September 2.

I've been having a lot of "a year ago today..." moments lately.

On this day a year ago I was driving to work at about this exact time. I remember having a dull, cramp-like contraction as I was getting off the freeway. However, at the time I was in complete denial about the fact that I was in the early stages of labor. I actually wondered to myself if maybe it was Braxton-Hicks or something. But I think ultimately it came down to the fact that after 9+ months I didn't believe it could finally be happening! I don't think I wanted to let myself believe it just in case it wasn't...because that would have been too much of a disappointment! I worked the day away with my feet up at my desk.

At some point in the day I remember getting an email from Matt that said something along the lines of, you can't have this baby until after 8:00 tonight (because he had a football game that evening and with no one else to call the defense, they would have been up a crick without him). She waited. :) When he got home we went on a walk and talked about boy names. (a moot point, it turns out!) The dull, cramp-like contractions still weren't to the level of intense that I had imagined they would be when I was actually "in labor" so we went to bed without a second thought. (Can you say, still in denial? So wierd.)

Low and behold, I woke up at 3 a.m. to go to the bathroom and realized my water broke. I remember the next 6 hours like it was yesterday......

We can't wait to celebrate our sweet girl tomorrow with some of our closest family and friends. We have been so abundantly blessed in the last year.

Ps 23:5 - My cup overflows with blessings (NLT)