Leighton

My sweet London has a new little sister! I can't believe I've been blessed with two beautiful, sweet, healthy girls. Leighton is such a fantastic baby! She never cries, sleeps and eats like a champ, and couldn't be cuter. London is being a fantastic big sister, always kissing the baby, asking to hold her, and grabbing diapers and burp cloths for mom. I'm a lucky woman. I just finished Leighton's birth announcements, my first Shutterfly project. I can't wait for them to arrive so I can send them out.

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Leighton's Birth Story:   Since I had a C-section with London, I was able to elect to have one with Leighton's delivery. Her due date was 8/8 and London made her entrance right on time, on her due date, so when the doctor asked if I wanted to schedule my delivery at 39 weeks, I told her I wanted to have Leighton on her actual due date. Luckily for me, my sweet angel did not decide to make an early entrance, and was in fact, born on 8/8, at 12:26pm. She was only slightly smaller than her sister, weighing in at 6 pounds, 9 ounces, and 19.5 inches. She cried immediately and spontaneously, apgar scores were 8 and 9, and I haven't been able to stop smiling at her since the moment she was born. I can't believe how fast 2.5 weeks has flown by, and I can't imagine life without my newest addition. She looks much more like her daddy than London did or does, which I am thrilled about. Before she was born, I told Tim that I was hoping this second baby would look like him. She's perfect in every way. We are now the proud parents of two beautiful girls. And we couldn't be happier.

Overboard

>My Favorite parts of the best W. Judd Song... I'm a lucky woman.

Since the moment my husband and I decided to create a family and share our love for each other, for the rest of our lives, I have known I made the best decision in a partner, lover, friend, and father of my child. He puts my daughter and me ahead of his every need, and repeatedly expresses his conviction that we are the most important things in his life. He must realize, that although these beautiful words leave him lips on a regular basis, it is his actions, every day, that make me really believe this bliss he has created for us is real and everlasting.

See, I told you I was a lucky woman. And with Tim, I always will be.

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Love drove 'em uptown for a diamond.

And that's when he started going

Over the line

Working overtime

To give her things just to hear her say

She don't deserve 'em.

But he loved her and he just kept going

Overboard

Over the limit to afford

To give her things he knew she wanted

Cause without her where would he be?

You see him it's not for him.

She is his only need.

Ring on her finger and one on the ladder

A new promotion every now and then

Bonnie worked until she couldn't tie her apron then

Stayed at home and had the first of two children

And my how the time did fly

The babies grew up and moved away

Left 'em sitting on the front porch rocking and

Billy watching Bonnie's hair turn gray

And every once in a while

You could see him get up and he'd head downtown

'Cause he'd heard about something she wanted

And it just had to be found.

Didn't matter how simple or how much it was

Love

And boy ain't that love something

When it's strong enough to keep a man going

Over the line

Working overtime

To give her things just to hear her say she don't deserve 'em

But he loved her and he just kept going

Overboard

Over the limit to afford

To give her things he knew she wanted

'Cause without her where would he be?

You see it's not for him.

She is his only need.

Best Year of My Life

Today is 01 January 2010. The last year has been the most eventful, and most rewarding of my life. I managed to get married and have a daughter all within the same year!

Tim and I were married 28 June 2009. My parents put on an absolutely beautiful wedding for us, and I seriously could not have asked for more. We chose a gorgeous venue in Parley's Canyon called Rose Sachs Gardens. There were over 200 guests, and we did a full dinner and dancing, followed by a splash of karaoke. The ceremony was exquisite. I cried the whole time, as did my parents, but it was beautiful. Tim and I ended the night running down the stairs to where friends and family were waving sparklers, and we drove off into the night as Mr. and Mrs. in a white stretch limo.

I am so lucky to have found the love of my life. After years of almost going down this path with "the wrong man", I was fortunate enough to have started this path with the perfect man. Tim is everything I could ask for in a partner, father, and friend, and so much more than I ever dreamed of. I remember I am lucky to have him, every day of my life.

09 December 2009 My water broke while I was on rounds at the hospital, only I didn't know it. 10 December 2009 My contractions got more and more regular around 9:00 pm, so we rounded up the family for the trip to the hospital. There they decided that my water really was broken, and admitted me to labor and delivery. One epidural, numerous baby monitors, and 25 hours later, Dr. Hebert came in to give me interesting news. Labor had not progressed, and it was time to help the baby. I had to have a cesarean. It seemed as though maybe three minutes passed, and then I was in the OR. Tim was there next to me, holding my hand, and whispering sweet reassuring words, but I was anxious as could be. My mom was also let into the OR, and she held my face as I lay there panicking. A little tugging, some beeping, and the announcement via my daughter's lungs that she had entered this world. 10:25 pm, 11 December 2009. Absolute best moment of my life. London Deng-Yue Chen-Watts.

So my daughter and I have the same birthday, almost down to the time of day. I have spent the last three weeks learning to be mom, and simply enjoying every second I am holding my precious angel. Tim is an amazing father and partner, and he loves that little girl more than anything in the world. London has brought such joy to my entire family. My mom and dad can't get enough of her, and her aunt and uncles are more than willing to help with anything. Christmas was magical because of her, although at two weeks of age I'm sure she couldn't care less about the presents under the tree.

I'm the luckiest woman in the world. I don't know how else to put it.