My Birthday
Dear baby girl,
Sunday is my 26th birthday, and I have an entire weekend of birthday celebrations planned. I am SO excited that today is finally Friday (this week seemed to go by especially slow) and that I can enjoy the next couple of days with my family.
Tonight, I'm meeting my mom, dad, grandma Pat, aunt Elaine, and Mary for dinner after work in Perinton, and then they're all coming to the house for cake and gifts. I can't wait to show them the nursery and our updated living room (sans coffee table, plus baby swing and gliding rocker). As much as I feel like our house is ready for you, I'm sure that changes will need to be made in the upcoming few months. For now, though, our home is waiting patiently for its newest resident. Tomorrow morning we're taking Pollyanna to the vet for her annual check-up (your daddy is so good about remembering these appointments, as well as their monthly medicines - I don't know what I'd do without him!) and then we're spending the day together. I'm not sure what we'll be doing yet, but I know that it'll be low-key and fun. Saturday night we're meeting Sean's parents and sister for a joint birthday dinner (your aunt Mary's birthday is only 3 days after mine) and then we'll have them over to our house for cake and presents. Finally, on Sunday after church, your aunt Mary & uncle Kris will be coming for a visit. I'm not sure yet what we'll be doing with them, but I'm sure it will involve some tasty food.
I love celebrating my birthday. This is partly true because of how much I love the fall, but also because I have always felt older than my age. Somehow, the numbers that have come to pass have never felt correct to me, and I've found myself (on numerous occasions) ashamed to share my age with someone for fear of not being taken seriously. I know this will eventually end and I will experience the opposite (in that I will feel younger than my age) but maybe that's because each of us has one true age that is defined by our souls. I remember my beloved grandma Joan telling me that she never felt older than her 40s and always felt like that age bracket was where she belonged.
In our current society, I'm considered a very young mother-to-be. More & more women are waiting until they are in their 30s and even 40s to have children in order to secure successful careers in advance of starting a family. I feel thankful to have chosen a career that I will be able to continue and that isn't cut-throat like many business positions (and other industries). I'm also glad to have a handful of friends who live nearby, are close in age to me, and have little ones of their own.
I can't believe that next year you'll be part of the celebration! Undoubtedly, your presence will the the best gift I could ever ask for.
Love,
Mommy
Sunday is my 26th birthday, and I have an entire weekend of birthday celebrations planned. I am SO excited that today is finally Friday (this week seemed to go by especially slow) and that I can enjoy the next couple of days with my family.
Tonight, I'm meeting my mom, dad, grandma Pat, aunt Elaine, and Mary for dinner after work in Perinton, and then they're all coming to the house for cake and gifts. I can't wait to show them the nursery and our updated living room (sans coffee table, plus baby swing and gliding rocker). As much as I feel like our house is ready for you, I'm sure that changes will need to be made in the upcoming few months. For now, though, our home is waiting patiently for its newest resident. Tomorrow morning we're taking Pollyanna to the vet for her annual check-up (your daddy is so good about remembering these appointments, as well as their monthly medicines - I don't know what I'd do without him!) and then we're spending the day together. I'm not sure what we'll be doing yet, but I know that it'll be low-key and fun. Saturday night we're meeting Sean's parents and sister for a joint birthday dinner (your aunt Mary's birthday is only 3 days after mine) and then we'll have them over to our house for cake and presents. Finally, on Sunday after church, your aunt Mary & uncle Kris will be coming for a visit. I'm not sure yet what we'll be doing with them, but I'm sure it will involve some tasty food.
I love celebrating my birthday. This is partly true because of how much I love the fall, but also because I have always felt older than my age. Somehow, the numbers that have come to pass have never felt correct to me, and I've found myself (on numerous occasions) ashamed to share my age with someone for fear of not being taken seriously. I know this will eventually end and I will experience the opposite (in that I will feel younger than my age) but maybe that's because each of us has one true age that is defined by our souls. I remember my beloved grandma Joan telling me that she never felt older than her 40s and always felt like that age bracket was where she belonged.
In our current society, I'm considered a very young mother-to-be. More & more women are waiting until they are in their 30s and even 40s to have children in order to secure successful careers in advance of starting a family. I feel thankful to have chosen a career that I will be able to continue and that isn't cut-throat like many business positions (and other industries). I'm also glad to have a handful of friends who live nearby, are close in age to me, and have little ones of their own.
I can't believe that next year you'll be part of the celebration! Undoubtedly, your presence will the the best gift I could ever ask for.
Love,
Mommy
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