HAPPY BIRTHDAY BABY JUSTICE!
My sweet little Pudgie man is three today. I loved the fact that he marched straight into my room, way too early for a three year old, and matter-o-factly stated, "Mommy, it's mine. Pubbie berday. MYYYYYYYYYYY BERDAY!
Pudgie is the greatest miracle of my life. For so many reasons, he should not have made it here and for so many more, our lives would be incomplete without him.
There are so many times during the day that I am asked why we call him Pudgie. People either love the nickname, or seriously HATE it! He really is not fat, nor has he ever been. The story is.... I was a scheduled c-section because of the pins in my pelvis. There was no way I was having a natural childbirth with this boy! The day we scheduled was a Wednesday so we took Jax out of kindergarten, had Grammie Alkire in from California and Grammie Diane planned to meet us at the hospital. The night before our big day, Tommy had bought the movie Lilo and Stitch for the kids. We watched it.. at least 4 or 5 times. I really thought nothing of it until about 25 minutes before we were leaving for the hospital.
Jax was asking a million and five questions about babies even though I had let him watch c-sections on t.v. He couldn't understand why I was going to have to be careful. Some things were just not sinking in. No matter how hard I tried, he just couldn't figure out why, if the baby was unhappy or crying or fussy, the whole house would be. I tried telling him about babies getting used to food and their diapers being cold and wanting to be changed...NOW, but nothing worked...
until...
I used a phrase from one of the scenes in Lilo and Stitch. There was a fish named Pudge in the movie. Lilo made the comment, "Pudge controls the weather." BINGO. Baby Justice would ultimately control our house just like Pudge. If Justice was happy, we were happy. If Justice was cranky...the whole house was cranky. That began our love affair with the nickname Pudgie! He still, somewhat, controls the house, to this day!!!
I will never forget the night I told Tommy I was pregnant. Brinkley and I had gone to the grocery store and I knew I needed to get the "TEST." I didn't think I was pregnant but figured I needed to rule it out. Being the freak that I am, I took the test at Albertson's when all of our shopping was finished. I put the test back in the box, took Binky to the truck, loaded up the groceries, got the truck started and got the the edge of the driveway to the street before I remembered to look at the test again. When I saw the two lines I almost hit a pedestrian. Then I tried to erase the lines. Then I panicked.
Binky and I got home and I ran for the bathroom. Maybe the sunlight was wrong and casting a strange shadow. NOPE, still two lines.
I contemplated this all day. This day was already a special family day so I knew I was gonna make the day even better or this was going to be a total flop!
You see, it was Jax's 5th birthday. Jax chose to go to McDonald's for his family dinner and we all headed out for the night. I was terrified to even bring the thought of another baby up. After we got the food and goodies for the kids, we sat watching them play in the toys. I figured it was all or nothing so...
I looked straight at Tommy and asked, "How much do you really love me?" He got one of those looks on his face like, what did you do now? I asked him again, "Are you sure that no matter what, we are good?" Still, a look, but with a smile. I burst into tears.
That is when I took the test out and handed it to him. He was still a little confused. He asked me, "What does this mean? I mean, does this mean you?"
Obviously he was thrilled but scared at the same time. He immediately told Jax and Brinkley even though we had no idea how far along I was. All's well that ends well, as they say. Although I don't know who "they" are.
Our life is complete with this little man. He is my angel and Jax's buddy. He is the thorn in Binky's side but she couldn't go a day without this little boy and he is Daddy's little helper.
Happy Berday Pubbie!
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