When I was three, and free to explore

three

When I told Mary Virginia that I was excited for her birthday and she said, “Mo-o-mmy, excited is only for kids!”

Whoops. Perhaps I should work on my enthusiasm.

We are celebrating with ducks, purple, Cinderella, and 36 cupcakes. Everything that makes Mary Virginia light up.

Three years ago today Tom went to a concert and I went to bed early because I was 39 weeks and 6 days pregnant, and complaining about being pregnant takes a lot of energy.

Two hours later I woke up and my water broke and, well, I haven’t slept since.

After eleven hours of labor, I held Mary Virginia for the very first time. From that first moment she has challenged and charmed me, and whenever I look at her I think about how even though I always dreamed I would one day have a daughter, I had no idea how incredible she would be.

Happy, happy birthday to my wonderful Mare Bear.

 

 

3 Comments

  1. Meredith June 7, 2016

    My nickname was mere bear Happy birthday Mary Virginia!

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  2. Meredith June 7, 2016

    Well that looks odd with no punctuation and my emoji didn’t publish. Sorry 🙂

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