Wordless Wednesday: Maggie and the “new” Uncle Mike
Well…it’s not going to be completely wordless because I have to announce that the Beans are going to be…
…wait for it…
Flower girls!
Tracy and Mike got engaged in December and they’ve asked the Beans to be in the wedding.
Commence oohing and awwing and begin the wait for disgustingly adorable dress choices.
Congratulations to Tracy and Mike!!!
Though, I will say that Maggie is a little bummed to have to share Uncle Mike with Aunt Tracy. She actually swoons.
Six Years
If I didn’t say it enough, I meant to.
Without you, there would be no Momma Bean, no canvas on which to wax poetic on the perfections of our offspring, the quirks in their personality, the dance steps, the new words.
In them, I see you and I see our love and our joy and everything we ever wanted.
You were the first to say it and it took me awhile to come around. And now I can’t say it enough.
I love you.
I love you.
I love you.
Six years. It feels like a lifetime and yet not enough time when I am with you.
Happy anniversary.
I love you.
One Down, One To Go
In true Paris Hilton fashion, the Beans are having multiple birthday parties to celebrate their big day….But with the panties and without the drunkenness.
We celebrated on Sunday with Daddy Bean’s family as his sister (and the Pie’s godmother) was in town with her boyfriend (who, by the way, is the Pie’s new boyfriend) and we will celebrate again on the Beans’ official birthday, Saturday, September 8th, when my sisters are in town.
I’m up to my ears in tiaras, balloons and wrapping paper. I’m crossing every finger and toe that “estimated delivery date is September 7 - September 18″ really means “it will be on your doorstep with a big red ribbon on September 8″. I have cleaned (almost) every nook and cranny to convey the appearance that our house is really not the messy shambles that the previous Bean videos display.
All of this to celebrate the anniversary of a birth, you say? My answer is simply yes. And not just celebrate, but revel in, cherish, take pride in and be in awe of. It has been twenty four of the most amazing months of my life. We went eighteen months of trying so hard to have one Bean. And on the nineteenth month, we embarked on what would ultimately become the best things we’ve ever accomplished in our lives. It took strength, determination, not giving up and believing in miracles. And we’ve achieved far beyond our wildest imaginations in Margaret and Audrey.
Happy birthday my sweet Beans. There will be more to come, but for now I’m off to put the finishing touches on another party. In the meantime, enjoy:
Happy New Year 2007
May 2007 bring you good health and all the joy and wonder of life!
Relief
A couple of weeks ago, I told you about how a mother’s heart hurts.
On Tuesday, J and I took Her Royal Pie-Ness to have her blood drawn again to make sure that her white blood count had returned to normal. It was all we could do to wait out the two weeks between the call from our doctor and Tuesday’s blood draw. The days after the trip to the lab was much worse. I knew that it would take at least two days for the results to come in, but I spent a lot of yesterday checking and rechecking my voicemail, for fear that I had missed the doctor’s call.
This morning was unbearable but I made myself wait until 11:00 a.m. to call the doctor. Every minute that I waited was an hour. When I finally called, Dr. B told me that the results weren’t in yet. I hung up, frustrated and anxious.
Less than a half an hour later, Dr. B called my office to tell me that she had the lab results.
M is okay! Everything is fine! When she told me, the feeling of relief was so overwhelming that my eyes welled up. I was giddy with joy. I immediately wrote to J to tell him the news. We assured each other that we were confident that M was really okay, but I know that he had been distracted since we first heard the news.
I want to run home to hug her and tell her the news myself.
Thank you all for your prayers and positive thoughts. It meant a lot to us.
