JUST A FEW MORE DAYS!!

WE ARE DOWN TO THE COUNT DOWN OF DAYS BEFORE, WE MARRY OFF OUR FIRST CHILD, I TOLD MARTY THE OTHER DAY, "I DON'T THINK OF IT AS LOSING A CHILD, I THINK WE ARE GAINING ONE, A BIG CUDDLY TEDDY BEAR!" I JUST WANT TO REVIEW A LITTLE OF CONTESSA'S LIFE BEFORE SHE STARTS A NEW ONE. I WILL NEVER FORGET HOW EXCITED WE WERE WHEN WE FOUND OUT WE WERE GOING TO HAVE A BABY, I DON'T THINK I HAVE EVER SEEN MARTY SMILE SO BIG, HE WAS NERVOUS, BUT EXCITED. THE PREGANCY WASN'T TO BAD, A LITTLE MORNING SICKNESS AND CERTAIN THINGS THAT MADE ME SICK, BUT I GOT PRETTY BIG FAST!! WHEN IT WAS TIME FOR YOU TO COME INTO THIS WORLD, YOU DIDN'T QUITE KNOW IF YOU WANTED TO, SO THE DOCTOR HAD TO HELP YOU A LITTLE(C-SECTION), THEN YOU CAME OUT JUST A SQUALLING, THE FIRST THING I REMEMBER IS YOUR HAIR, YOU HAD GOBS OF IT AND IT WAS JUST AS BLACK AS COULD BE!! YOU CAME INTO THIS WORLD A WHOPPING 9LBS. 5OZ. AND WAS 20IN. LONG. WE WERE SO PROUD TO BE PARENTS, FROM DAY ONE YOU WERE SPOILED!! GRANDMA CAMPBELL WOULD COO AND GOO AT YOU FOR HOURS AND ALWAYS WANTED YOU TO BE BY HER, I AM NOT SURE IF THAT WAS BECAUSE SHE HAD TO MAKE SURE IF I WAS MOMMING RIGHT OR WHAT!!! YOUR TODDLER YEARS WERE FUN, WE DRESSED YOU TO THE T, RIBBONS AND BOWS, MATCHING SHOES, CLOTHES. I REMEMBER WHEN YOU WERE ABOUT ONE, WE WENT TO THE MALL WITH GRANDMA AND YOU SAW THIS UGLY BIRD IN THE TOY STORE, YOU THREW THE BIGGEST FIT, WHICH UP TIL THEN YOU NEVER HAD REALLY THROWN A FIT, SO I DIDN'T QUITE KNOW WHAT TO DO. GRANDMA OF COURSE BOUGHT YOU THE BIRD AND IT IS NOW KNOWN AS,"BIRDIE BIRD," AT OUR HOUSE, I THINK IT STILL CHIRPS. YOUR"SUCKIE" HAD TO BE IN YOUR MOUTH AT ALL TIMES, AND IT HAD TO BE UPSIDE DOWN AT ALL TIMES. YOU HAD A WAY OF TURNING IT AROUND WITH YOUR TONGUE, IT WAS FUNNY TO WATCH. YOUR GRADE SCHOOL YEARS WERE FUN, YOUR TEACHERS WERE ALWAYS SAYING WHAT A GOOD GIRL YOU WERE AND ALWAYS WANTED TO PLEASE THEM. YOUR KINDERGARTEN TEACHER EVEN ASKED IF SHE COULD ADOPT YOU MORE THAN ONCE. YOU WERE A GOOD STUDENT AND LOVED TO COLOR AND READ, THEN CAME YOUR JR. HIGH YEARS, AND YOU TURNED INTO A SASSY LITTLE PRISS, YOU STILL GOT GOOD GRADES AND IT WAS FUN WATCHING YOU CHANGE INTO A TEEN-AGER. YOU LOVED TO FLUFF YOUR HAIR AND GO SHOPPING, BUT STILL BE A LITTLE GIRL AT TIMES. I DIDN'T THINK YOU WOULD EVER GIVE UP BARBIE'S AND PET SHOPS. YOUR HIGH SCHOOL YEARS WERE A LITTLE ROUGH, WITH THE MOVE AND EVERYTHING, BUT IT WAS STILL FUN TO WATCH YOU WITH YOUR FIRST BOYFRIEND AND FIRST KISS AND SUCH. THE FRILLY DRESSES AND CRAZY OUTFITS YOU WORE AT TIMES MADE ME SHUTTER, BUT I REALIZED YOU WERE JUST EXPRESSING YOURSELF. I HAVE SO MANY MEMORIES OF GOOD AND SOME BAD TIMES, BUT I AM EXCITED FOR THIS NEW PHASE INTO YOUR LIFE, I HOPE AND PRAY THAT LORIN WILL TREAT YOU WITH LOVE AND RESPECT, LIKE YOUR FATHER HAS TAUGHT ME. I WISH YOU MUCH LOVE AND LAUGHTER IN YOUR MARRIAGE LIFE AND OF COURSE A FEW TEARS AND TOUGH TIMES, BECAUSE THEY ARE WHAT BUILDS YOUR STRENGTH AND CHARACTER. I HOPE FOR LOTS OF GRANDBABIES AND FOR YOU JUST TO TRULY BE HAPPY, IT HAS BEEN A JOY WATCHING YOU AS MY DAUGHTER, GROWING AND LEARNING AND FINDING THAT LIFE IS GOOD!! I LOVE YOU WITH ALL THAT I AM, LOVE, MOM