The Hour Is Closing In...

21 myears later, I get teary eyed with some weird excitement about my first being born, right on time at 6:02 am!... nevermind, my soon to be MIL calls my hubby at 4:17 am on his birthday, and he's almost 40... I think we all do it! Its a good thing :)

I am the same way. I started writing letters to each of my children on the eve of their birthdays. I write about all the achievements they made the previous year and how pround and happy they made me. They are a bit sappy but it what I really feel. Someday I hope they appreciate them.

Yep, I still think about the day and time my kids were born. Many times I woke my son up right at 12:55am to say "9 years ago today....." then as he grew up and moved away, Id call, "18 years ago today......." " And 20 years ago today.....". Id leave a message if he didnt answer and giggle at the thought of him getting home later and listening to the message. Funny how one year I left the message, and 2 hours later our phone rang, waking my husband and I up, and a slightly slurred voice said, "21 years ago today....." Now I email him at 12:55am, and he reads it later, or it goes to his cell phone and he hears it later. I will get out his baby book and look thru some photos and think about how far weve come. He will be 34 this May 19th,, at 12:55am to be exact!

In 1 hour and 4 minutes, 9:20, my daughter will be 16.

She has grown into such a lovely young lady. This time next year she will have a college acceptance letter and be looking towards graduation. In roughly 466 days she will be on her own.
I miss her babyhood.

Bless your heart - that's very sweet.
I don't think about the hour, just the day.

It's getting better. My oldest was born at 2:35am but my others were born during waking hours so I tend to watch the clock a little more with them. But I seem to get a bit less emotional about it each year. But it is still important to me to recount their birth day on their birthdays, if only to myself.

lol i was up last night thinking about my son too! he turned 5 yesterday! and he thinks hes hot stuff too@ told me mommy so mean when i was in your belly(he says he had a lamp, couch and tv while in there)i wanted to come out on this day??!!! i must have got bored and no more cartoons would come on!! lol yes i still get sentimental and i guess he does too! :D

Completely!!!! The first year I thought I was insane, I was so emotional. It is hard on moms!

What I've done is write a letter to my daughter each year so I can pour out how much I love her, what she's doing, and on her 18th plan to give them all to her.

My son's first birthday was awful ;) I was soooo overwhelmed by the amount of family that was over, PLUS it was 4 days before Christmas, PLUS my little man had a cold. I was miserable ;) And honestly, he was such an awful baby, I welcomed him moving into the toddler years!!

Now, my oldest daughter is about to turn 8... THAT is making me all emotional. Some birthdays are easier than others... but an 8 year old... omg I'M getting old ;)

I like to tell my kids that they need to give me a present on their birthday, because I was the one who did all the work! :-) I love joking around with them, and they say "Nope, sorry, all the presents are for me!"

I get really sentimental when I see moms with babies or toddlers, and I start missing the baby years. Almost every day I have a moment when I look at them in shock because I can't believe that they are growing so quickly. It's good to have those moments, though, because it reminds us of how precious our time is with them and how lucky we are to be mommies in the first place.

Every year, the whole day my husband and I talk about that day I went into labor and the next day when she was born.

This year she will be 21. Completely as amazing today as it was that day.

I did get a feeling of OH MY, I remember! Right before they turned one. Must be something deep in our brain.

No, I didn't but the day my 1st outgrew the 0-3 month old clothing I cried for like 6 hours about how she was growing up...

I'm pretty mushy, not at the exact time because I didn't give birth to her (I was there though). But her birthday, the day she came to us and her "legal" day are very special, even 17 years later!!

Happy birthday to your little boy!!

I would look to my husband and say one year ago, my water broke and we were driving to the hospital at this very minute! or, "exactly one year ago, ...."

Now they are older, I still do that, but not with as much detail.

Now, this is embarrassing and weird, but I was born at like 2am... so at my birth hour I get excited too.

I love love love to tell the story of my delivery, right down to the details.
My daughter is 2 and I still think about it. I think i'm still in shock! lol.
My mom used to sneak into my room at 2:44am (the time I was born) and come give me a kiss on every bday I had. When I got older and moved out she would call me and sing happy birthday!
I just had a bday on mon, and it was really weird not to get that call...my mom passed in 09. I never took it for granted, but it was really special to me. Yeah I plan on doing the same for my daughter, lol...although 5:20am isn't nearly as early at 2:44!
Happy bday to your little one! =)