happenings of our home: One Year Ago...

One year ago…

It was a Sunday.

I buzzed around this house making sure that everything was spic & span & in its perfect place.
I curled up on the couch with Jared for one last Sunday afternoon nap & cherished the last few moments of it being just the two of us.
I rearranged my suitcase for the 107^th time.

I folded tiny little baby clothes & placed them neatly into our hospital bag.

I packed the hospital favors that would announce “his” name to our families.

I stood in the doorway of the nursery & just stared…trying to grasp the reality of what was about to happen in our lives.

I felt the millions of butterflies that fluttered about in my belly.

I looked back at the house as we were driving away & knew when we would come back home, that everything in our world would be different.

I watched the clock all through dinner, how it ticked slower than it ever had before.

I walked eagerly through the hospital halls, not believing that this was it.

I got checked in at 7:15 p.m. on the dot, & settled into my room & oh so lovely hospital gown.

I got prepped for the induction process.

I anxiously waited for what was in store...

Isn’t it amazing how much can change in only 365 days? Tonight is so much different than this night a year ago.

Tonight…

I will put frosting & sprinkles on cupcakes.

I will blow up balloons.

I will hang streamers all over the house.

I will sit here in disbelief that the year went as fast as it did.

I will grieve just a little.

I will rejoice even more.

I will look back on this past year.

I will gaze forward.

I will celebrate.

I will anxiously wait for what is in store.

It is hard to believe that last year my sweet little Jett was merely a baby bump, & now look at him—he is his own little person, running all over the house, & making us fall more & more in love with him every single day! I knew on that Sunday a year ago, that I was about to embark on a journey...

I just had no idea that it would be the best journey of my life.