"This Time Last Year"
This is the title for my new series of posts. The idea came to me while I was strolling the babies around the neighborhood working on my Vitamin D synthesis (see last post, scroll down). I was thinking to myself how beautiful the day is and how I love the feeling of a good sweat met by the breeze and the smell of neighbors grilling out and little girls and boys running through the sprinklers in their yards. It made me think, gosh I love this time of year. Gosh...remember this time last year!?! I recalled going to watch Hunter G. play little league baseball out at Ray Thorington baseball park with Nick and "Jay-c" and Faye. Me, sitting in a fold up lawn chair, basking in the sun, 5 months pregnant, loving the attention for big "twin sized" belly in my summer tank top, and naturally, eating an entire baggie of hot salty boiled peanuts... because hey, if you can't do this when you are five months pregnant at a little league baseball game in Alabama, when can you?This time last year the Ledford's came for a visit. Emily, Yvonne, Brea, Ali, and myself... oh! and don't forget little peanut sized Sloan (they had just found out) all played out in the back yard enjoying Spring.
This time last year Nick and I were getting the nursery ready. Picking out wall colors and crib sets and closet organizers. We had just found out "they" would be "girls" and we were thrilled.This time last year we were expecting...
But not expecting THIS:
Yes, those are my feet, which at the time I affectionately named "Puffers" in all their swollen glory. As I strolled the 2.5 miles today with my girls I thought to myself "this time last year I wouldn't have dreamed of being able to squeeze into these same shoes much less walk 2.5 miles even if barefoot and being chased by a pack of wolves." Notice how in the second picture of my ankle-less ankle, "cankle," the couch has left an impression on my skin. OWWIE! Oh- and those little marks in the first picture? Flip flop indentations.This time last year...sigh.
6 comments:
You look so cute in your prego picture and I have to give you props for posting pictures of your feet. My swollen feet pictures are hidden away in a drawer and Christopher likes to pull them out when we have company. My tummy pictures are not hidden well enough and those get pulled out for company also. I will have to show it to you but don't count on me making it public. IT'S SCARY! Hope you are having a nice restfull weekend and tell the munchkins I am better and ready to see them tomorrow!
I remember being at that game and Mama making the comment that "I dont think Laura needs to be eating those peanuts with all that salt"
HA
Friday night we went to go see a friend who had just had a baby, and I had this vision of me, big pregnant, holding a baby Asher and running across the parking lot trying to catch your congratulations/ happy mother's day balloon (we were unsuccessful). I even commented to Brian, man, this time last year Laura was in the hospital already (or almost, maybe?).
We were prepping for our trip to London thinking... 'we sure are smart to be going early, those babies won't be here for months!' Boy were we wrong!
BTW, I miss your face.
whoa at those puffers.
Bless you, girl! I love your nostalgic personality, dear Laura! The girls are getting so big! Can you believe that their 1st birthdays are approaching? Wow.
I miss you! And thanks for keeping up your blog!
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