SIX

I woke up this morning at 4:50am for some reason...but then I remembered that it was almost the time that we had Megan exactly 6 years ago today!! I can not believe how quickly the years have gone by. Megan made us parents for the first time and we are so thankful for that.



I can remember the day I went into labor with her like it was yesterday. It was about 4pm(I know because I was watching Oprah!) on June 3rd and I was having some mild contractions. Jeff came home from work and the contractions were starting to be more consistent, but not painful yet!! Around 8pm I decided to go to bed to see if I could sleep a little bit if this was the real thing. My water broke about 10pm and we headed to the hospital. At this point the contractions were PAINFUL and OFTEN. We got to the hospital and I was only 2cm dilated:( I did not want to go home because the contractions hurt so much. They gave me a shot of demerol and told me to have a hot shower. I sat in the shower at the hospital for about 3 hours...it was such good pain relief for me! Around 4:15am, I felt the urge to push and the nurses told me to get out of the shower and into the bed. I was fully dilated at this point and pushed for about 45 minutes and she was out!!! I had thought throughout my pregnancy that she was a boy, so I was shocked and SO excited she was a girl!! She is such a gift to us.

Megan is such a incredible blessing to us and I know to many others! She has such a kind and gentle heart and I love watching her grow. This past year has brought about so many new things for her, with starting school full-time and making new friends on her own. She is growing more and more confident every day. In fact, her teacher wrote her a little note yesterday and it said "Hope the birthday celebrations go well tomorrow. Megan is becoming more confident everyday and is a real pleasure to teach (and very, very clever too!)." Of course, Jeff and I are just bursting with pride in our sweet girl!



We had a big birthday party with a bunch of her friends this morning. We had 7 girls and 5 boys come to celebrate with us. She invited all the girls from her class at school and then some other friends too. It was the first time we have done a "drop off" party. It turned out really well. Thankfully it was an absolutely beautiful day outside!! Jeff played some games with the kids and we had the bouncy house outside too. We got pizza for lunch along with lots of other snacks and then birthday cupcakes for dessert!!




The birthday balloon cupcakes...


Megan has been blessed with some really amazing friends and we are so thankful for that!




Jeff took Megan on her birthday date this morning too. They went to McDonald's for breakfast(her choice!) and then went downtown to City Park to fly her new butterfly kite. The kite was a birthday present for us and she absolutely loves it. We gave it to her yesterday, when it was windy and our family went to the school field to fly it for the first time. Then Jeff and Megs went to Value Village and she picked out a new chapter book, her favorite, Junie B. Jones!! She was so excited. And just to brag a bit about Megan, yes she is in kindergarten and yes she is reading chapter books...again so proud of her!


So Happy Birthday Megan Sara...we love you more than words can say!!


Also a big happy birthday to my dear sister-in-law Annie for tomorrow!! And...in completely different news, a HUGE congratulations to Jeff's brother and his wife, Traci who are expecting their first baby in December. We are so excited for them and can hardly wait to hold their precious baby at Christmas time!!