOD!!!!!
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