Today 8 years ago, I became a mother for the first time. We welcomed our oldest son Alexander Michael into the world. He was such a blessing after all we went through with the loss of Jacob. In no way did we view Alex as a replacement for Jacob, but as a blessing to help heal our pain.
These past 8 years not only has Alex grew, but John and I have grown as people and parents. Alex has pushed us and stretched us in ways we never expected.
So today started off with our special family breakfast that has become a family tradition. However's birthday it is gets to choose what we have for breakfast. Alex chose pancakes with blueberry syrup, fried eggs, and bacon with hot cocoa. It was very yummy.
We then took the kids sledding for the first time ever as a family. It is one of those things we always wanted to do, but never did. Last year we bought a sled, but we never got enough snow to go. We all had so much fun going today. Well except for Livie, who did not want to go sledding, so she just walked around at the top of the hill and helped push people.
I even when about 10 times with various kids. Bet there isn't many 37 week pregnant women who go sledding. I haven't gone sledding down a hill like that in years, if ever. My dad used to pull a car hood behind a tractor when we were little, but I don't remember ever going sledding down a hill. Definately will have to go again!
Now we are preparing to enjoy a birthday dinner of steak and potatoes and black forest cake. It should be yummy. I would have posted pictures from today, but for some reason I can't post pictures right now. Not sure what the issue is.
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