Happy Birthday

a year ago today i was a sleepy momma. your sister woke up like it was any other day and needed her basic needs met = cartoons and cereal. i crawled back into bed. in hind site i am so glad i did, because when i finally did get up for more than a few minutes and went potty my water broke. it was different than with Rigby as i had no contractions so i was not even sure that is what had happened. THANKFULLY daddy had just made it home from work so i finally got up and went about making breakfast for myself and sat on the couch and snuggled with your sissy. it was about 10 minutes later i was sure that contractions had started and that we needed to start making arrangements for Rigby to get picked up and on our way to the hospital. unfortunately the hospital that we had chosen was not really close to the house and we were smack in the middle of morning rush hour so labor increasing intensified and by the time we got to the ER i was positive you were going to be born today. we spent another 1/2 hour to 45 minutes in the ER just trying to get the paperwork filled out while i was constantly screaming in pain but that did not hurry anyone. when i finally did get to my room they broke the bad news to me...NO drugs i had to do this all natural. it was more painful than i can ever adequately can explain in words. thankfully you were in a rush too and in less than 2 hours from my water breaking you were in my arms red/purple faced and screaming. you had extra tests ran on you in the beginning because of the purple face to find out that it was just a bruise from you being in such a rush to get the party started. my life was irrevocably changed that day for the better. it has been amazing to watch you grow and become your own little person with your own very sassy personality. i have loved every moment and love you more than you will ever know. happy birthday Adler, to many more!!!!