Is about to have a baby! I just got the text a little bit ago that she is being induced this morning, and I can hardly control my excitement!
She and I met when were seven, so we've been friends for...quick mental math...about 24 years. Yikes, we can't really be that old can we? We spent a ridiculous amount of time together as kids. We were gymnasts and were in the gym together for around 30 hours a week. We didn't think that was enough time together so we had sleepovers on the weekends. I was bossy, she was bratty, and we were great friends. We spent a huge part of our childhood together, grew up, life has taken us in all different directions over the years, and yet we still remain great friends.
When I had Jack, she was one of the first to arrive at the hospital to visit me that morning. Bret had to run to work for a little bit and she stayed with me. I had just had a c-section and my legs were still pretty numb, so when Jack needed his first diaper changed she stepped in. It is an experience I'll never forget, and one that I'll laugh at every time I think about it. She was trying to change his diaper, and he kept pooping while she was trying to change him. We didn't think we had any wipes, because we were looking for a box of wet wipes and there weren't any. Finally we realized that the paper squares on the cart were wipes and that you were supposed to get them wet in the sink. I couldn't get out of bed, neither of us knew what we were doing, and Jack was crying and pooping all over. It was hilarious then, and even more so now.
When I was going through all of my fertility struggles she was always there to talk to me and listen to me. Later on, when it took her quite a while to get pregnant, my heart broke for her because I knew that she was having to feel the way that I had felt for so long. When she told me she was pregnant I couldn't stop crying because I was just so unbelievably happy for her.
Today she is being induced and will very soon meet her beautiful little girl. Earlier in the week I told her that she needed to have the baby on Thursday or Friday so that I could come visit her over the weekend. Looks like I am getting my way and will get to go snuggle a sweet newborn baby girl this weekend. Yep, I'm still bossy, and she is still bratty, and it works...we are still great friends.
What a great story about friendship! Hope the delivery went well!
Posted by: Kris Chadwick | February 13, 2010 at 08:07 AM