Day 09 - A picture of the person who has gotten you through the most

Okay, so this was really really hard.  I have several friends who have gotten me through a lot.  I feel like a broken record talking over and over about back in 2007 when I found out I was going to be a mom for the first time.  There is one person in particular I need to thank for getting me through that, though there are a couple more I should really acknowledge.  They say a picture is worth a thousand words, so to give you an idea --

I know, another wedding picture. Sorry!

As cliche as it is, when I look at this picture I think of the quote, "when you wonder how a girl gets by, look by her side".

Without telling the long drawn out story of how and when I found out I was expecting (this is me having the best intentions of not writing a novel), there is one person (again, more than that really) that I have some things to say about...

This is my friend Amy and me (clearly in our prime I might add...) back in 2007 most likely days or weeks before I found out I was pregnant.  Amy and I were working together on a Sunday at Log Jam when, long story short, we decided I should take a pregnancy test.  Let's just say within 2 hours and 9 pregnancy tests (plus one I insisted Amy take to confirm these tests must be defective), there were trips to every store in Menomonie that might sell pregnancy tests, McDonald's for a giant Diet Coke to prepare for a lot of peeing, and some form of crying/screaming in a fetal position and half of those used tests thrown across a room against one wall or another. 

It was then that I fully comprehended the meaning of the expression about knowing who your true friends are when it really mattered.  Within a week I had dropped out of my new Music Business college, bailed out on my new roommate and quit my new bartending job all in St. Paul to getting my old job back and moving in to Amy's one bedroom apartment above where else but Bada Bingz (where the picture above was taken).

Amy acted as my mom away from home during that time and really took care of me.  She played an integral part in mine and Tony's relationship and I have so much to thank her for still today. 

She is an excellent listener (and talker I might add) and has the most generous heart.  Amy has recently become a mama herself and it pains me to be so physically far from her in Arizona.  I love this girl more than she will ever know.

As for today, I have been dealing with Lucy's new health issues and am feeling frustrated and confused.  I am far too exhausted to open that can of worms, but I got a snapshot of Sassy Pants in her little gown before a tummy x-ray this morning. 

She was such a little trooper.  I had to bribe her to keep the gown on by promising a trip to BabyGap afterwards.  Not sure how I got roped into that one...

And, of course, what is a shopping trip without a little coffee break?  Lucy insisted that we sit down and chat.  She asked, "sooo, how are you doing, Mama?"  We had such a lovely coffee date, the girls and me :)