day nineteen

day nineteen {a favorite memory}

for christmas last year i remember wanting so badly to have my baby here and be at home as a new little family of three. as the days to christmas grew less and less, i started to worry and stress that christmas would be terrible and that we would be spending it in the hospital or worse, at home, away from family, and baby-less. at my last appointment the doctor gave us the choice of scheduling an induction date two days before christmas. i went back and forth on the idea. if everything went smoothly, we could be home for christmas. but if something went wrong and i had to have a c-section, we would be spending christmas and then some in the hospital. finally we decided that it would be best to try and get that baby here. i was extremely uncomfortable and from what the doctor could tell, my body and the baby were ready.

flash through the delivery.... it's christmas eve morning and the doctor and nurses are telling me that stockton and i are doing well and that we can plan to be headed home in the afternoon. i was beyond elated. at 4pm on christmas eve we loaded the baby into the car to head back home and enjoy christmas together. we didn't have a fancy homecooked dinner (but our friends the stringhams were so wonderful and brought us cafe rio on their way to their family christmas eve dinner). we snuggled with our brand new baby and watched the christmas story on TV while our christmas tree lights twinkled in the corner of the room. the baby slept so well that first night, i think he only woke up once. christmas morning was perfect. it was just the three of us and it took us almost all day to open our presents because we were so enamored with our new little guy. it was the best. when i opened my present from chris i just broke down in tears. he was worried something was wrong. but i was just completely overwhelmed with happiness. it was the first time i can ever remember feeling so happy.

when we first found out we were getting a baby in december i was a little bit bummed. but it turned out to be the best christmas ever.