Noah turns 3!

It does not seem possible that on the eve of Thanksgiving three years ago I sat on the couch at midnight, ready to explode - not from all of the turkey and fixin's I had eaten only hours before, but from the little life that was growing inside of me!



I had a C-section scheduled for December 4th. I was sitting on the couch thinking of all of things I needed to get done before maternity leave. Pain and tightness..."Man, I really did eat too much of momma's cornbread dressing this year." Pain and tightness... I called mom, Question - "What does a contraction feel like?" Answer - "Honey, it has been 20 plus years since I had a contraction - you just had Micah last year!"


I went into the bedroom and told Richard (who was already in bed), "I think I better go to the hospital. I might be having contractions but I think I just ate too much." Since Micah was also fast asleep I did what any sane pregnant woman who ate too much turkey would do....I drove myself to the hospital! Luckily we only live five minutes from the hospital.


I got into my hospital room, hooked up to all of the machines and the nurse came in to check me. Five centimeters dialated. She said, "sweetie you are having this baby tonight."


"But I can't! I have a scheduled C-section next week! I have another week of work! My husband isn't here!" The nurse said, "The baby may wait until morning but I think we are pushing it to ask for another week." Well, DUH!!!!


I called Richard to tell him the baby was coming. Unfortunately, we only had one vehicle at the time so I was freaking out about how he was going to get to the hospital. Lucky for me (and for him) he is the Director of Security at the hospital, so he called one of the officers to come up to my room, get the keys, take the car and pick him up. He dropped Micah off at his sister's house on the way to the hospital.


A few short hours later Noah Daniel Bryant was born weighing 9.9 oz. What a beautiful child!




Noah had a week of celebration. His birthday was on Tuesday (the same day as their Thanksgiving program) so we took cupcakes for his class to eat at snack time. Monday night before I made him a birthday cake for us to take to MawMaw's Tuesday night. I let him lick the beaters and bowl. Micah came in my room and said, "momma, Noah looks like Humpty Dumpty". I asked him what he meant and walked into the kitchen to discover Noah with the bowl of batter on his head!



Tuesday night he ate his birthday cake at MawMaw's house. He blew out a huge "3" birthday candle and was later found eating the candle - eeewww gross!


He celebrated with his northern family this past week while we were in Ohio and Michigan.

What a great way to celebrate three years of life - with the people who love you the most!

There are so many things that I love about Noah. His touchdown dance, his laugh, his carefree and laid back spirit, the fact that he loves to cuddle with me, his love of all sports (even though he likes Alabama - Roll Tide), his no fear of anything in life, the way he says "I love you momma"....and so much more. I cannot wait to see him grow up into the man God has designed him to be!

I AM THREE!!!