Happy Birthday to my.......7-YEAR-OLD???!!! Wow! Gwenyth turned 7 on September 2nd. We had a party for her here at the apartment, in the community room and the swimming pool. The kids loved it, it was perfect for a big group and quite the big group we had. Thanks to my sister and her help otherwise I don't think that I would have fed everyone. Next time....3 friends stay the night and the family party will be pot luck. It was easy to do the years before, but with a newborn, hosting a party is quite the task. Lesson learned. But for Gwenyth, I'd do anything. She really is such a nice girl, such character, so happy, so fun, and definitely getting older. Gosh I love her so much!
So, 7 years...I've been a Mom for that long? I think back to that day, in surgery (c-section) and when my sister came in the room to join me, I knew that it wasn't much longer before Gwenyth would be here. I know that I thought for a moment that I wasn't ready to be a Mom and I wanted to change my mind, but they weren't going to sew me back up and wait another day at that point, so I didn't ask them to do so, I can't believe that I even considered saying it out loud. Well as quickly as the thought came into my head it left and it was time, they had one more layer to go through, they saw her dark curls and they prompted my sister to stand up to watch....and I heard her....and I was a Mom! I don't remember all of her birthdays with such detail, but that one, I'll never forget. We've been on quite the journey together, her and I, these last 7 years. I know I wasn't perfect. I know I'm still not perfect. For 7 years I've been that happiest that I've ever been, in good times and bad, being a Mom has been the best thing.....ever.
