Emme

So...I'm finally a mom to a beautiful teeny tiny baby girl. Even though she has grown an insane amount since she was born, she will always be a "teeny tiny" to Christian and I. Sometimes I just sit and watch her play and I am simply amazed at what a miracle she is.

I remember the day I was rushed to the hospital with my water bag exposed and her teeny tiny foot in the birth canal at 27 weeks. All I could think of was that I had just read online the night before that she was only 2 pounds! I just kept saying it in my head..."She's only two pounds"! To be completely honest with you I have blocked the next two months out of my head. My life consisted of driving to the hospital twice a day. I was able to hold her an hour a day if I was lucky. EVERY time I had to leave her I would cry. So many people called and tried to encourage me but I just couldn't talk. I just knew if I talked about it or if I heard a kind word I would break down.

I was driving when the charge nurse finally called and told me that Emme could come home. I imidiately pulled the car over and started to cry. She was finally mine. She no longer belonged to the nurses of Alta Bates Hospital. She was mine!

Now I can hardly believe that she was that small. She has so much life and energy! At any given moment she can make me crack up laughing! Even when I want to kill her! =)

I am so proud to be her mom. Everywhere we go people stair at her. Sometimes I think people can just see how special she is. Speaking of Emme...she can't take the fact that I'm not in her face right now and she is about to have a melt down! Gotta go!