Writing Assingment

So Mama Kat put up her writing assignment and I am going to kill two birds with one stone. I chose the prompt 'I remember'. I'm going to use this to do the writing assignment and tell you about Smiley. Two for one! Yea!I remember the day I found out I was pregnant with Smiley. Little Man was at school, Hubby was at work, and Toot was hanging out at home with me. The doc told us to wait until she was at least 12 months before we started trying again to get pregnant. She was almost 15 months. We hadn't really talked about it but had already stopped preventing it from happening. About a month before, I was at the doc with horrible pain from the endometriosis and he told me "If you want another, you better start trying now".

On Dec. 1st I was late. I called my Mom and told her I was late but would give it a couple of days to see what happened. I guess that wasn't good enough for her because she brought me a pregnancy test about an hour later. Ta Da! I was in fact pregnant. I let Little Man tell Hubby and the look on his face was priceless. I was so relieved to not have to go through months of trying again and couldn't wait to hold him in my arms.

Nine months later, I was in labor. This time, Hubby was home and got to witness all 15 hours of it. Not really all 15. I went in labor about midnight and let him sleep until 3am. I'm so sweet. We head off to the hospital and I get hooked up to all the machines. And wait. And wait some more. It seemed like forever before I could get my epidural. It took, but not as good as when I was in labor with Toot. Instead of feeling the contractions or having back labor, I had what I call 'hip labor'. It hurt so bad. He was looking the wrong way and so it put pressure on my hip.

He finally decided to face the right way and joined us. They layed him on my stomach and the first thing he did was grab on to his Daddy's hand. It was so cute. Toot loved him and was never jealous of him. Little Man was just happy he was a boy and not a girl.

The first year was great. He was a very happy baby and didn't get into much. I said once that he was the quiet one that just watched everyone else. Not so much anymore. He had me fooled big time!

Now, he's the mean one. He doesn't listen at all. He pulls Toots hair and tries to hit her (OK, he does). I'm surprised she hasn't smacked him back. Whenever I get on to him, he just laughs at me. It can be frustrating. He doesn't care how we punish him. So far, not much works.

But he's also very sweet most of the time and so damn cute. He still smiles all the time but is usually up to something. He is a Mama's boy big time. He loves to cuddle with me and always wants hugs and kisses. He has really good manners and loves to copy Toot. He can be like a little parrot with her which has got him talking a lot sooner than she did. They are the best of friends and love each other so much. They always take up for each other, even against me. He also loves to play by himself and can entertain himself for a good while. He wont watch TV (just like Hubby) and would rather be getting into something. He never stops moving unless he is cuddling or sleeping.

I could watch him play all day. He cracks me up all the time with his devilish grin and little attitude. Sometimes he starts getting on to his toys and it's so cute. I can already tell that he will be our trouble maker.

All three of my kids are so different but I love them all the same. They each hold a special place in my heart that just grows everyday.

Smiley will always be my baby and I cherish every moment that I get to be his Mom.