Happy, Happy Birthday Alli and Brooke!

Six years ago today, I only had one daughter. I put her on the bus to go to kindergarten and little did I know that by the time she got home she would be a big sister. I went for my normal weekly doctor's appointment. The doc "checked" me and nothing was going on. She told me that my c-section was scheduled for 2 weeks later. I went on my merry way to the hospital for my bi-weekly NST. As I sat there, I felt different. Not crampy, not contraction-like, just different. I told the nurse that something was up a couple of times and each time she looked at that looong tape and said, "nope, nothing is going on. No contractions, no nothing." By the fourth or fifth time of me telling her that something was up, I think she was just over it. She told me that she would ask the doctor in the office to "check" it out. 5 minutes later, I was in a wheel chair, being wheeled off to L & D. In one hour, I went from a 0 to a 6. I knew something was going on. I called Dan (his phone was dead) and then called my mom. Since I had her car (our other one was in the shop), she called my sis-in-law to drop her off at the hospital. I had to call my friend to ask her to find Dan's shop number (no 411 in the hospital). My doctor showed up, we waited, and waited, and waited for Dan to get there and 20 minutes later we were parents to two more gorgeous girls. Our little 5 pounders were as healthy as horses and I was elated! Looking back, I wish that I could have given my only child one last only child hug and tell her that she was going to be a great big sister, but what did I know?So much has changed these last 6 years. Lauren is in middle school, she babysits, and has a cell phone. Alli and Brooke are in kindergarten and are both missing teeth, and have just started riding two-wheelers. Geesh, time sure does fly by when you are having fun. Happy 6th birthday girls...here's to the rest of your lives!!

Happy Birthday Jim!

Here is that great picture that I talked about in a previous post. I love it. Sending Happy Birthday's up to heaven!