Happy Birthday Baby Girl!

My baby girl is 13 years old today. I CANNOT believe it. Two teenagers in the house - someone help me!!!

I totally remember having her, three weeks early to boot.  The night before I had Caci (pronounced casey), her Godmother came over as she was going away on business for a week. She made me promise that I would not have her while she was gone. I told her I would not because I still had at least a few more weeks to go. She then called me first thing that morning to remind me of my promise. I swear, within that hour I started contracting and soon made my way to the hospital (my first labor was just under 3 1/2 hours, so I was nervous). It was about 9:00 A.M. when I got to the hospital with regular contractions that were still pretty far apart, but I was admitted because I was 7cm already. I delivered Caci Lynne at 10:10 A.M. So, Auntie Lori had a phone message at her destination when she arrived.

Two things I learned (and am learning) from this - I don’t keep promises very well. And to this day, I still do not. I also learned that my labor was so fast and pain free because my newly crowned teenager is going to drag out the pain for years! Teenage girls are very difficult to raise. Too much to worry about - I swear! *But I wouldn’t change a second of it.*

Love you, Doodles!