I just found this email I sent to friends and family on August 29, 2008 - Sydney was three days old. Quite the reality check. It's not often I let my memory take me back to my daughter's birth. I sometimes feel so cheated that I do not get to look back on the days following her arrival into this world with excitment and joy, but instead I feel weepy and anxious. But by looking at her today, I can choke back those tears and be so thankful for how far she's come!
So today was a big day - very big! Sydney was taken off the vent, we held her for the first time, Denis changed her diaper, and I got to feed her some of my own milk from a bottle! It was an amazing day, one we hope we can do again tomorrow. Attached are a few pics...
I was remembering today the desperate pleas I would make a few months ago when Sydney was the worst sleeper known to mankind. I was so tired I couldn't see straight, much less function in society or at work, so I jokingly (not really) threatened to send her to an orphanage, sell her to Madonna, or just simply give her away to anyone who would take her. I was remembering all this as she and I were practicing singing "Happy Birthday" for her cousin Camryn's birthday party coming up soon. If I had sold her, or given her to Madonna and her international brood, I would have missed this...see video below. I'm so glad that orphanage never called to claim her, cause I would have missed my little two-foot terror and all her charm and wit.
I love you Sydie! I promise not to actually sell you or send you to live with the gypsies. But I can't promise I won't threaten it when your demon side, a.k.a. your father's side, is rearing her ugly head!
ok, blogger is being mean and won't upload my video...i've linked it instead.
