I decided to cook a big ole' turkey dinner today. I had my turkey left over from Thanksgiving I didn't get to cook (because we went everywhere else), so Alex picked up mom on his way home from work last night and we had our turkey dinner (I had started most of it he night before, so it was done in time for lunch). As usual, it ROCKED (yep, I'm bragging...haven't met anyone yet who doesn't like my cooking)! Turkey dinner is my favorite anyway! Everyone enjoyed it, we had good convo...Alex and mom cleaned up the kitchen for me (I was so hot and tired by the time it was done..lol). Then we all just vegged out in various area's of the house, until we all ended up congregating on the front porch. Enjoying the great outdoors (neighbors aren't here today...lol).
Above is a pic of what I got in the mail today. I had decided back when I was pregnant in May last year that I wanted to try cloth diapering (even if part-time, just to do something that would save some money and better for the enviroment). This, of course, has become an obsession, tho. I don't give in to it often (waiting til I get a little further along to get too into it), but I do love to look! My good friend Kristal (BaByLaSe218) bought this dipe for me. When I first opened it, I just saw the front and was still very excited (my first NEW dipe!!! LOL!). Then I turned it over, and it was all I could do not to cry (I did cry later, when I was IM'ing w/ her..lol). I don't know if the pic can be read, but it's embroidered and it says "For this child, I prayed" with a tiny bear sleeping on a cloud. It's just...PERFECT! She, like Gretchen and the Christmas ornament, described how she felt like she was led to that site at that particular time (she's never shopped that site before, and this gal only had this ONE dipe in stock). Amazing how that little girl works through people. It's been rough since Christmas for me, I won't lie. I break down probably once a day at some point. The gals on the boards are celebrating a major milestone w/ their little ones...the first birthday! I love seeing the pics and hearing about it, but I dread celebrating Marissa's first angel day. It's just not the same, no matter how many different spins I put on it to make myself feel better. January 29th, she passed away (Angelina's birthday-Sabrina's daughter). January 31st, I met her face-to-face after 9 months of living w/ her inside me...but I never saw her smile, open her eyes and look at me, squeeze my finger... Hearing of these first birthday's is very surreal...I picture everyone's babies as just that...babies...newborns, like Marissa. In my mind, she'll never be any older...any bigger...hard to imagine that everyone's elses babies are. Sounds silly, I guess...another 'hard to explain' moment.
I guess I got off on a tangent, but I wanted to thank Kristal (yet again) for such a wonderful gift (I told her I didn't think I could put it on a stinky little bum..lol). My friends and family mean the world to me, even if I never meet some of you face-to-face.
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