I Remember Mondays

This pregnancy seems to be flying by, as it did when I was pregnant with Acadia, and I'm so caught up in trying to remember every detail of Acadia's pregnancy, birth and first few months, as I didn't write those memories down. If I had ten minutes when Acadia was a month old, I slept, not blogged! With every passing day, I can't help but think that it is one less day I will have with Acadia alone - before we know it, baby #2 will be here and my time with Cadi will be much more limited than it is now.

Watching Acadia grow has been very bittersweet, and I'm sure most parents feel this way. While it's amazing to see her grow and learn, it's also sad to realize how quickly the past 19 months have flown by. It feels like it was just yesterday that she was born and now here she is, becoming a big sister.

I have decided to start "I remember Mondays" as a way of remembering and recording those early months of Acadia's birth and my pregnancy, so I will have them to share with her when she becomes a mother herself. So here it goes....

I remember...bringing Acadia home from the hospital. On the drive home, every single car was the enemy and a potential car accident. Matt drove with two hands firmly on the wheel and I sat in the back taking turns staring at my precious baby and giving other cars dagger eyes.

That first night, and for the next couple of weeks, Matt and I took turns watching Acadia sleep throughout the night. Every little noise she made was a death sentence, and one of us would jump up and stare into the bassinet at her little body to make sure she was still breathing. One of us would lay back down while the other sat on the bed. Staring. Watching. Waiting. For her to stop breathing. Every morning when I woke up, I swear to God, I was shocked that she was still alive. I remember feeling quite proud of Matt and I by the fact that she had lived 5 straight days. Then 6. 7. 8. Over time, we became less and less paranoid, and now she's lucky if we even remember to get her out of her crib in the morning. But I will always remember those first few weeks of being new parents and watching her through the night...