Count Down To ELLA'S 2nd Bday!!! Tminus 4.....

WOW!!!
I don't know how I feel...or how I SHOULD feel.  Ella is our BABY.  She is our 2nd and LAST child.  2 years ago at the advice of my doctor I had my tubes tied due to a history of preterm labor/deliveries. And it's not that I WANT another child...it's just that I know as she grows up I will NEVER have another BABY ever again.  She is our BABY right now, but every single day she gets more independant, smarter, and less and less the BABY she once was...

I have sat here all morning remembering the terrible miscarriage that ultimately led to her conception and then the 9 months of chaos with  worrying about the possiblity of miscarrying her, preterm labor/bedrest, her BIRTHday, her first year, and now I am counting down the days till she turns 2.  I am sooo thankful that God chose me to be her mother. She is such a wonderful blessing in our lives!  She keeps us all entertained and on our toes every minute of everyday!  I never imagined that one day I would be the mother of both a SON and a DAUGHTER!!!  I am sooo unbelieveably blessed!

Watching her grow and change this past year has been soo wonderful! She is the prissiest, silliest, danciest, most loving little girl....who can and will wrestle you down to the ground to get that toy you took away from her....just ask her brother!!!  HAHAHA!!!!

I am sooo proud that she is "growing up", but sad because I will miss these days soooo much as she grows every year...I hope she always feels like she can climb in my lap and throw her arms around me. I hope she never feels uncomfortable telling me things that she feels no one will understand!  I hope she always knows i will listen and love her no matter what!  She is my BABY. She will always be my BABY!!!

Momma Loves You So Much Ella Caroline Yates!!!  I Hope You Have A WONDERFUL 2nd Birthday on Friday!!!

please pass the kleenex....

MJY