My Little Sunshine: Remmi's Birthday Party

Remmi's birthday isn't until tomorrow but we wanted to celebrate on Sunday so that everyone could come. We had a BBQ with family, unwrapped presents and ate some goodies. So much fun! Thank you to everyone who brought food and a present for Remmi. We love you so much and can't thank you enough for being a part of her life. She is ridiculously blessed to have so many people in her life who love and adore her. She will realize it one day and know how lucky she is.

I seriously can't believe that Remmi is ONE. I look at her and still see a tiny baby. I remember when Hendrix turned one, I felt like he was so old and no longer a baby. This time around, I feel totally different. I don't want to take away her bottles or watch her take her first steps. I'm not ready for that yet. I want to soak in my baby for as long as I possibly can.

I remember exactly what I was doing at 9:49 pm on May 19th 2012. I was in labor and had been for the last 12 hours. I was trying hard to relax during my contractions but was so exhausted that my body began to shake uncontrollably. I felt as if I had no control over the situation and that no one cared about how much pain I was in. It took everything I had in me to not punch my bitchy nurse in the face and shove my own epidural in my back. (That's a whole different story though.) Little did I know that my sweet baby girl would be arriving in the next 3 hours.

I honestly remember every little detail about my labor and delivery with her. It was long and miserable. I wish I would have done SO many things differently. I would have seen a different O.B, requested a new delivery nurse, kicked everyone out of the delivery room while I was laboring, made Jordan sit next to me and suffer along side with me instead of drinking slurpees and hanging out with everyone in the room. I guess I'll have a long list for the next pregnancy/delivery........

Believe it or not, I actually survived the labor and delivered the most beautiful tiny baby! I was still in shock that we were holding a baby girl. I didn't know what I was going to do with her. I was so used to cars, trucks and everything being blue. I couldn't wait to put a bow on her head and dress her in those itsy bitsy pink onesies. I was in heaven. I remember being extremely exhausted but having this weird "high" after delivering her. Jordan went right to sleep (since he did so much.......) but all I could do was lay awake and watch her sleep. I had waited SO long and been through SO much to get her here that I couldn't bring myself to close my eyes, how could I sleep when I just witnessed this miracle? Exactly.

So here we are, 1 year later with the most delicious, happy little girl! I seriously have to refrain from eating her every single day. Here are some cute pictures from her party!

Jordan and I gave her this swing for her birthday. We attached it to our covered patio so she could hang out in the shade during the summer. She was a little hesitant at first but is kind of obsessed with it now.