One of the best gifts ever!

When Chase was born one of my oldest friends, Leandra(of Goose and Bugs Photography), was in the room with me. She is a fantastic photographer and offered to take pics of the birth. I never thought I would have anyone in the room with me other than Dan but I knew she was good and I had known her since Kindergarten so I thought why not. For my birthday last year, she gave me one of the best gifts ever....a slideshow of all the pics of Chase's birth that she took and put them to music.

I've been wanting to post this for a long time because I love love love the video. Then I thought, I look fat, puffy and bloated(I was...I lost 26lbs with-in the first week of giving birth), I have no make-up on, I don't look my best etc. I mean I certainly don't look like I did in high school or college. I've gained weight, I have stretch marks and even wrinkles(NOOOOO!!!!) Yet, I've grown up a lot! I've been pregnant for about 27 months of my life and given birth to 3 kids including one child with special needs. I've sat through numerous hours of surgeries and therapy for my daughter, I've laughed A LOT, and I've cried some as well. I am in the midst of doing the hardest job on earth....being a mom. I'm far better then I was in high school or college! I have learned so much in life and have had amazing life experiences. So then I finally thought this is a video of one of the most amazing and most miraculous experiences in life. Who cares how I look! I certainly am not perfect but then again who is? But this experience, well it was completely PERFECT!!! I hope you can all view the video and enjoy it(I know Dan couldn't on his work laptop which is a PC but others with PCs could)...it's an iMovie and I think you are going to have to cut and paste the link in order to watch it but please do because it's wonderful(of course I am completely biased!)

http://homepage.mac.com/leandrasaenz/iMovieTheater167.html