My Baby is a Kindergartner

Last night we watched a special on Hurricane Katrina. It was crazy to think that, that was the same year I had my baby girl. My final Child. It seems like yesterday we were living in Pensacola and watching the devastating news poor out of Louisiana. As people made their escape some of them came to Pensacola. It was as far as the gas would get some of them. There were news stories about people stranded. A few of the local housewives including myself started taking up collections. We gather monies and made sandwiches and brought cool drinks to some of those stranded. It was almost unbelievable how thankful they were for something so simple.

Those memories so vivid make it hard to believe it was 5 years ago.

Last night I held my baby and rocked her for awhile. Thinking about the day she was born. The night before the doctor called to say they would induce. I called my parents near Jacksonville and they were on their way. It was so funny as my husband never over sleeps anything but that morning he did! I remember us running around like crazy trying to get ready to go to the hospital.

Those memories again so vivid make me wonder where 5 years went.

This morning she was all bright eyed and READY! She only ate half of her cheese toast, it still sits where she left it, for now. She insisted on dressing before brushing her teeth. She wore an Hannah Montana Shirt with sparkly black leggings. She wanted her hair fixed with some of it up in a pony tail. After she was all done preparing for her day, she decided to draw her teacher a picture. It was a picture of her and her teacher. Just a circle for a head with lines coming out of it for arms and legs. Some hair on top, and eyes and a mouth. So simple and yet so sweet.

We took the girls to school, as they all go to the same school, and it was a bittersweet moment. To know all my girls are in a great school is a very awesome feeling. To know I have an empty house now, well not so much. Right now I wonder how I will fill my days. With 6 and half hours to myself there is a lot I can get done, but for today, I think I will bask in the memories of being blessed to have 4 beautiful children. I hope they all know just how PROUD I am to call them my own!