My darling Rebekah is 2!! I have taken so few pictures these last few months, and sadly, the ones I have here are not great, but that is just real life I guess! Rebekah had two things against having a rocking good birthday this year . . . The first was we scheduled our move the day after her birthday. So Mom and Dad were up to their eyeballs packing, and secondly out of nowhere she had a horrible stomach flu that started the night before her birthday, and lasted 8 days. So she spent much of her birthday in this position:
This is how I know she feels awful. She only sleeps on her face when she is super sick :( I felt so guilty. Not only were we not having any sort of party--it was one of those days that I should have been able to stop everything and hold my sick baby. And I couldn't . . .
Luckily after dinner (which I am sure was something really glamorous like leftovers--- but hey I knew she wasn't going to eat anything so I didn't feel the need to make a birthday dinner!) her fever broke and we had her open her gifts. I thought about fixing her hair before I sat her down to open gifts and take pictures, but I didn't have a clue where ponytails and hair combs had been packed away at that point . . .
This is how I know she feels awful. She only sleeps on her face when she is super sick :( I felt so guilty. Not only were we not having any sort of party--it was one of those days that I should have been able to stop everything and hold my sick baby. And I couldn't . . .
Luckily after dinner (which I am sure was something really glamorous like leftovers--- but hey I knew she wasn't going to eat anything so I didn't feel the need to make a birthday dinner!) her fever broke and we had her open her gifts. I thought about fixing her hair before I sat her down to open gifts and take pictures, but I didn't have a clue where ponytails and hair combs had been packed away at that point . . .
*Whoppers* Burke says its not your birthday without 'em!
Pretty green dress from Grandma and Grandpa Hill! I will have to get a picture of her wearing it--so cute!
Preston and Daddy assembling the new dolly stroller. Silly Santa did not buy a beefy enough stroller so Rebekah needed a new one pretty seriously ;)
Accessorizing her Baby (Whom she affectionately refers to as, "Darling baby, Precious Girl, Honey" or something along those lines.)
Trying out the new stroller (and baby is wearing Rebekah's new Dora Pjs!)
Sis also received many thoughtful phone calls and birthday cards in the mail (my kids think getting mail is the best thing ever!) Just over a week after the fact I felt like she was well enough to handle cake and my camera was missing (Wow moving is SUCH a huge mess!) So even though I don't have a photo to prove it, I did try to make it up to my girl, and she loved chowing down on her birthday cake (and she seriously needed to put some weight back on so I was more than happy to oblige her!)
A few weeks before we moved Burke refinished this bed for the Cute Little Miss. I sold my crib and she has done so great in this bed. She really loves it (and so do I) Thanks Daddy!!
2 comments:
Poor little thing - that stinks to be sick on your birthday. I'm so sorry that you are sick Michelle. I can empathize with financial hardships right now - but I can't imagine doing this stress with an illness on top of it - your post was so uplifting to me - I've always admired your spiritual strength and I still do. you are in my prayers
I can't believe she is 2. Happy Birthday little girl!
You are a great mom Michelle, don't feel bad if you couldn't do everything you wanted to do for her on her birthday. That's the great thing about kids - they are so loving and forgiving!
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