Eight years ago...to the exact minute...I was in the absolute worst pain of my life. I literally wondered if each breath I took would be my last. Then it was over. I heard that precious first cry. I heard them tell us that it was a boy. Then they put him on my chest. My sweet Ayden. I would go through the pain every single day for the rest of my life if that's what it took for him to be mine. I'm so thankful the Lord didn't ask that of me. He just simply let me be Ayden's mommy.
On each of our kids' birthdays, I love replaying the events of the day of their births. I will look at the clock to see what time it is then take myself back to that day and what was happening at that exact minute. And each year I wonder how another year could have already passed since the last time we celebrated their birthday.
I made cupcakes for Ayden's class today and was thankfully able to leave work for a little while to go to his school for a few minutes. Then I took him, Gracelyn, and Braysen to Kandee's for some yummy frozen yogurt and we ate McDonald's for supper! Michal unfortunately had to work all day and then had class tonight then had to go back to work after that. Ayden definitely felt special today with all the happy birthday phone calls he got and his special lunch we packed. :) There was definitely no denying it was his birthday. Ha! He told me this afternoon that when he read the notes from me and Micahel his "eyes got watery". Well, mine got pretty watery when he told me that. Melted my heart.
My sweet, considerate, tender hearted, funny, silly, amazing 8-year-old.
