Bittersweet - To Ellie Drew....

So tomorrow will be a year since you were born. I can't believe it! This time a year ago I was getting ready to check into the hospital so I could have an IV overnight and so they could moniter you and make sure you were okay. A year ago I was wondering what it would be like to hold you in my arms and I was praying that all the treatments I had, steriods I took, and tests I received would bring you into this world healthy and perfect. Wow! It worked! You were born crying, with healthy lungs and a perfect platelet count! The first time I saw you I cried.

I loved staying in that hospital room because you were right there with me...and my prayers to have you room-in were answered. From that first day, you have captured all of our hearts. You were so little and so sweet (you still are).


Over the months you have grown! You learned to roll over, crawl, pull up and now you're almost walking! You went from nursing exclusively to loving to eat food--especially chicken strips!

We have had so much fun this first year: playing, learning, singing, rocking. Some of my favorite times are sleeping in the rocking chair in your room. It has been a wonderful journey. I would re-do every single moment of it again...in a heartbeat!

So, I'm dedicating this day to dwell on our first year together and all the memories we have had. Tomorrow I will focus only on you and the sweet girl you are becoming as you grow up.



And yes, I am so sad to see this part of our time together go and fade into the past. Yet, I'm looking forward to the ways you will grow and the new things we will share in the years to come.


Bittersweet!


So here's to you, my sweet precious Angel...I love you!