“The keys to patience are acceptance and faith. Accept things as they are, and look realistically at the world around you. Have faith in yourself and in the direction you have chosen.”
- Ralph Marston
Tonight I thought I'd start this blog off with this quote I found. This sums my thoughts up perfectly. I hope you enjoy this blog. I will be working on trying to blog more diligently and more than just once a week.
First of all I want to say Thank You to everyone that has read my blogs, sent me messages, sent me cards, sent good thoughts our way, prayed for us and everyone that has done anything for us! It is greatly appreciated and we are so very grateful for each and everyone one of you. I know I say it alot and talk about it alot but Travis and I have amazing support system. I am told quite often how strong of a person I am and how great of a mom I'm going to be, but I tell Travis as much as I am told that I wonder if its really true. Then I realize I am strong and I will get thru this and it will make me a better person -- but the only way I have remained strong and positive thru all of this is the amazing people that support me, my family, my friends, my nurses, my doctors everyone that comes into my life help me to stay positive.
I cannot believe in just over 5 short days our little angel will be welcomed into this world. As boring as it has been laying in bed day after day and not being able to show off my baby belly that I am so very proud to have, I have to say time has gone by surprisingly very fast. The closer it gets to Charlotte's arrival date I realize also more and more that she has so many guardian angels looking out for her. Travis and I have lost several people very close to us for me my Aunt Jeanne and my best friend Meghan, for Travis his brother Matthew and his grandfather. We both know that all four of them are looking out for not only Charlotte but for both of us. She will have those angels thru her entire life to watch out for her and protect her.
I've been in a private room now for over a week now, there's a few things I've noticed since moving. Not having a roommate sometimes is lonely. As not so much fun as it was having the confused roommates or the roommates in pain at least there was someone for you to talk to or if they couldn't or wouldn't talk to you then at least they had nurses in and out many times. I have great nurses but I'm pretty independent so I really don't like to bother them unless I need something. However the nurses have been fantastic and even if I'm not their patient for the day they come in and check on me. A few of them even tell me they think about me when they go home. My favorite is one of my nurses told me today she had a dream that I had Charlotte on Tuesday so she was going to call on her day off to see if her dream was true. They are truly amazing nurses and I hope to be 1/2 as good of a nurse as some of them. Another thing I've noticed now that I dont have a roommate I enjoy cross stitching at 2am. I don't have to worry about disturbing my roommate with the light. So from 12-2am is usually when I get most of my cross stitching done. I think just because the hallways are quiet and its just a good time to think about things. So thank you to Aunt Cathy for sending me all of the cross stitching I'm working on it to get it all done and I love all of them!!
5 days!! Can you believe it?!? I know I can't!! So I'm thankful that there are just 5 days left. I'm thankful to have such an amazing husband that will be a fantastic daddy! He has already done so much to get ready for our daughter to join us - from sorting her clothes, installing carseats, buying last minute things we haven't gotten yet and looking up things we should know before she gets here. I can't wait to see the amazing man I married hold our daughter for the first time. I know I worry about how he is going to do in the operating room because lets face it child birth is messy let alone a csection but I know once he sees our beautiful little girl he will be just fine and forget about everything else that is going on his world will stop for that second that he holds our baby girl in his arms.
Little things I'm thankful for this week are a little bit of everything and quite a few things. Facebook to keep up with friends and family. It allows me to talk to them and see what they are up to and allows them to talk to me and see how I'm doing and how Charlotte is doing. Google because it give Travis something to do =] Well not really something to do but it helps him be able to understand things that the doctors are telling us. He can look up things we don't understand or we have more questions about. Pinterest because its giving me lots of things to look forward to doing/getting/making once we can go home. Windows I can finally look at my window and see what the weather is like. Even though my view is of a garden with another building across from it at least i can look and and see that its raining or the sun is shining. Hair bows (I'm thankful for these my hubby not quite as much) =] I got quite a few hair bows for Miss Charlotte to wear that will match her outfits. She will be a very fashionable little girl.
I know I need to get better at putting up blogs more often and I will continue to work on it. When Charlotte comes I will start blogging about how she and I are doing because surgery will be soon to follow for this momma. But I most certainly won't forget to include the things we are thankful for. =] I want everyone to remember if there's ever a day you don't feel so good about yourself or something you are doing just remember I appreciate you and I am thankful to have you as part of my life because even if I've only met you for 5 minutes you've made a difference no matter big or small in my life.
Enjoy these cool fall days and nights, hug your loved ones tight and enjoy all the fun activities that come along with fall! <3 I love and appreciate you all!!
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