So....I have become "ThAt MoM"

So....I have become "ThAt MoM". You know what kind of mom I am talking about...the one who is constantly emailing pictures of little Bobby and Susie...talks about little Johnnie and Jane like she does not know about anything else in the world around her, and if she did... she no longer cares about it. I used to make fun of those moms but I am "ThAt MoM" now. I have officially joined the ranks of the mommy bloggers.
May 3, 2009 life as we know it changed forever as we became a family of 3 and welcomed our sweet Martha O'Neil into the world. People tell you when you are expecting that your life is going change but until you lay eyes on your child for the first time and hear them cry you don't understand. Words can not describe the feeling. I am still blown away at what an amazing creation she is and wonder how anyone can deny the power of God after looking at a newborn child. Only God could make fingers and toes so small yet so perfect!
I can honestly say that I love and appreciate my parents more now that I am a parent. I get it...just like they said I would many years ago. I can remember as a teenager when they were enforcing curfews and accountability it seemed like everyone else's parents let them do as they please. I would fight them over 30 minutes and thought it was totally lame that they would call my friend's parents to make sure we would be supervised for a sleepover. I would often roll my eyes and they would respond with "one day when you have children you will understand". I recall thinking that I would do things differently and let my kids do their own thing because I would trust them. Oh how having my own has changed me....Martha is bound for the convent and will be fitted for a tracking device upon entering middle school. My mom and dad are the best parents a kid could ever hope for and my mom is the most amazing woman that I know. Most folks have famous role models...I have my mom. I hope that I can be as tough and kind as she is one day. I could not have managed this pregnancy without her care and attention. I guess you can grow up but you can always depend on your mom to help you when you need her.
My pregnancy was very complicated. It was emotionally and physically difficult. Very difficult. I could write volumes on what a complicated pregnancy is like and the woes of bed rest but I will spare you the details. I could not have survived without my husband, parents, sisters and two best friends (D&T). It seriously took a village. My sweet Nicholas is the most patient man in the world and deserves a prize for enduring those tough 9 months. After all was said and done...after all of the blood, sweat, and tears (literally) when I met Martha and saw her with her daddy for the first time I decided that I would have endured that personal hell for a lifetime if I had to in order to have her here safe and sound.