It’s funny how the 9 months baby spends inside your tummy growing, changing, developing, kicking, flailing and getting ready for life seem like an eternity yet those same 9 months making up the beginning of your little baby’s life seem to fly by in the blink of an eye.
Doodle has now officially been in my arms as long as he was in my belly, today he is 39 weeks and 6 days old, the same as he was born (though technically, he was in my belly about 2 weeks less since the first two weeks of pregnancy are before conception occurs, anywho…)
I know it’s cliché and everyone says it but that’s because it’s true: Babies grow too fast!!!
I can’t believe how far we’ve all come in a year. A year ago Doodle was barely big enough to be viable outside my body and I was overwhelmed by my placenta previa and the possibility of birth complications. Our house was overrun with a nasty stomach virus that had everyone throwing up and unable to get out of bed. I was struggling with keeping my foot in the dance studio and Sugarplum was struggling with potty training. Yet through it all, that little tickle in my tummy provided me with constant joy, hope and excitement for what would be our future.
One year down and all those worries and struggles have been replaced with laughter as Doodle plays peek-a-boo and an overflowing heart as he lies sweetly asleep in my arms. My mind is blown every time Honeybun reads me a book or asks me questions like “does China have freedom?” (yes, my 5 year old actually asked me that question last week!) And the stress of life is lightened a little every time Sugarplum wraps me in a big cuddle.
I’m not saying being a mommy of 3 is easy and I still do more than enough complaining but I wouldn’t trade my days for anything. I wouldn’t trade a minute with my children for an hour without them. I can’t imagine not having each of them and I know that each of the next 9 months will bring even more joy and happy memories that will always trump the stress, complications and worries of a mommy’s life!
