Happy Birthday Adalai!

happy birthday my dear girl! You were born at Oconomowoc Memorial Hospital at 6:19pm, and weighed in at a mere 5lbs 1oz. Tiny little girl, so beautiful. Your big brother, Aunt Kira, and Mommy (with you in tow) were at Walmart, shopping for a camera (never new at that point that we would need it for a special occasion that day!) when I had a feeling it was time... Auntie Kira took you and I ;) right to the doctors office, who then assured me that we were ready to have a cesarian... We were instructed not to stop for a thing, and head right to the hospital. I think Auntie Kir was a little more freaked out then she led on, but nevertheless we made it there ;). I called your Grammy at work (see Grammy works at our family dentist office, and see Daddy had a routine cleaning that day...) and she and Daddy rushed to the hospital. The nice nurse came in and started prepping me for surgery, and I was scared. Daddy wasn't there yet, and they didn't want anyone in there while they gave me the epidural. Also I had to assign auntie Kir to help with your big brother! So I tried to remember numbers to call people, had I been smart and brought the cellphone.... anyhow... A little while later, Daddy came and Mommy felt relieved right when I saw him... They took me into surgery and I was scared. Daddy prayed over me, and sang to keep me calm, he is an amazing man. I felt nausea through the whole thing but was so excited to meet you! A little while later, the doctor told me that you were ready to be born, and then I heard your first cry. It was so precious. The nurse brought you over to us, and what we saw I still don't believe to this day. A perfectly precious little face, it almost didn't seem real to me. They took you away to check your weight and do some normal pokin around at ya, and I went into recovery. I started to feel my legs again which was really wierd, and then before I knew it, you were with me! They had me lay you right on my skin for comfort, and then they wheeled us back to our room, where our family was waiting, Adam and Kelly were there waiting to see you, and our other family members and some friends... I was so worried we would get thrown out of the hospital with how many people came to see you! Your brother looked you over, and gave his nod of approval... You snuggled me, and later we found out that your blood sugar was low, so they ended up giving you an I.V. but after about 4 days in the hospital, you were ready to come home! We had such a nice week with Daddy home, getting to now our new little girl. You make us so proud, honey. You grew a liking to your pacifier, so now here I am on your first birthday wondering how I am going to get those away from you. We were able to have a great nursing relationship for the first 8 months of life, and you adjusted well to formula and then whole milk very well. We were able to visit our friends in London when you were four months. You got to ride the tube, and the double decker bus, decided to poop all over me at the British museum, and got snuggled on by Matt and Kate over Mommy's 25th birthday. What a special bonding time we had there! Grammy was there too, we had a 16 day trip, and we called you our Picadilly Princess because we had to pass a place called Picadilly Circus on the tube. We met so many people there in London that just snuggled you, and it was funny to hear some people tell me that they thought I was courageous to bring a 4 month old overseas, but you were seriously a piece of cake! A total blessing. Now that you are getting a bit older, we see your total attitude shining through. I have heard some of our family members say that you are just like your Auntie Kira. That is a good thing because I couldn't ask for a better friend. You are so silly and so sweet. I am so thankful to have you as our favorite daughter and Wyatt as our favorite son. I am so happy to be able to celebrate your first birthday with you. Thank you for the privelege of being your Mom.
Love you and happy birthday, my darling
Mom