One more try

I have decided to give this blogging thing another try.  It didn't go so well the first time.  Maybe I will have more to say. . . 

Today is Caden's second birthday.  I really cannot believe it has been two years since he was born.  I can still remember how ready I was for him to come out, but so upset over decisions that I had to make.  The Dr. new that Caden was going to be a large baby, and was planning on inducing me until they did one more ultrasound.  According to the ultrasound, he was going to be around 10 1/2 lbs.  After she saw this, my Dr. started to try to convince me to have a c-section.  I knew that I didn't want one, and that I could get this baby out.  But when a professional starts to tell you horror stories of brain damage, and paralyzed limbs, you start to worry.  So we decided to listen to her and to have the c-section.  It did make me a little angry, however, when we got to the hospital.  They made us sign all this stuff saying that this was an "elective" c-section.  I tried to argue with them, since this was NOT my first choice, and that this was not for fun.  But that didn't matter and we had to sign the forms.  I still do not consider his birth "elective."  I told the Dr. that if he was under 10 lbs. I was going to be so angry that I agreed to let them cut me up.  He ended up being 9 lbs. 14 ozs.  I guess that is close enough to 10 lbs.  Although I do believe that I could have done it the "regular" way.  From the beginning, he was the best baby I could have asked for.  He was so relaxed, and slept great right from the start.  He always ate a lot, and he smiled the day we brought him home from the hospital.  I know many of you don't believe me, but my mother was there, and she saw it as well.  He has grown into the cutest boy I have ever seen, full of energy, and with the deepest voice you will ever hear on a 2 year old.  I am getting all teary just thinking of him.  One thing about having a son scares me: it is when he meets some other girl who will take him away from me.  I know he will always be my son, but it won't be the same, and it shouldn't be the same.  But that is a ways off, for now at least.  

So Happy Birthday Caden!  I thank God for bringing you into my life.