Even though Zachary had to work on valentines day we cherished every minute we had with him until he had to leave. We splurged and treated ourselves to some yummy doughnuts for our valentines day breakfast. We got Tegan a chocolate frosted sprinkled doughnut that she thought was the best thing ever! What kid wouldn't love chocolate and sprinkles for breakfast??
After breakfast we gave Tegan her valentines from Zach and I. She loved her new chair, barney movie and very first box of chocolates. She excitedly ran to them saying "oooohh" and "wow". She climbed up in her chair and continued the admiring with a big smile on her face.
We cranked up the volume on the stereo and danced the morning away while Zach watched and laughed(he was drawing) We ate a yummy lunch and played until it Tegan's eyes said it was time for her noon nap.
Nap time is one of my favorite and most cherished times of the day! Not because I get some "me time" because I give up such opportunities. I trade in my quiet time for cuddling with my sweet baby girl. I know these kind of moments will begin to fade as Tegan gets older so I don't take even the slightest second for granted. Zachary captured the moment before leaving for work. I am so grateful to him for doing so!
It was such a wonderful day with my beautiful family. It is always a very indescribable day for me; one full of raw emotions. I didn't shed one tear until I had to lay my sweet sleeping valentine down to bed. I clung on tight and cuddled with her until her sweaty little head put my arm into a coma. It wasn't long after that I found myself sitting on the floor with my head on my knees and tears flowing. The tears weren't stemmed from the loss of our first pregnancy all those years ago. but from the realization that our biggest dream came true! After the losses and heart ache and fight we won, we succeeded and were given life's ultimate gift. I cried in remembering exactly how that 2007 valentines day felt, how it lifted our hopes in so many ways. I cried in thinking about our sweet baby girl sound asleep in her crib. Some days it is amazing to me that she is really here, that she is really ours!! I wonder if I will ever get over the dream like feeling as my life precedes. I feel as though I am living in the best dream you could imagine, a fairy tale if you will. And it all started because two people fell in love :)
2 comments:
I loved this post. Very darling.
Looks like you had a great day. Hopefully the years of great Valentine's Days will help the sad one fade away. I can't wait until my babies are old enough to enjoy holidays.
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