Bryn is here. Every perfect little piece of her. When we did her Beaverton maternity photos we thought for sure she would make her appearance any day. But more than three weeks passed with no sign.  Honestly, I don’t know how that momma waited so long. I remember waiting for my first baby to come. I was told two weeks before he was born that I was ready and it could happen any moment. It’s true that a woman about to give birth has no grasp on rationality, but still, I cannot even describe to you the excitement that I felt. Especially with my first child, I felt like this was going to be the culmination of my whole life.  All my dreams, all I had ever imagined being was going to come to pass…any moment.  Even after becoming a wife to my amazing man, I felt like I was not complete until I also became a mom. But when every minute was going to be THE minute, and when each minute passed quietly, for two weeks, my excited giggles turned into frustrated complaints.  Looking back I find it hilarious actually.  I wasn’t even at my due date and I was trying everything in the book to make this baby come. Pineapple? Check.  Weird herbal supplements? Check.  Walking, and more walking? Check.  But he was happy and content to bounce along as I desperately made the rounds at my local mall while the cold January rain poured outside.  And then one day I gave up.  I was so tired of being impatient that I just said fine. I’ll just return to watching my soap operas and eating my bonbons (ok, not quite) and let you be.  And that’s when my little boy, the second love of my life, decided to arrive and become mine.  I was enchanted, bewitched and smitten from the first moment. With him, with being a mother, with living my dream. And all of a sudden, the wait was forgotten…and so very much worth it.

I am sure Bryn’s mom wasn’t made as nutty as I was by the wait 🙂 .  But for her as well, it was well worth it.  Bryn is a perfect little “cadeau”  from above, and I’m sure she’ll bless the life of her momma as much as my little man has been blessing mine these six years.