A year ago today and the Top Ten Things I'll miss most about maternity leave

A year ago today, baby Sienna was transferred in my womb. She was five days gestation. She was also transferred with her other sibling, who was released straight into Jesus's arms.

A year ago today, I saw a picture of Sienna as an embryo. (She's a lot cuter now).

A year ago today, I saw life on a photograph, and life was growing inside of me.

A year ago today, my dreams of experiencing pregnancy were fulfilled. The words God spoke to me a year prior were being completed. He had given me a "promise of God;" He had given me my Sienna.

Thank you, Lord, for doing a great work in me. I'm so very blessed and thankful.

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What I will miss most about maternity leave (a Top Ten list):

#10: Not showering for two, three (okay, maybe four) days in a row

#9: Wearing the same clothes for a week

#8: Going to the grocery store on Mondays and hanging out with all the old people

#7: Dr. Phil

#6: The morning and afternoon stroller walks taking Brae to school ... ten miles each way, up hills both ways, with holes in my shoes, in ten feet of snow ... oh, wait

#5: Cleaning house, wiping Sienna's mouth, doing laundry, wiping Sienna's mouth, making dinner, wiping Sienna's mouth ...

#4: Mid-morning naps, afternoon naps, late afternoon naps ... (Sienna's, unfortunately, not mine)

#3: Organizing the pantry... alphabetically

#2: Finding random people on facebook, stalking their lives, but never befriending them

.... and the #1 thing I will miss most about maternity leave...

#1: Being able to pick up my daughter, hold her, hug her, and kiss her whenever I wanted to.

I'll miss you so much, baby girl. Work is a necessary evil.