Another Year of Pink Sunshine in My Life!
Five years ago today, actually tonight, a bright beam of pink sunshine shined into my heart and into my life. Grace Anne Estrada came into the world in the hands of her proud daddy (who now resides around her tiny little finger.) I will never forget the doctor saying, "Come here and get your daughter." HOWEVER, I had no clue she was still inside mommy! I just saw a little little part of a tiny little head peaking out, if you know what I mean. The doc says, "Reach in and get her!" Um, yeah, ok, cuz I have done this SO MANY TIMES! But with probably the goofiest smile full of joy, wonder, and mostly fear, I reached in and pulled my baby out. Now, I don't mind being honest, I was a little worried when I saw this little brown, shrivelled up, human in my hands..."Shit, she IS going to look like mommy, isn't she?" Hopefully this blog will be long gone before my girl can read...but she really was beautiful. My shaky but firm hands held her in awe as I handed her to the wildly waving hands of mommy...who didn't get an epidural so she was the boss. After that I got to cut the cord. I had wanted to do it old school, with my teeth, but somehow I changed my mind. The nurses eventually took her and put her on a little table to poke and wipe and well, they were pretty rough! But I stood there with the idiot smile that only dads have and I sang her Amazing Grace. Because she was, and she still is!
She is a princess, a tornado, a little rock star, and did I say she was a princess??? She calls me about 5 times a day now...she knows my cell number! She runs to the door when I get home! She prays for me every night. She is always ready to dance with daddy, sing with daddy, wrestle with daddy, and most of all, snuggle with daddy. Put a fork in me. As I write this, I wish I could take back some of the times I said GRACIE! with a little too much on the end. I wish I could take back a few, "I'm too tired right now to dance with you's", and about a hundred "No's". But the good news is she is only 5 and we have a long life together!
So, I am taking the rest of the day off to go to her preschool class to eat cupcakes, and go see Narnia. She has already received a very large teddy bear for Valentine's from one of the little precious boys in her class. (He and I are having a little chat today...)
I realize life goes by so fast, so on the way to my little princess' precious little party...I am making a quick stop at the gun store.
Happy Birthday Princess Grace!
posted by Unknown @ 12:31 PM
3 Comments:
i admire you.
thank you my man...sometimes when my world isn't working the way I want, she has a way of beaming her pink sunshine at just the right time...then it is all worth it!
Now that is wonderful! This line is the best..."And then I sent up a 1000 kisses to heaven."
Thank you so much for sharing this with me.
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