This Time Last Year.....

As we drove by my old office Saturday on the way to the party store I realized that it marked exactly one year since my last working day there. And it made me wonder: Where has the time gone? So much of last summer seems a blur. I was in two weddings last July, one of which was my brother's on the 28th. I was big pregnant and the reception was outside in very hot and humid conditions. Some of you mothers could probably identify with my discomfort.

Okay, so this is actually from the maternity photos Lisa took for us on 7.7.08.

Ah, but let's not forget about that rash. I apparently fell into the 1% of women who develop an allergic rash during pregnancy. The itchy red bumps were e-v-e-r-y-w-h-e-r-e, on my palms, the soles of my feet, in between my fingers. I would soak my feet in ice water every evening and then go to bed every night with ice packs on my hands just to keep from scratching them bloody. No cream on earth seemed to help either. I officially declare it the worst pregnancy side effect ever!!! I would rather have had morning sickness every day. Hands down. So be thankful if you are preggars and rash-free! (*Please note: this has been something I've considered when deciding whether to try for #2. Yes, it was THAT bad!)

So needless to say the night of their wedding I was....um.... just a little irritable and exhausted. But we made it through, not knowing Tennyson planned to make his entrance in less than two days. Since we had family coming in town for the wedding I was really pushing Tom to get the crib and changing table put together so we could complete the nursery. Oh boy, am I glad we did!

The next day I stayed home from church to "rest" (read: clean my house from top to bottom - I was in nesting mode from the moment I found out I was pregnant). We ran errands that afternoon, etc. etc. etc. I had no idea what was in store for us at 4:45AM the next day. I am SO glad God is the one in charge. The fact that Tennyson was born a month early was a blessing for innumerable reasons, which I will elaborate on more in the next post.