8 years

it's my big girls birthday today. oh, how excited she was the last few days, she still is...we had a wonderful morning...

let's look back...that's 8 years ago:

not the exact day, but not too long before a child came into my/our life. did I/we know how everything's going to change? was I ready to be a Mum?

of course not!

I had no idea how it would be. sure friends, family give their opinions, one picks up one or the other "parenting" book...luckily I realised quite fast that it's not written anywhere and Mums and Dads are different, there is no wrong or right!

so, on the Morning of the 22nd of April in 2005, I went to the birth clinic, feeling that this little baby was ready to say "hello world"...

what a wonderful sunny day it was...but this little baby inside me wasn't as ready as I expected it to be yet. I was send home by my midwife, told to take it easy, do the one or the other thing to "fasten" things up and come back once contractions got stronger and shorter intervals ;-)

don't worry I am not going through it all. it wasn't easy, yes it did hurt, but hey we made it and it is a GIRL!

unfortunately we could not enjoy being together straight away, as this girl of ours was taken away just a few ours after birth, fighting a streptococcus B infection.

no, it wasn't fun, as I was at a birth house and my girl at intensive care a couple streets away at the hospital. but we managed and as this girl of mine showed her strength right away we went home together after only 5 days!

and here she is now. a girl that can be very serious at times, but just as fun. making us laugh and cry almost at the same time.

in her 8 years she already made it through a lot of travelling, schools, friends...well, all the ups and downs life has ready for us all... she amazes us in her sensitivity every day again, is not tired of trying new things and being open to, well, I'd say life!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY