FOURTEEN YEARS AGO TODAY

I officially became a mom. I started having contractions on Friday May 3, 1996 in the morning. The last thing I ate before going into labor was on Thursday evening at my in-laws', strawberry shortcake. Is it a coincidence that in place of a birthday cake this year Savanah requested strawberry shortcake? I remember the ride to the hospital in the Z28 Camaro. Isn't it funny that fourteen years later we will be making the same trip....in a Suburban:) I stayed one night in the hospital when Savanah was born and Jason did as well. In fact he stayed up with her during the night so I could sleep. He told her today that she should feel special because she was the only one he did that with. Actually I am a little worried that he might drop me off at the hospital this time and just pick me up when it's time to go home. LOL, but we do joke around about it. Maybe because there is not as much worry as with the "first one".

We've made it through our first year having a teenager and I have not one complaint. Savanah is such a great help to me and I am inspired by her. I would have to say that my favorite quality of hers is her ambiguity. I still have this image in my mind of her holding Stella as a newborn and loading the dishwasher with her other hand. I can honestly say that if anything were to happen to me, I know she could take over, she knows how to do everything. It is really exciting to think about what she will be like as an adult. Her ideas are endless, her creativity overflows to all that she does...and I could keep going. I am lucky to be her mom.