Happy 5th Birthday Lulu!

Happy Birthday to our sweet little Lulu! 

Today 5 years ago you were born on a sunny, warm Tuesday morning.  I labored all night and at 7:59am I gave birth to you in the water.  You have been my only water birth and you think that's pretty special and so do I.  I didn't know if you were a girl or a boy and I had no clue how my life was going to change for the better that morning.  I became a mommy the moment I took the pregnancy test. 

Here is how I found out I was pregnant with you.

Your dad and I were getting ready to go on a trip.  We were going to be spending a few days on a house boat water skiing and having a relaxing time with family.  Then we were going to head to San Francisco for a few days. So when I was "late" I thought I would take a pregnancy test to see if I could be pregnant.  We weren't trying to get pregnant but we sure weren't preventing.  We knew we wanted to have a baby and left it up to the Lord.  So, after I took the test it said I wasn't pregnant. :( boohoo.  So then a few days later as we were packing and getting ready to head on vacation I thought I would test again since I still hadn't started my period.  I remember standing in the bathroom watching the window of the test and quickly there were TWO dark lines!!!!  My heart skipped a beat and I was so surprised.  I had never felt that way before.  I was pregannt for the very first time and I was the only one who knew.  Your dad was at work and would be home in about 2 hours.  I didn't beleive the test so I ran to the drugstore to get a pack of 3 just to make sure. I was so excited that I told the lady at the cash register "I think I'm pregnant!!!!!" She was very excited for me.  While I was driving I rember thinking "I shouldn't be driving"...LOL.  Before I went home I stopped at the grocery store to get a special dinner for your dad and I.  Later that evening when your dad got home I greeted him at the door with a huge smile on my face.  He even asked me "what's going on?" and I just said "I made a special dinner for you (with a big smile)." So we sat down to eat and on our plates were baby back ribs, baby carrots, baby corn, baby spinach with a baby can of pop.   Then for dessert I bought a baby sized cake.

 Here we are moments after I told your dad.

When we sat down to eat I told your dad "here is our baby dinner" and he smiled and thought "that's cute" and then I looked at him again and said "this is our BABY dinner" and he looked at me with wide eyes and said "really??" and I started crying.  We were both SO excited!  That was July 31, 2006. 

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Happy Birthday to our sweet little Lulu!  We love you!