My big girl is three and I can hardly believe it. All week long I've been remembering what life was like three years ago - the final days of taking walks with Erin (her constant contractions made us think surely she would deliver any day - ha!) and Amy in the mornings, , running last minute errands and doing final loads of laundry, wondering who my baby would be and dreaming of holding her in my arms. I've been thinking back on those first months with Caroline when life seemed so impossibly changed and I thought I'd never get more than an hour of uninterrupted sleep again. Tonight at exactly 5:43 p.m. I remembered those first cries and the way her eyes locked on mine when they placed her in the warmer next to me. I remember the way her first birthday felt like it was about me just as much as it was about her because it seemed like a celebration of her birth and that first milestone year, whereas this year it's just about Caroline. Where have three years gone?
My baby is no longer a baby. She sleeps in a big girl bed and is potty trained. She talks in full sentences and goes to school. She loves princesses, ballet, and dress up. She drives me crazy and fills my heart with joy, sometimes only minutes apart.
Happy birthday, sweet girl. I am so proud of the kind, smart, loving little person you are becoming. It has been such a privilege to spend nearly every minute of the last 3 years with you. I can't wait to see what wonderful things "three" brings to you.
Our sincerest thanks for all of the warm birthday wishes from Caroline's family and friends. She is truly surrounded by love.
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- Samantha
- Massachusetts
- Hi! We're the Clarks. Our family consists of Steve, Samantha, our sweet daughter Caroline, and our new baby boy, William. We hope we can share a little bit of our family with our loved ones through this blog.
7 comments:
Papa here to say we love all of you. We certainly enjoyed the time spent last week visiting. Time flies, it seems to pick up speed as the years go bye. Stop and now and again and give a family hug for us. See all of you in a couple of weeks in the land of Mickey
3 years old already, when did that happen. Happy Birthday Caroline!
Cara-
Happe birfday. i luv u. say hi to baby william for meee. Love, Ali-girl
Here's my memory of Caroline's birth...calling you guys AT ERIN'S URGING, thinking you were about to just have a cesarean, and then Steve answers the phone, and he's like, "I think she's about to PUSH!" Ha! And so you did and so here she is:) Good job Mama:)
inspired by J.J... When Gina and I came to meet her, my first thought was "wow, S looks so skinny!" then I remember thinking C was so tiny that her head was the size of a big orange, not even a grapefruit!
Love, love, love you all!
Happy Birthday, Caroline!
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE that girl. Happy Birthday big girl and happy three years mama, friend of my heart.
Three short years. And three long years. In some ways it seems like you just had her, and in other ways, I hardly remember your family not including her!
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