3rd Time's a Charm...

As I sit here on the floor beside you, watching you play with blocks and toys, I'm in awe of how much love my heart can contain and how fast time flies when you are having fun!  You are our 3rd precious baby girl.  You are one of a kind; a special gift from God.  I am so thankful that God chose ME to be your mother.  You have taught me so much in your short 4.5 months on this earth.  Patience is what you are teaching me the most.  For you are not the so-called, typical, 'easy-going', 'go with the flow' third baby everyone was telling me about when I was pregnant.  You are interested in everything going on around you, which is quite a lot considering you have a 4 and 2 year old sister.  You do not love to sleep.  Why would you?  There's way too much to learn and explore.  Who has time for that!?  And you want to be noticed.  You are not okay to just hang out in the background while everyone else is having fun.  You demand to be in the middle of the excitement!  Therefore your naps are short and your nights are wakeful.  I'm totally okay with that though.  I now know how quickly these days will be over and you WILL eventually sleep through the night.  But for now, I am enjoying spending time during late night and early morning nursings because before long I will miss these days. 

It was just 4 months ago when you entered our lives, yet I can't imagine life without you.  The moment I heard your cry was an answered prayer.  Dr. Cox decided to induce labor with you which is something I never imagined doing because I wanted you to come when you were ready but you seemed to not be showing signs of preparing for labor at all.  So, once you were a week late, they induced.  Monday July 15, 2013 was the day of your birth.  I progressed beautifully and you were ready by 11:00am but once once I started pushing you gave us a scare.  The doctors lost your heartbeat on the doppler and then noticed you were 'sunny-side up'.  I was pushing as hard as I could yet little progress was being made and I was so worried.  I can remember yelling prayers for God to protect you and keep you safe during the delivery.  It seemed like hours went by without me being able to hear your tiny, fast heartbeat, but it was only a few minutes.  The sound of your cry was the best sound I had ever heard.  Now that I know you, this delivery was just a taste of what life is like with Hannah Kathryn Blalock.  You are stubborn.  You want things your way.  And you love to be with your Mommy.  You weren't ready yet and the induction forced you to be.  You wanted to be inside for just a little longer.  There's no place closer to mom than in the womb.  I'm learning to be patient.  I'm learning that I'm not in control.  I'm learning that each one of my children have a mind of their own and sometimes the more I push, the more resistant you girls become.  Thank you for teaching me this lesson... and many more I'm sure.  Thank you for being YOU!