I remember so clearly, as most moms do I'm sure, the day she was born.
The following picture was taken on April 12, 2009. My due date was April 13. I was about to pop.
Around 2:00 a.m. on the morning of my due date, I woke up and rushed to the bathroom. My water broke! I remember saying, "Uhhhh, Jared, I think my water just broke." He replied, "Are you sure?"
Uh, yeah! Pretty sure that gallon of liquid in the toilet was not just me having to go number one. (Sorry if I gave you any pictures in your head.)
So, Jared rolled out of bed and we got ready to go to the hospital. While Jared grabbed the last minute items I had written down for him to pack in the hospital bag, I took a shower.
It's how I am.
We drove to the hospital, me with a towel between my legs the whole time. Nobody told me that when you're water breaks, it's not a one time event. It's an ongoing event.
And then I remember, and I'm kind of laughing as I type this, when I stepped out of Jared's Xterra into the hospital parking lot, and there went another gallon. My pants, shoes, and socks were soaked as we walked into the emergency room.
We had to wait in the waiting room for about 10 minutes. Thankfully I wasn't having any contractions yet. I didn't want to sit down due to my soaked pants, so instead I just stood there while a puddle formed on the floor around my feet. (Sorry again for any mental images. It was quite comical, though. And embarassing.)
Finally the staff took us back to a room, where they had to do a test to see if my water had actually broken. Uh, again, pretty sure the 2 to 3 gallons of liquid that gushed and leaked out of me was not from my bladder. (For the third time, sorry.)
Turns out, I was in labor. Finally someone believed me!
After about 10 hours, including a very painful epidural (the guy had to stick that huge needle in my back three times because he kept hitting my spine), Izzy came into this world at 12:25 pm! She weighed 8 lbs, 7 oz, and was 22 inches long.
Winter 2010/2011
Spring 2012
Winter 2012/2013
Spring 2014
6 weeks old
2 months old
This was at her Nanny's and Papa Dan's house for a 1st birthday get together.
This was at her Papaw Keith's and Grandma Sandy's house for another birthday get together.
Visiting Great-Grandma Josie (my grandmother) in Dallas the spring after she turned one. I remember she had hurt her foot a few days before and couldn't walk.
Summer 2010
Fall 2010
Christmas 2010
Winter 2010/2011
Spring 2011
2nd birthday
Spring 2011
Summer 2011
Her hair has always been so curly.
Fall 2011
Christmas 2011
Winter 2011/2012
Spring 2012
Summer 2012
Christmas 2012
Winter 2012/2013
Spring 2013
Summer 2013
Fall 2013
Christmas 2013
Winter 2013/2014
Happy Birthday, Isabella May Wilhite! You have been an absolute joy. You are so friendly and sweet, and you love to laugh and play. You are my big helper and I just can't believe you're turning 5. We love you more than you'll ever know.
Love,
Momma and Dada
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