Tarynn Paschall

Archive for January, 2010

This past year has flown by so quickly! Thinking back on all that has happened, it seems like it was so long ago and like it was just yesterday all at the same time. This time last year I had a remarkably clean house, a perfectly organized nursery, and a rather round physique. Don’t believe me? Check it out:

Now I’m less round, my house is a disaster, and the nursery is the farthest thing from organized. You’ll just have to take my word for it, though. I’m definitely not giving any visuals.

So what changed, you ask? Well, I have this tiny little person who is the most beautiful, spectacular, incredible little girl you will ever meet. She destroys my house and causes her nursery to be extremely disorganized, but she is the best thing that has ever happened to me. I swear, I could hold her tightly and kiss her cheeks all day (if only she would let me)! January 5, 2009 was her due date- exactly one year ago today. And I was begging, pleading, and bribing her to come out. “Kaelyn, mommy will buy you a car on your sixteenth birthday if you come out RIGHT NOW!” “Kaelyn, don’t you want to wear all your cute clothes?” “Kaelyn, I decorated this nursery especially for you. Aren’t you anxious to see it?”

Little did I know, she already had a mind of her own. If at that time she was the same as she is today, the due date was a challenge to her. She was probably thinking something like, “Mommy has been looking forward to this day for 10 months now. The doctor said this is the day I will come out. I’ll show them! Maybe I’ll come out tomorrow, or even the next day. Just when you’re least expecting it, I’ll come out!” with a big grin. And she certainly stuck to her plan- stubborn little girl!

So, as I watched the hours slowly pass, I scrubbed my kitchen for the second time that day, I vacuumed her room for the third time that day, and I sat on the computer venting to all of the girls on ivillage about the fact that I was destined to be pregnant forever. Then I picked Josh up from work, we ate dinner together, and I went to sleep knowing January 5th wasn’t going to be my munchkin’s birthday…

And that was that! Stay tuned for tomorrow’s “One year ago today…” story. It’s going to be juicy! :)