The day is almost here

I'm not quite sure why I find myself doing this but I am counting down the days to two life changing events that happened a year ago.  Water breaking and being admitted to the hospital.  Weird?!?  Maybe but at the same time both of these events in my life brought about MAJOR and drastic changes for Jim and myself so it might not be that weird after all.  I'm not sure if these dates will start to become less important as the years past but all I know is that right now, remembering these two events and what occurred from them is something that has stuck with me and is something that I tend to think about, though usually only briefly, every day.



It's so hard to think back and think that at this time last year, I was getting ready to go on the roller coaster from hell and I had no clue.  I was getting ready to welcome my baby into the world 11 weeks early and was not prepared at all.  Well of course I wasn't, I had no idea she was coming early.  But no literally I wasn't prepared.  Thank goodness Jim and I had decided on a name by that time.  She would have probably been Baby C for a few days after she was born if we didn't know already what we wanted to name her.


And as I get ready to celebrate her first birthday, I can't believe that a whole year has already passed.  A WHOLE flippin year!!!  This time last year I was living life like I had no cares in the world...this time this year I am scheduling doctors appointments to have her "bump" looked at, chasing her all around the house as she crawls with lightning speed from one room to another and trying to be the best mom that I can be.



I tried to have a little photo session with her today but two things occurred to me.  One, it was a lot harder than I had anticipated to get her to smile and Two, I HATE my camera.  I shouldn't say hate because it does take decent pictures and it was a gift from Jim last year to replace my old camera that I had had since 2006 but... I HATE my camera!!!  In order to capture the pictures I want I need one of those cameras that has no pause time in between snapping pics and regardless of how the picture is taken, it doesn't come out blurry and the flash doesn't always have to go off!!!  And yes I have researched these cameras...read somewhere that a good camera to start with was a Canon, maybe a rebel, but those blasted things are so darn expensive.  I mean, I have a hard time rationalizing spending $400 plus on a camera but by golly I know they take GREAT pictures.  So I guess I will continue to piss and moan until   A, I'm enough out of debt to spend money like that on a camera or B, I'm enough out of debt to get a camera like that.  So I'm hoping before Kenley has children of her own that I will be able to afford a high tech camera that takes wonderful pictures.

Enough of me complaining...here are some pictures from today from my camera that I hate!!

Wait..did I mention I HATE my camera...Ok, here are some of her smiling!

Til later...