Thankful

I was walking through our bedroom holding Brody and caught our reflection in the mirror. It stopped me in my tracks. All that was going through my head was 'Holy Cow! I'm a mother. He's mine. I brought him into this world.' 5 months and some days I just cannot believe that Jeff and I created our beautiful baby boy. It seemed like no time at all that I went from this:
 

17 weeks

to this:
 

August 28, 2012



And now 5 months later I get to wake up to this little face everyday:

 

 Giving birth was, without a doubt the hardest, most painful thing I have ever done.  I had chosen to go through labor drug free and I never once, during my short 9 hours, had any doubts about my choice. The pain of labor, in the moment, is excruciating, but the second he was out, the second I saw him for the first time, the pain was forgotten.When I sit and think about Brody, about babies in general, I get overcome with the sheer magnitude of the miracle of birth. God is so amazing and the fact that he choose me to be Brody's  mom , it stops my breath. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you,  for believing in me, for blessing me with such a perfect gift.