Happy Tuesday ladies! I'm already pooped from our Monday, and it's going to be a crazy busy week because Wednesday is National Signing Day! It's a day that we've been waiting for for several weeks, and that means we'll get a good 4 days of daddy home with NO college football getting in the way- ha! (Now I'm thinking that the day after signing day should be my groundhog day- I bet it would be DJ's!)
And, with that, I'm totally getting ahead of myself! I'm linking up with Andrea over at Momfessionals for Show & Tell Tuesdays. The full link up list is below, and today is all about a day that you would repeat over and over again.
Honestly, I cannot choose just one day. I've thought and thought about it, but there were four days that I'd live all over again.
The first? My wedding day. It's a day that I wish I could remember and experience again. Wedding days go by in such a blur! There are bits and pieces I remember; I like to think those were the best moments! But I wish I could go back, slow down and really soak in the moments. Getting ready with my bridesmaids, standing in the auditorium just moments before walking down the aisle with my mom and grandmother. My brother and stepdad walking me down the aisle, and the vows, the ceremony, our first communion taken as husband as wife. The first kiss!
The reception was fabulous too! But, I'd love to go back and really visit with my guests. I'd love to enjoy the food, maybe get a bite of the cheesecake that was EATEN by the time we arrived to the party! And, maybe, I'd eat just one more slice of cake!
It was the day DJ and I started our life together. It was the best.
I have three more days that I'd choose to live over again.....
The day Gretchen was born. (Maybe the day after, because labor & delivery were awful!) But those moments of becoming a mom for the first time. Those were amazing. Moments to remember. Moments to cherish.
I'd also choose to live over the day we became a family of four. Gretchen and I had been living without DJ for four months. He had already moved to Tulsa, and Gretchen and I stayed behind in Indiana to sell our house, finish out the school year, and so I wouldn't have to change doctors and insurance during my pregnancy.
He was able to come back to Indiana, about two days before Megan was born. I loved those final moments of being a family of 3.
And then finally becoming a family of 4.
If I could skip over the part of DJ passing out at the hospital, and maybe I'd choose to get my epidural a bit earlier. I'll never forget the moment I heard Megan cry, nursing her for the first time, and introducing Gretchen to her little sister.
And then finally, completing our family as a family of 5.
Adalyn's birth was by far the easiest! If it weren't for the 9 months of being pregnant, gaining weight.... I'd totally do it all over again!
We had our entire family there this go around- my mom and stepdad, DJ's parents, and my cousin. I loved that everyone could see Adalyn moments after she was born. I loved that the girls were able to be there within minutes and that we could instantly bond together as a family of 5.
These are the days that I'd repeat. The moments that have made my life what it is. The people that make me who I am, and the girls that I would give my life for.
Last night Gretchen said, "Mommy, I don't tell you this enough, but thank you for helping us live and take care of us!"
You're welcome girl! I am so thankful that God chose me to be DJ's wife, and to be the mommy of these three little girls.
Aww, how sweet!
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