Time flys when you are growing up

My little beanie baby will be 3 on Saturday. She has asked for a Princess Party :) We all have to dress up and eat cake. Fun!!

I also started to think about these past 3 years, and everything we have gone through as a family. I was induced on the 16th of January, it was snowing in Texas. A beautiful day to bring a life into the world. My husband had made it down the day before, just barely. Steve was in Tech school for the air force and had to rent a car to make that 2 hour drive on an icy highway. He made it in an hour and a half. We woke up at 4 or 5 am on the 16th to get ready for the long day in the hospital. My mom was there with us from 6am to well past midnight. Jovyn was born at 11:48 pm. The most beautiful thing I had ever seen in my life was that little girl looking up at me with her eyes wide open.

6 weeks later, we were napping while daddy was in class, and I woke up to a blue face on my angel. My heart shattered. I don't remember how, but I did everything I could to bring her back. I called 911 when she was breathing and pink, they sent EMT's over, the checked her out and advised us to go to the hospital. I wasn't leaving without my husband. Steve came home and took us to the E.R. She was in that hospital for 3 days. Something about slight pneumonia, and an infection. The day we brought her home was one of the happiest of my life.

We moved to Missouri on Mother's day that year. After a few months I wasn't feeling well. After a trip to the ER one morning, I was diagnosed with cervical cancer. Another heart break. I had a fantastic doctor and by Jovyn's first birthday I was doing better. I was on a heart moniter for her birthday party, because my heart was pretty weak at that point.

Just after her 1st birthday, Steve and I were constantly fighting. We weren't in a great place financially and it almost destroyed us. I went to my mothers for a few months, so we could clear our heads. I came back in May, just in time to move again. We have been in this house ever since. Jovyn's second birthday was held here. She had most of her favorite people here for it.

Now as her third birthday nears, I think some more. Have I done everything right so far? The answer to that is given every time I look at her. She is always smiling, even when she hurts herself, she gets right back up (sometimes after an icepack and bandage) and gets back to what she was doing. She loves to joke around, and "play pranks" especially pulling peoples pants down, or hiding under her bed so she can jump out at me. Her bedtime ritual consists of hunting monsters with her Tinker Bell flash light. Most importantly, she tells me how much she loves me, and that I am her best friend.

I sit here watching her play in the living room, with that smile that never leaves her face, and I realize, I have done everything right. I have a fantastic child who will grow up and love everyone, just because of who they are. She is happy and giving, beautiful and full of life. I only hope I can be as happy and caring as her when I grow up.

Happy 3rd birthday Beanie Baby.