5 years ago today…

Silje, you were born. I remember everything about it. Labor started just a few minutes after midnight on your due date. It’s almost as if you knew it was your due date, and you wanted to be sure you were there right on time (You’re still that way!) Everything about the labor was exactly by the book…also a trait of yours. There were no complications. You didn’t come too fast or too slow. It was just perfect.

You looked so tiny in Daddy’s arms.

This was right after you were born. That was mommy’s nurse. Her name was Mary, and I think she was the best labor nurse on the planet. I remember when we checked into the hospital, the lady who helped us with paperwork said “Oooo, you get Mary. She is the best nurse in the L&D floor. If I were going to have a baby, I’d hope and pray I’d get Mary.” I thought she was just trying to make me feel good, but she was right. Mary always had the right thing to say, and put both Daddy and me at ease. She always knew what to do to make me feel better. She would paint different pictures for me with her words of beautiful things to think of while I was having you.

And that was the doctor who delivered you. He was just some random doctor on duty that day, and I still can’t remember his name. But I remember what he said to me. He said, “that was the easiest delievery I’ve seen from a first time mom in ages. Your body was obviously made to have children. I expect you back here next year delivering another one. Maybe a boy, just to mix it up.” I laughed at him at the time. David was born 15 months later.

You were born with straight black hair. That’s you on Mommy and Daddy’s bed having some “tummy time”. Can you believe that hair you had?

But it all fell out, and you were bald for awhile. Then you got really, really fat. You had rolls about everywhere on your body.

You’ve always had the most beautiful skin. Many of my friends said you looked like a china doll.

Here was your first birthday, with your first cake.

You enjoyed the frosting best! I think you still do!

I hope you had fun today with all of your friends. My, we must live in an area with many scandinavians! Look at all of that blonde hair!

We had a polka dot cake with your polka dot party.

And I’m glad you liked your Silje’s Sweets set! We love you so much, Silje!