Seven years ago tonight, after a few frustrating days of false labor and mixed signals, a full four weeks before you were due to enter the world, I finally couldn’t sit still for another minute. I busied myself around the house, organizing the basement, and putting the finishing touches on your nursery.
At midnight I crawled into bed, and the contractions that had been teasing me for days started coming at regular intervals and with increasing intensity.
An hour later, with your brother safely in the care of a neighbor, Daddy and I found ourselves buzzing down the abandoned highway in the dead of night. When we arrived in the ER, my contractions were two minutes apart and intense.
Another hour and an epidural later, I was resting peacefully in a dimly lit hospital room while my midwife read and Daddy dozed.
A couple hours after that, you slipped into the world, weighing only five and a half pounds, our very own Christmas miracle, and to Daddy’s delight, an unexpected last minute tax deduction.
We spent Christmas 2002 in the hospital while the rest of our family celebrated the holiday without us. A few days later, we brought you home, and our little family of three:
became a family of four.
My, how you’ve grown!
And thankfully, so have our photography skills.
I love your kind spirit and your sense of humor. I love your determination. I love your imagination and your made-up songs and your silly ways. I love how you remind me so much of myself. You humble and delight me. Happy birthday, sweet C.
Happy birthday! I didn’t realize she was so close in age to my youngest. FiFi will be 7 on January 9th.
A Christmas Eve birthday? How special! Happy Birthday C!!!
Happy Birthday!!!
She’s just beautiful.
Happy Birthday to your lovely daughter.
She is truly a perfect Christmas present.
Happy Birthday to C! That cake looks delish!
Happy Birthday, C. I love your giggles and smiles. I miss you and your family.
Happy Birthday to C! She’s beautiful and if she really is like you, its inside and out.
You have a lovely family, enjoy the day celebrating her birthday!
Happy Birthday!! I have a Christmas Eve baby too — my oldest, a boy. I’ve always felt that that Christmas had a magic that others lack. There is no gift like a baby. Enjoy your day!
Happy Birthday C!! I hope you have a wonderful and happy birthday!!!
Happy Birthday to another Christmas Eve baby! May you have many, many blessings!
What a miracle, indeed! Happy birthday to your little C! Have a magical day and amazing Christmas!
Merry Christmas to you and your family, Jo Lynne! And happy birthday to your sweet girl. She is beautiful!
Happy Birthday, C! I hope she has a wonderful birthday.
Merry Christmas to you and your family, too!
What a sweet post! Happy birthday, Miss C! I hope you’re daddy sees you as more than just a tax deduction
She’s beautiful. Happy Birthday to her!
Very Sweet Tribute!
Such a beauty she is! I particularly like her hair short in that “summer shot,” but she’s lovely in all of the pictures. Just like her mama!