Cinco de Mayo (Memories of May 5, 2008)

Today is a very special day for our family and no it is not because we celebrate Cinco de Mayo. It is because we celebrated a new addition to our family 2 years ago this morning. I can still remember it like it was today. We got up about 5 am so we could get ready to go to the hospital. We called Amy to make sure she was awake and moving around and she met us to get Alex for the day. At this point we had not told anyone that my C-Section had been moved up from 2 in the afternoon to 8:00 am. It was very exciting. The car was packed and there was a new little carseat in the back waiting on the new little baby that was going to fill it. The bag was packed with all the pink that you could imagine plus one little red and white dress.

We arrive at the hospital at 6:00 am and parked and went up to the 2nd floor of Cobb Hospital to get ready to meet our little girl. It all went so fast from there. I went in and got it my lovely new outfit on and the booties and hat to match and got hooked up to all the monitors and then they got the iv team up to get the iv in my arm that was not cooperating. Then Jon got ready. I remember it so well because they had to get him special boots to wear because he had worn shorts that day. (No one told him not to wear shorts) After all that was done I walked (yes you heard me right, walked) into the operating room and sat on the table. They put in the spinal block and got me settled on the table and we got ready to start.

Let me start by saying Abby's C-Section was 20 times harder than Alex's. The whole time they could not regulate my blood pressure so I went back and forth between puking to passing out. It was a lot of fun really (not). Jon was not at all really worried because they kept telling him that everything was getting better. Yeah it got better when the knocked me out. :p It was time for our precious daughter to make her entrance into this world. Abigail Marie Cunningham made her arrival into this world at 8:34 am May 5, 2008. She was 9 pounds 8 ounces (a whole 3 ounces smaller than her brother) and 20 1/2 inches long (1 1/2 inches shorter than her brother). She had beautiful black hair and the brownest eyes that you would ever see on a baby. She was beautiful.

I remember after I got out of surgery and they put her in my arms for the first time. It was love just pure love. She was amazing. She didn't make a sound the first time we met and got to spend some time together. We just looked into each other's eyes and I adored her. She was a pro BFeder. She latched right on and ate like their was no tomorrow.

Jon was wrapped around her little finger from the start. She couldn't even really cry before he would snatch her up to snuggle her. She was and still is and will forever be Daddy's Little Girl. I think that he would give her the moon if he could. They formed a very special bond from the beginning.

Alex came up to the hospital with Renee, Jim, and Jason later that afternoon and could not have been more excited to see his sister. It had just happened that she was out of the room getting her newborn screening when he came so he got to spend a little time with just mommy and daddy while she was out. But the moment she came back into the room mommy and daddy did not exist any longer. He was totally in love with her too. She was her own personal baby doll.

Today she is a rambunctious 2 year old that gets into trouble faster that we stop her. Including the famous Lysol eye incident the day before her birthday and climbing counters and several number of other offences that can't be named at the moment. But she has been our pride and joy from the start. She is our wonderful baby girl and will always be. She is still the most wonderful little girl in the world and we are so lucky that God choose us to be her parents. I am the luckiest mom in the world because I am her mommy. Happy 2nd Birthday Lil' Momma!