Friday, June 01, 2012

Summer Blog Challenge day 2

Today's summer blog challenge was to post a picture of me smiling. I decided to choose this one of us on Mother's Day this year. We had Evangeline blessed at church that day, and I love our family pictures we took that day. Nothing makes me happier than my family. There are 3 other pictures I could have included, the first would be from my wedding day, but I don't have digital copies of those pictures. The second was from the day after Tabitha was born. I don't have any from the day she was born because the hospital wouldn't let me see her for 3 hours, and by the time I could see her, we were all so exhausted that we did't get any pictures. But when I look at those pictures, I don't think about the incredibly aweful birth experience, I think about the first time I held her. How every bad thing that had happened led to the amazing little girl in my arms. The first time I held her, I knew that the almost 5 years of infertility, the tests, PCOS, pills that made me sick and all the rest of it, was so much more than worth it. 
The third picture is a picture of the first time I held Evangeline. Evangeline's birth was so much different than Tabitha's. It was a planed c-section rather than an emergency like Tabitha's. I was able to hold Evangeline very soon after her birth. Rather than being so drugged up that I could barely see, I was totally in the moment. I remember every bit of her birth and even though it wasn't the Vbac that I had hoped for, (because my girl is stubborn and wouldn't turn) it was perfect. We were both healthy and she was amazing. Just like her big sister, Evangeline was a piece of my heart that I didn't know was missing. 


9 comments:

Unknown said...

Your girls are so beautiful! And the 'brand new' pics are absolutely gorgeous :) Thank you for sharing your birth stories; I look forward to getting to know you better!

Heather S said...

These pictures really say a thousand words!

Shannon said...

Nothing can compare to that feeling of holding your baby for the first time. Nothing!

Unknown said...

What sweet photos. =)

Kendall said...

Beautiful family :)

I chose to use a family picture too, lol.

Unknown said...

I love newborn and mommy pictures. I never had the babies in my room, so I never got them. (NICU)
Thanks for sharing!

DontSayHurry said...

OMG! Precious.. thanks for sharing these photos with us!

CJR @ TMB
http://cjrthemamiblog.blogspot.com

Unknown said...

I love the pictures! You all look like a wonderfully happy little family!!! :)

Unknown said...

Beautiful smiles!

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