Today Chloe Turns 4. The babies have left the building. They are all grown up. Get ready for the driving test. Gotta get my tuxedo on for the wedding. And so on. I feel old. When did my kids get so old? They walk, talk, and have attitudes (mostly good). They eat with utensils, drink
Tag: birthdays
Growing Up
Today Julianna turns 5. Each year I feel the same way: I feel like I was writing last year’s yesterday. In the blink of an eye, my toddler turned into a little girl and then in another blink, the little girl turned into a big girl. Whirlwind doesn’t begin to describe what a year its
The Year That Rocked
Today Chloe turns 3. Another year, another birthday. Friday the 13th. A lucky day indeed. I remember when we were in triage in the maternity ward a few hours before Chloe was born. There was another mom-to-be a few curtains away. I am pretty sure it was her first kid. We were professionals at this
Date of Birth
Today Julianna turns 4. Another year, another birthday. Today was not only the end of a week-long birthday celebration, but also a chapter in Julianna’s Excellent Adventure. We’ve only completed 3 chapters so far and its already feeling a bit repetitive to say this but, what a year. I mean, what a year. Last year
The Year That Was Too
Today, Chloe turns 2 years old. I can’t believe I have a 2 year old human being child daughter. For the last month or so, she has not been asking when she wakes up: “is today my birthday?” Why is that? Her sister did leading up to her birthday. We have been celebrating birthdays in
The Year That Was
Today, Julianna turns 3 years old. I can’t believe I have a 3 year old human being child daughter. For the last month or so, she has periodically been asking when she wakes up: “is today my birthday?” Well, today the answer was “yes”. I think in terms of human development, this was a big