Monday, September 22, 2008

Do Over

The past couple birthdays have been a bit rough. Two years ago, I had terrible altitude sickness and I was sleeping (at least trying to through a crushing headache) in a tent on the side of a glacier. Last year, well that was even worse, we were in the NICU with Maximo, though we did get the news on that Saturday night that he was going to be able to come home on Monday. So I'm turning 30 again, today.
Yesterday and today (the first two days of the celebratory week) were perfect, I feel like my luck had changed. Yesterday, John took Maximo when he woke up and I slept until 7:30! That's the latest I've slept since Maximo was born. We ran errands, had falafel sandwiches and french fries for lunch, and played in the park. Today, we had to work, but John made dinner when we got home and I got a bunch of little goodies at work.
When we got home, Rosmery had a little birthday present for me - a Spanish tortilla, Mmmm, one of my favorites, then Maximo arrived with Gloria about 20 minutes later after playing in the park with a rose. I'll be honest, I'm not a rose fan, but he doesn't know that yet. It was really sweet for both of them to think of me - and it was cute to get my first present from Maximo.I know I've mentioned this time and time again, but it's amazing how raw and awful it was when Maximo was first born and we felt like we were living minute to minute. People would tell us that one day this would be a distant memory. I never believed it. I still find it shocking that in one year, we went from this...

to this...

2 comments:

Pat Burridge said...

I LOVE READING YOUR BLOG. YOU ARE SUCH A TALENTED WRITER! MAXIMO IS SOOOO CUTE! YOU ARE ALWAYS IN OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS AND WE ARE SO GLAD THAT YOU ARE ALL DOING SO WELL! TAKE CARE. LOVE Pat Burridge

Celia said...

Happy birthday, Julie! Hope you had a good day - sounds like you did.

What a difference a year makes! I can't believe what a big boy Maximo is turning out to be! He's changing so quickly...