A year ago right now. . .

[velvetpage]

I was in a room at the hospital, in early labour, with my water broken - and nothing much happening. An OR was being prepped for me. There were contractions, but they were short and five minutes apart - not how you want them to be, five hours after your water breaks.

Claire was born at 10:21. The OR staff kept remarking on how alert she was, and how porcelain her skin was, and, "Look at all that hair!" "She's going to be a redhead!" Within half an hour I was in the recovery room, with the midwife giving Claire her once-over and my mom there for me. That was when Claire's clicky hips were first diagnosed - within an hour of birth. I nursed her, and she latched on beautifully right from the start, staring up at me with those big eyes that have changed colour, but never spirit. I sang her her first lullaby as she nursed.

Happy birthday, my Claire bear. I'm such a lucky woman, to have the privilege of being your mommy.

Comments

[mrsduck42.livejournal.com]

Happy Birthday Claire!! Aww...so sweet.

I wish you weren't sick on her birthday.

[velvetpage.livejournal.com]

At least we had the party last week, so she hasn't really missed anything. It does bug me a bit that she's lost weight over the last few days, so at her one-year checkup it will look like she's been growing slower, though.

[curtana.livejournal.com]

Happy birthday, Claire, and congratulations to Claire's parents on making it through the first year relatively unscathed ;) I hope you all feel better soon!

[velvetpage.livejournal.com]

I can't begin to tell you how much difference it made when she started sleeping through the night - less than a month ago. Until then, "scathed" was a frequent adjective. :)

[merlyn4401.livejournal.com]

Aw, Happy Birthday Claire!

[melstra.livejournal.com]

Joyeuse Anniversaire, Claire!
Je te souhaite tout le bonheur du monde.
Gros bisous!

(Ugh, first post went up prematurely due to icky internet connection).

[catarzyna.livejournal.com]

Happy 1st of many, many birthdays!

[anidada.livejournal.com]

Happy belated birthday from all of us, wee lass! *nosebeeps*

[velvetpage.livejournal.com]

And welcome back from your weekend away! Hope it was a good one!

Ani, I planted some seeds from your collection the night we did MSND, and they're sprouting and looking good, but I can't remember what they are. Do you remember?

[kesmun.livejournal.com]

Hippo Bath Day two ewe, Claire. Hee.