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Brian was going through my pictures and videos of the week and decided that this video had to be shared. But first, please let me give a short explanation of what I was doing. As most, if not all of you know, I like to keep my camera and camcorder within reach at all times. I always kick myself when I miss a "Kodak moment". Anyway, I went up to check on Hopey during her nap last week, and I found her sleeping in this super comfy position. So, of course, I grabbed the camera that I had ever so carefully placed next to the crib for just such an occasion. Hopey is a very light sleeper, so I was taking a big risk by standing so close to her crib. The thing is, if she starts to wake up, and you can get out of site quick enough, she'll roll over and go back to sleep. If she sees you, nap time is BEYOND over. I think Brian wanted this video posted more because of the last two seconds than because of Hopey Doodle's nap! But, my dearest Brian, just so you know, she slept another 30 minutes thanks to my cat-like reflexes!!
Where do I even begin to thank all of you for your incredible support last week?? Thank you ALL so much for your prayers, emails, phone calls, text messages, blog posts, and comments!! Your prayers and encouragement, along with a lot of help from God, pushed me to go through with it!! I have now officially flown!! I would love to tell you that I joyfully skipped onto the plane and laughed with glee the whole way there, but then I would be lying. This was my brave face before boarding.
The truth is, I didn't take the Xanax, so I was shaking like a leaf and crying my eyes out as I was forced onto the plane. I tried to escape only once, but they had already sealed me in. I had NO IDEA the planes from Indianapolis to Chicago were so tiny!! There were two seats on either side of an aisle that you had to duck and walk sideways to get down. I'm EXTREMELY claustrophobic, so I panicked. Brian wouldn't let me leave my seat, but he did offer to dance in the aisle for me if I would stay on. By the way bud, you didn't follow through on your end of the deal!! All of the people sitting around me were so sweet and comforting. They talked me through the whole flight and gave me things that comforted them when they flew. How awesome is God to have planned that out for me? Anyway, to make an incredibly long story somewhat shorter, I stopped panicking about halfway through the flight, and I truly did enjoy the view from the sky!!
I won't go so far as to say that I'm looking forward to flying again, but I will say with complete confidence, Amy, unless God has other plans for me, I'll be at your wedding!! As for the rest of the weekend, we had a super time at Medieval Times and the Conrad, but we sure missed our little Hopey Doo!!
Especially because of the fun and wonderful news we have to share!! (This is not like Meghan's news!!) HOPEY GOT HER FIRST TOOTH!!!!! WOOHOO!!! At least we now know that there are teeth in there somewhere!! I took a picture of her smiling today, but as I'm looking at it, I don't think you can even see her tooth, but just know that it's there!!
Once again, thank you all SO much for the incredible kindness you've shown me over the last week! You have no idea how much I've appreciated it!!
My sweet friends, family, and fellow bloggers, I could sure use your prayers and encouragement. In a few short days, I'm going to be facing my biggest fear. I will be taking my very first flight...EVER.... So, it should come as no shock to you that the plane crashing into the Hudson River last week was just rotten timing! Getting on a plane was something I vowed I would never do, and for 26 years, I've never wavered even slightly. Then, last year, we had Hopey, and all of a sudden 22 hour car trips became completely unimaginable! So when one of my closest friends of 20 years called me from her brand new home in Colorado to tell me that she was getting married in February of '09, I had a huge decision to make. We had driven to Colorado in January two years ago and had gotten stuck in one of the worst blizzards Kansas had ever seen. We tried to imagine having a screaming baby added to that equation and quickly rejected any idea of traveling like that again. I started to realize that if I wanted to see my friend, who's like a sister to me, get married, then I was going to have to fly. To make an amazingly long story shorter, my doctor suggested talking to a therapist, a prescription for Xanax, and a practice flight. My amazingly sweet husband wanted to make the practice flight as easy on me as possible. So for Christmas, he gave me tickets to Medieval Times in Schaumburg (Chicago), a reservation at the Conrad Hotel that night, and tickets (for my first flight) to get us there. I'm absolutely thrilled to be going to Medieval Times and the Conrad, but I'm just sick to my stomach about how we're getting there. I just keep looking at this picture from Brian's birthday two years ago and realize that I really do want to go back!
All the while, I'm trying to AVOID all of these pictures that are taking over the internet!
I really do know in my head that this is all in God's hands and His Will will be done, but the rest of my body is on an anxiety trip. I would greatly appreciate it if you would be praying that I will continue to trust God, be able to control my emotions on the plane, and not be arrested at the airport for erratic behavior. And I'm truly serious about that, I'm so afraid I might freak out so badly that an Air Marshall will take me into custody. Thank you all so much in advance, I truly appreciate it! ALSO, I need to add a large bunny trail to this post! I wanted to send a big CONGRATULATIONS to Meghan and Eric on their surprising but wonderful news that they're expecting again!! Big hugs and high fives!! We couldn't be happier for you guys!
I was downloading the pictures from my camera onto the computer tonight, but I clicked on the wrong folder when I tried to view them. This is what I saw...
You might be thinking, that's not so bad, you just had a baby bump at Christmas last year. Let me explain. This picture was taken the first week of December, and I was due on March 15th...I still had 3 and a half months of the pregnancy left!! This is nowhere near as big as my belly got!! I stopped going out for the last month of my pregnancy because of the reactions I would get. Many people would come up to me and ask if it was real. Others thought they should tell me that "it looked like I had a large watermelon stuffed under my shirt." And who could forget the camera lady? A woman came up to me in the mall with her camera and asked if she could take a picture of my belly because "her friends were never going to believe this." After I saw this picture tonight, I looked at the picture we took just before we left for the hospital to deliver Hopey. I think I now realize why people were always staring at me.
Ya know, I actually sat and thought about how I was going to share my exciting news with all of you, and I finally decided to be completely uncreative and just say it. Yes, it happened!!!!! Hopey went from an infant to a toddler overnight!!!!!! My little chubby bear has joined the world of walkers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! How can something be so exciting but so utterly heartbreaking at the same time? I was jumping up and down, clapping and screaming, but blubbering all over the place. I mean, she's wanted to do nothing but walk for the past 4 months, and I've always held her little hands and let her drag me all over the place. In fact, I had even told Brian last week that my back was hurting so badly that I was actually looking forward to her walking on her own. And I truly am SO elated to see my baby girl toddling around, but I can't help but feel that my heart's breaking. Anyway, enough of my emotional roller coaster! I would be ever so pleased to share last night's video with you!
