happy birthday lux

6 years ago on a memorial monday our lux came bursting into our world and life hasn't been quite the same since. i remember vividly going from no kids to kids. geoffrey and i had 5 years with no kids and we were happy and felt fairly complete (i won't say totally complete since we were quite sure we would have children). anyways i'm very grateful for those 5 years, i needed them, we needed them and most importantly our children needed them.

back to lux. so after an uneventful may 30th of not much if any labor but no more amnio fluid she was finally rushed on to be delivered at 7:59 pm. i remember our first night was fine, i'm not sure if we (geoff and i slept), wee lux did. the next day i suppose was a typical first day of a newborn, we struggled with diapers and squaks from our little one, we were exhausted, overwhelmed scared beyond anything recognizable...so there she was, and what an incredible journey its been, what a kid, what an amazing kid.

so today on her 6th birthday she learned to ride her bike, a two-wheeler, on a grassy field and on the playground of her school. its a milestone for sure. way to go lux, how proud we all are of you.

happy birthday to me

lovely day, birthday seem to get better, or everyone tried awfully hard to make sure i had a lovely day, particularly lux, it was so important to her that my day went just so, and of course it didn't, days never do, or days with huxley rarely do :). its a life lesson for my perfectionist to just "go with it" and embrace what you get and have a wonderfully happy day anyways. hard for her to do that, hard for me to do that, but i'm learning, with age, experiencs and with huxley you have to learn "go with it". so i had a lovely day. a starbucks breakfast, long haircut (not sure i'm crazy about the cut, but i'm "going with it", a shopping spree at nordstroms, Geoffrey "buy whatever honey", lunch in the nordstroms cafe, playground with the kids, dinner at jac's, home for cupcakes. so i spent NO time in the kitchen today AND had the house to myself for 30 minutes while Geoffrey took the kids to buy cupcakes and i honestly couldn't remember having my house to MYSELF, well forever, months probably. it was lovely. all very nice to have my kids, husband, friends - and all from afar, parents, family, in laws, friends sending me warm birthday wishes. i somehow feel like i don't deserve any of it, but it was very nice and i love you all very much and today i feel touched but your warmth and love from nearby and faraway. thank you.