Hailey Pauline Constantine is two years old today! Wow, it seems like yesterday I got that text from Brad (which took me a while to figure out since it was the first text I had ever gotten!) saying "At the hospital". Then a few hours later, another text: "Starting to push". I remember sitting through Janelle's gymnastics class that evening, wondering what was going on, when we'd hear the news that little Sophie was finally here. In the car on the way home from the gym my phone rang, my little brother's voice saying "She's here, but she's not Sophie!" Good thing I didn't buy all that cute "S" monogrammed stuff! Wow, I was an aunt. Again. I couldn't wait to get to Saint John and get my hands on her! I didn't get to see her until the next day, when the kids and I rushed down to the hospital after school ended at lunch time. And, oh, the first time I held her I was in love all over again.
Isn't it amazing how we just immediately love those that are our own? As a parent I know that feeling on a whole other level, but it really is similar with nieces and nephews. I was sitting in the waiting room with my Mom and 19 month old Connor when Jillian entered the world. Seeing Connor's reaction to her made my experience of meeting her all the more special. The day Charlie was born I was a little preoccupied, only six days away from giving birth to Janelle. But he was there along with his mother and sister, my parents and grandmother, and Brad, when we brought our little girl home from the hospital. What fun we had passing those two babies around!
But technology, although frustrating at times, is a wonderful thing. I get to see pictures of Hailey all the time on Facebook, so I can still watch her growing up even so far away. When we finally install a webcam we can even talk to her, face to face, so she can begin to recognize us. Time flies way too quickly! I don't want to miss any of it!
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