This is the last of them. The May/June Birthdays! I will now have another year to relax before the next swarm of daughter's birthdays begins! This time it's my third daughter I'll be celebrating. Or as we sometimes call her, Sweet Pea. It was work getting this one! Her father and I tried desperately for close to 2 years to get pregnant. We had succeeded once, but suffered a miscarriage.
After trying so long, without success, we decided to see a specialist. I was getting scared something was wrong and I needed reassurances. We had a morning appointment with the doctor and he decided to perform a laparoscopy that afternoon to "explore" my insides. They had a cancellation and would be able to get me in that afternoon!
After some pre-op (blood tests, etc.) during the morning visit, we went home and were told to be back at 1pm. I made the necessary arrangements for Teryn and Tawni to have a sitter and everything was set in motion. But, sometime after lunch, I got a call from the nurse. She said, "Victoria, you aren't going to need to come in today for your laparoscopy." I asked, "Why not? Are you re-scheduling?" She said, "No, sweetie, you don't need to come in. You're already pregnant!" I said, "What!? I was just there this morning!" The nurse replied, "I know. Your blood test just came back. It's positive. You're pregnant." I screamed, "DAMN, you guys really are good!" We were thrilled. We couldn't believe it.
Teryn and Tawni were equally as happy about the new addition on the way. And on June 23, 1992, weighing in at 7lbs 9ozs, at approximately 2:55 a.m., Kendra Taylor was born. She had a head full of black hair (she literally looked like she was wearing a wig!) and little beedy dark eyes. She was absolutely stunning. We couldn't have been happier!
We brought her home and our lives were never the same. She's a wonderful daughter. Kendra is bright, independent, intelligent, funny, witty and a daughter any mother would be proud of. (At her age, I was married! Goes to show how much smarter she is at 16 than I was!)
Look out drivers cause in two weeks, she'll have her license! Happy Birthday, my Sweet Sixteen! My little Sweet Pea. My Kendra Taylor. I love you like crazy!
Four daughter's. Four birthdays. Jeez! Yikes! Whew! I'm tired.
4 comments:
Happy Birthday Kendra! We love you,. Thanks for the warning, I better start staying off the road! I love You,
Love,
Aunt B
Happy Birthday Kendra!! We had tons of fun last night for your birthday. Hope you have a wonderful day today!!
Luv,
Ann, Alan and Ryan
happy birthday sweetpea. i cant wait to see you at the beach.
Kendra - I'm sorry that this post is just going up, but at least we got to talk before I left India! You have a LOT to be proud of and the rest of your life to do all the things you've worked so hard to be prepared for! Watch out for small children and senior citizens gone astray when you start driving!! You know how special I think you are.....
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