Steph’s Blog

Well, I guess now it’s true. Neither one of my girls are babies anymore, of course they will always be babies to me in my mind but in reality, they are growing so quickly. What has brought this on you ask? Megan’s second birthday has just come and gone.
I can recall just about every moment of the day before her birth and the day of like it was yesterday–and Abigail’s too. I often wonder if that is just me being odd or if other parents do this as well. I knew what day Megan was going to arrive since I was 12 days past my due date, my OB had me scheduled for an induction. With that information at hand, I spent 99.9% of the day before said induction baking cookies and painting with Abigail and rocking with her in the living room in front of the Christmas tree. I was so excited about the new arrival but somehow I was also a little heartbroken that it was now a reality that Abigail was not going to be my one and only any longer and in someways felt so guilty and worried how that was going to affect her. After all, how could I love TWO babies as much as I loved one?  No one told me that the minute another baby is born your heart doubles in size and there is enough love to go around for everyone.

Abigail doubled the joy in our lives when she was born and Megan has double it yet again. Megan has made Abigail a big sister and added even more to our lives since her arrival, and even before. It is so amazing to me how much one little person brings to the lives of others.

I guess this has all hit me because I love their birthday’s so much. It is a day to celebrate them and their lives and growing one year older. It is a day for Scott and I to be infinitely thankful that we have been so blessed to have them (and I am thankful that they are still only 5 and 2!). Their birthday’s take me back to the day that it all started…the day the magic arrived in our lives.

I kissed Megan goodnight last night before I headed to bed myself, just like I do every night, but last night was a little different. I kissed my big girl last night, in her big girl bed. She is two now. She is a full blown walking, talking, laughing, mischief making big girl.

In a blink, they have changed and grown so much in such a short time. In a blink, the two years of Megan’s little life have flown by so quickly. Maybe if I stop blinking they will slow down just a little tiny bit!

Happy Birthday Megan!

Yesterday was such a great day…even with the less than fabulous weather we had.

I took Megan to the nursing home with my Mom and sister yesterday. We went to visit my Aunt and Grandmother. Megan has not been to the nursing home up until yesterday. I was a little concerned at first because she can play strange with older people and especially in strange places. Boy did my little smoochie pie prove me wrong!

We got there and Grandma was busy in the lounge on her wing so we took a stroll over to my Aunt’s room. Megan decided she was right at home and proceeded to play with any and every knick knack she could get her hands on. My Aunt couldn’t have cared less. She loves to have little ones around. I remember as a kid she would play cards with me for hours, or teach me to cross stitch and do cross word puzzles with me. Yesterday Megan got to enjoy a little piece of that with her. She wandered around my Aunt’s room and chatted away and then much to my surprise and pleasure she let me put her on my Aunt’s lap and there the two of them sat for fifteen or twenty minutes just watching cartoons and having a cup of juice together. I am so glad that my Aunt got to have a little sniggle time with Megan and that Megan got to have some special time with my Aunt.

Ok, so we decide we are going to head over to my Grandma’s room and we get there and she is having a little nap in her recliner. She wakes up after a minute and sees Megan there…did I mention that Gram just LOVES and I mean L O V E S babies? So her face lights up to see Megan…but this is where Megan plays a little strange because of the older person thing I mentioned about above. Gram is 97…bless her heart! So Meg warms up to her a bit and decides she doesn’t really want to sit on Great Grandma’s lap but instead wants to sit in her wheel chair in front of Great Grandma and play Peek-A-Boo and blow kisses. This made Grandma smile in the way only a Great Grandma can. I don’t know if she remembered or realized that Megan was one of MANY great grandchildren but she gets this look when she sees one of us, great grandchildren or grandchildren, it doesn’t seem to matter which. Maybe it’s just me thinking she gets this warm sweet look but either way she was happy to see us. And I was happy to see her.

I am so lucky to have had all my grandparents until I was an adult. I have so many friends that lost their grandparents when they were children and even before they were born. I only have my two Gram’s left now but I am still so lucky. My girls are even luckier. They have grandparents who love them and great grandparents to love them too. We may not seem all of them very often but I love the fact that the girls have been blessed to have them in their lives. I hope my girls realize when they are grown how lucky they are. It is a toasty warm feeling to be this lucky.

This is a couple weeks past due (As everyone can see I am not really very good at being consistant with blogging!) but Congratulations are in order for our neighbors.

Our friends who live next door tied the knot a couple weeks ago. I have to say this is one of the nicest weddings that I have ever been to, and with the size of my family I have been to a LOT of weddings! Do you know how some weddings are all about the dress, seeing how many people you can pack into a church just to say you had 300 people at your wedding, and they have to have the best of this and the best of that and the reason for the marriage seems to be lost? This wedding was in no way as pretentious as that kind of wedding. That is not to say that the dress wasn’t totally perfect for the bride (it was simply fabulous to be totally honest!!). This wedding was just what it was meant to be. It was two people (and the brides daughter) coming together as one and creating a beautiful family of three. We have not known J&S for very long but the ceremony brought tears to my eyes…and I am not a person who cries at weddings believe it or not!
Now, Scott and I did not know more than maybe 3 people there but we left that wedding knowing about 30 more. Some how I am not surprised. J&S are the easiest people to be around so it goes without saying that their family and friends are the same way. We had wonderful chats with their family and friends, we drank with them, ate with them and had some good laughs together. It was a really wonderful day. They are so blessed to be surrounded by so many people who love them.

J&S and Little S, we couldn’t be happier for you all. You are a wonderful family and we are very touched that you asked us to share your special day with you all. We send you many wishes for so much happiness for you all. Congratulations!

IRISH WEDDING BLESSING
May God be with you and bless you
May you see your children’s children
May you be poor in misfortunes,
Rich in blessings
May you know nothing but happiness
From this day forward