Happy 1st Birthday to YOU!!!!

WOW! Time really does fly when you are having fun. To think that a year ago at 11:58am after 9 hours of super easy labor, the doctor placed a slimy 6lb 7oz wonder on my belly. How was I to know that there was so much spunk in that little body. Well I guess that I should of known from 9 months of a hellish pregnancy and several trips to labor and delivery with contractions. Even in the womb we called Emelyn a little devil. ;)
So here we are a year later getting ready to decorate your first birthday cake and hang streamers all to celebrate your first year of life. A year that has been filled with so many firsts and excitement. When Steve and I decided to have another baby we planned and finally decided on when we would start trying. With past fertility trouble we thought for sure it would take some time to conceive. Boy were we wrong. Emelyn was conceived in 15 short days and when the next month rolled around and I was shocked that I had skipped my monthly cycle I sat dumb founded looking at 3 positive pregnancy tests. As all people know, I am quiet a planner. So the fact that I got pregnant 3 months before I thought I would was a huge surprise. After the shock wore off, I was ecstatic! We were having a baby. Little did I know that our lives were never going to be the same. Nor did I know that we could have a much more exciting life than we already lived. Another surprise was that my heart could hold enough love for 2 little people equally. That was something I worried about and kept me from wanting another baby for 5 long years. I will never forget though seeing Trevor hold Emelyn when we brought her home from the hospital and feeling my heart fill with love for the both of them. I was also surprised when I saw Steve with Emelyn. He was already a great father, but with another child he was extraordinary. So with all these surprises Emelyn has brought great joy to our lives. So Happy Birthday Emelyn. Today you will be celebrated and given all kinds of gifts. Those gifts will never compare to the gift you have given to our family. You will always be my own little personal ray of sunshine. I love you, Eme Shimmee Doodlebug!