The night before...

It was a year ago tonight that
I couldn't sleep.
I couldn't rest.
I couldn't be calm.
I couldn't relax.
All I could think about was "Is this really going to happen on Halloween?!" It was a long night of paceing the hall and doing squats - literally! I remember thinking "should I wake Gordon? No, it's not time yet." So being the loving wife that I am, I let my husband sleep away the night all snug and warm in our bed, while I sweat out the night just waiting for the inevitable to happen - LABOR!
Claire's due date was just days away and I knew it could happen anytime now. I kept replaying the day in my mind...you see I was a little sick that day because I got a little - okay A LOT - carried away with eating some popcorn. In fact, I ate so much popcorn that it made me sick and I was throwing up popcorn the entire day before Claire was actually born. There was just not enough room in my belly for an entire tub of popcorn and a baby! So something had to go...thankfully the popcorn went first!!! YUCK! Then sometime around 5am the following morning on the First of November, my little Claire Abigail was born. Healthy. Beautiful.
And saturated in butter!

Claire is ONE tomorrow. Happy early Birthday baby!