Preston's Birthday!

I'd like to share a crazy story about the date that Preston was born. P's due date was March 12th (which is two days from today...strange) so I NEVER expected him to arrive in February. However, much to my surprise I was already dilated at 36 weeks. My 37 week appointment was the day before P was born and I was 3 centimeters dilated and the Doc told me that I could have him anytime!!! He also said that if I didn't have him within the week that he was going to induce me the following week because of a recent spike in my blood pressure. So, needless to say I was soooooo EXCITED that we were going to have P here within a week at the latest!!! YAY!! I called everyone I knew and shared the good news.

I immediately started thinking about his birthday and instantly knew that I wanted him born on Friday the 26th...which is the birthday of my dear grandfather, "Poppy." My Poppy passed away last year and it has been hard for everyone in my family to deal with the loss of such a wonderful man. He truly was wonderful.

So, when my water broke on Wednesday night the 24th I was a little sad that P was going to be born on the 25th. I really had it in my head that I wanted him to share a birthday with Poppy. Maybe I felt in some way that it would give us a reason to celebrate rather than mourn his loss.

So, nature took its course and Preston was born on February 25th at 4:54 pm after a surprisingly easy 19 hours of labor. He was (and still is) perfect.

Then last week I was laying in bed when all of the sudden I started thinking that February 25th was an important date other than P's birthday. Was it someone else's birthday? Did I have something important on that date that I missed? After a few seconds I realized that February 25th is the anniversary of mine and Chuck's first date 5 years ago!!! Since we have been married we haven't really celebrated our "dating" anniversary and I was so fixated on the 26th and everything else going on that we both completely forgot!!! What a wonderful anniversary gift for both of us!

And as for Poppy, I think Preston's birthday is his work. He knew that the 25th was a special date for Chuck and I. And, looking back I cannot think of a better date for him to have entered the world than 5 years after the first date with my wonderful husband. :)