"This is so Weird"

As some of you may already know, as of lately Alexa looves hearing stories about when she was a baby. She asks for them all of the time, especially before bed. I'm starting to run out of

stories but interesting enough just talking about anything she did when she was a baby is riviting to her.

So tonight after we went to Culvers for ice cream I thought we should take her across

the street to Lake Regional Hospital to show her where she was born.

(Plus we haven't been back to the nursery since her birth so deep down inside I kind of wanted to go back & stroll down memory lane myself)

Walking up to the hospital I was trying to explain with simple terms the whole process of her birth in this building she's never even really been inside of since. Just going through the front door the smell alone brought back tons of memories & all of the sudden I could recall all of the exact & random details of those couple of days.

We peered through the nursery window at some empty baby bassinets & Alexa was lovin' it.

Then Kyle called the nurses on the phone (and of course they all knew him from high school & friends) and we got buzzed through the doors back to the actual labor & delivery section.

All I could really say & think was "this is so weird"

We chatted with the nurses for a little bit & showed off our very smart & beautiful little girl

Then one of the nurses asked me what room I was in, she then told me it was empty and we could go back and see it. I was sooo excited (okay this is probably weird, I know)

As I stood there looking at everything that looked exactly the same as 2 1/2 years ago...holding my little girl and explaining that was the very room she was born in, I couldn't help but think about how much time has passed since then.

Never on that October day did the thought even cross my mind that one day

I will be holding my little baby as a 2 year old replaying that day over again to her.

It was so weird and so cool at the same time.

For the first time ever, Alexa was speechless. She just sat there starring at the room

she had this little smile on her face and I knew how much she loved seeing where

all her "baby" stories were born..literally.

I searched & searched for this little dress and coming home outfit forever! I bought it months in advance & would sit there with my big belly wondering what she would like like in it & picturing myself dressing my own baby for the very first time.

Alexa has always been so photo-genic even at just a couple of days old.

I would get so excited & go through her clothes, play dress up with my little doll

& of course take tons of pictures. She's always been very easy going.

And here is my little baby tonight after our trip down memory lane.

I would hold her in my arms as an infant and wonder what she would

look like as a toddler, what her voice would sound like,

and what her big bear hugs would feel like.

Now that I have experienced all of those things I can't help but think of what she will be like in the next couple of years.

Time is going by way too fast and I feel helpless in trying to slow life down

and save all those precious moments, smiles & funny Alexa-isms that I am blessed with everyday.

I truly am so blessed & proud as a mother to have the sweetest, smartest, most beautiful & thoughtful girl in the world. Everyday she fills my heart with so much love and puts this huge smile on my face that makes me keep thanking Heavenly Father

for chosing me to be the mother to one of his very special little Spirits.

What a great night, what a great life!