Indeed a big blur. I woke up with yet another splitting headache...not sure if it was due to the NCSU pre-gaming beverages (sadness! I practically passed out before it even began!) or the lack of blood flow in my head...also due to way too many cold ones and late nights recently. We have been going strong daily (and nightly) since Friday, the 23rd with no end in sight. Note: Drink more water, eat more bread, do more yoga.
But tonight was exceptional for one reason only.
Parker was born with jet black hair, a V-bac, risky birth, at noon on the dot, this day 2010. Unlike Kane, they placed him in my arms right after I pushed for the last time, and he looked up at me with the biggest and brightest, most hopeful eyes I have ever made contact with in my life. My God, he was perfect, angelic, and astonishing. Today he has a mess of scraggly dirty blond hair, wide world eyes, and the best laugh a baby could possibly have. He still manages to stir my soul with a single look.
Tonight we celebrated with frozen pizza, overly large balloons hanging from the ceiling, a richly designed cake, a handful of good friends and family (whom I always seem to call at the last minute when I put off making extravagant plans), and a boat load of napkins. It's too bad his birthday falls in the winter... we could have more easily sprayed him down in the backyard like we did with Kane. On the way home I found myself driving behind a Jeep with one of those Life is Good stickers plastered on the rear window and I laughed (like out loud) because it's true. Life is good.
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