h*appy b*irthday.

in just under 30 minutes 9  years ago, i will have given birth to my first daughter, kaycee agnes.

a world of unknowns.

i had been at a Christmas dinner that night.

feeling fine.

8 days overdue infact.

came home.

told matt as i was getting out of the car, at 9:30 p.m., that i thought i was going to have the baby.

just.like.that.

he kind of chuckled.

he called our nurse friend, aunt nik, and told her to pick up a movie, and come over.

she asked to speak to me.

she and i decided she would forego the movie. and meet us at the birth center.

kaycee agnes king was born, in a bathtub, at 11:54 p.m.

i could not wait another 6 minutes for a new years eve baby.

nope.

it was mentioned.

maybe that made me push harder? ;)

it was my first delivery at the birth center...turned out to be the first of the next 4. :)

my first water birth...the first of the next 4. ;)

my first pregnancy being more than one day late...the first of the next 4. ;)

matt's back was broken...he was in a back brace, and off work for one month...

the first of 3 1/2 more months.

the birthing pool was being filled, but wasn't filled in time, hence the birthing in the bathtub.

must have been awesome, because i stuck with water birth from then on out.

yep. that is the way to birth a baby. ;)

fond memories as i think back nine years ago...

where life has taken us.

wow.

had a little party for kaycee today.

what fun.

we made some gingerbread cookies, and decorated them.

don't know if i have to do that again real soon, but i think they had fun. :)

happy birthday sweet kaycee agnes.

kaycee was decided on by your father. you are named after a western town, kaycee, in wyoming.

spelling and all.

agnes is after your sweet great grandma.

you look like me. exactly as i did when i was nine.

you act like me.

i cringe sometimes in fact. ;))

love you.

it's now officially 11:56 p.m.

kaycee agnes. you are 9.

thanks to maribeth, my most favorite midwife of all time, and aunt nik,

and matt.

what a team. :))

sleep good.

i am beat. :))