Happy Birthday, baby girl!

10 years and 9 months ago, I found out that Natalie was on the way.  6 months later, there was trouble.  I was diagnosed with polyhydramnios.  It is basically "too much water" and there could be trouble.  The excess fluid could keep the baby from growing.  I would require at LEAST one ultra sound per month, and if she stopped growing, I would need to have labor induced.

I took those ultra sound tests, and each time, the fluid was less and the baby was more.  By the time they induced me, she was almost too big to give birth to.  Stubborn?  Yeah.  It runs in the family, and she was starting off strong.

For a baby who was to possibly be delivered early, she was late, induced, and 10 lbs, 3 oz!  At her two month checkup, she was 18 lbs.  This kid was growing fast!  The night I had her, I was having trouble sleeping.  I kept the TV on in the hospital room, and when I woke up, I thought I'd had a dream that Lady Dianna had been killed in a car wreck.  Turns out, it wasn't a dream.  Kind of sad, but I'll always remember the date.

Today was good and bad for Natalie.  She had tons of homework, but got to hand out cupcakes and be the "birthday girl" at school.  She got the "night off" from chores, but her shoulder hurt from her heavy backpack (from the tons of homework.)

The morning crew at the radio station gave her a shout out, as did the afternoon DJ.  She got calls from family, distant and close, and friends, and her brother came for a visit, and had cake with her.  Her gift that we had planned didn't pan out, but we gave her cash in a Hannah Montana card for now, and are still trying to make the gift work.  More on that later.

It was a good day.  I can't believe my baby is in the double digits, and is growing up so fast.  I miss cuddling my little angel (although, as Mom pointed out, she was never all that "little")  I am happy with who she is becoming, but I would love to be around a baby again.  I miss my babies.

I love you, Natalie!  Happy Birthday, sweetheart!