When I found out I was pregnant with Darling Daughter, I had mixed emotions. Three children seemed like an awful lot. I finally got used to the idea though. On the day of my ultrasound, my Mom and Hubby met me at the doctor's office. We had to wait and wait, because they were super busy.
Mom said, "Now, Lauren--I don't want you to get upset if it's another boy. Do you have any boy names picked out?"
"I know, Mom," I said. "I'm fully expecting it to be another boy."
We were ushered into the back, cool little room. The ultrasound tech went through measuring all the bones: the skull, the femur, etc.
"Do you want to know what it is?" she asked.
We nodded, and she looked. She slowly but deliberately typed out: IT'S A GIRL across the screen!
My Mom and I both started crying and hugging each other. I love my boys, but there's nothing like having a daughter. My Mom and I are so close to one another, and I wanted a daughter I could share that bond with. It was like a dream coming true.
Darling Daughter was born on May 21st at 12:15 PM. She was a content little thing, and so sweet!
Babies are like little lumps who can't do anything. Your goal in life is to shape them and help them make the right decisions: give them the tools they need to succeed. When I held Darling Daughter in my arms, I could see how sweet and special she was. (So could everyone else, and that's why her nickname now is Spoiled Rotten!!!) It was so funny putting dresses on her at first, and it seriously took me a month to get used to dressing her in girly clothes. I'm all for gender equality, but after having two boys, I wanted dresses, frills, pink and bows.
Darling Daughter has grown so quickly. From her 1st birthday where she cried and only perked up when she saw the cake and opened a few of her presents.
After that birthday, she developed an intense stranger anxiety. The only people she was not afraid of were me, Big Mommy and Big Daddy. She didn't even want to be around Hubby. I can tell you--there were many days when I had trouble with this cling on. She would hold me, as if I was going to walk out the door forever. We did Baby Gym, and she could not stand it when Coach Ken would get to close to her. After three months of screaming through it--I decided we would just wait. Stranger anxiety had to end at some point, right?
And it did. By about 2.5, she was everyone's best friend. We switched daycares, and I saw her become another person. She opened up. She was bright and bubbly. She also got the tubes she badly needed, and the quiet child I once had became an incessant talker (just like her Mommy).
And now year three has come and gone in a flash. This year Darling Daughter became so independent. She loves her babies, and she often creates elaborate stories with them. She uses her imagination all the time, and she walks around the house belting out songs. She acts like a little Mommy to the boys (who despise it)! She also likes to put on my high heels and say, "Now I'm the Mom." She is stubborn, and if she ask for something and you say no, she'll keep asking hundred times until, exasperated, you have to walk away! She loves princesses. She loves Frozen. She sings, "Let it Go," about a million times a day--almost as many times as we've watched the movie! She can also keep up with the boys! You'll often find her pedaling the spin bike right behind her brothers, flip flops on, and dress blowing in the wind! How I love this sweet FOUR year old girl!
Forever and always, my baby.
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