Happy Birthday, Mara Taylor!!!

Wow, my "baby" girl is 9 today!!! Where has the time gone?! What a rough road it was to finally get you here....blood clot and bleeding for 6 weeks, terribly nasty, horrible morning sickness 24/7, numerous hospital stays to get rehydrated, IV's at home, getting a Hickman catheter put in my chest at 20 weeks pregnant, 25lbs. lost, bedrest due to high blood pressure due to pre-eclampsia, it was neverending! But, finally, my doctor decided to put me out of my misery at 36 weeks and get you delivered! You were 5lbs. 4oz. 19 1/2" long and the most gorgeous thing I'd ever laid eyes on! And talk about the most perfect baby....your tiny disposition was so easy going. You were a dream! So incredibly easy to care for....you were content to swing in your swing all day long if I let you. Most of the time I had to wake you up to get you to take a bottle. What a sweetheart. And, here you are 9 amazing years later.....3rd grade, High School Musical FANATIC who is madly in love with "Troy", computer and game wiz, tender hearted, awesome swimmer, Daddy's Girl. Happy Birthday, Sugar Bear!