My second baby girl is six years old today...

[Left Is Write]

How does that happen?

She was born 12/28/1999 at 3:28pm. She was 9 pounds, 8 ounces.

She's in the family room right now playing with her Magic of Pegasus Barbies.

*sigh*

Tempus fugit

[Midlodemocrat]

1. Happy Birthday to Little Left Is Write.

:bounce:

[Left Is Write]

17. Thank you!

We're going for ice cream later, then we'll come home and make chocolate cake.

[newyawker99]

2. Happy birthday wishes to your daughter!

:party:

[Left Is Write]

18. Thank you very much!

[Jamastiene]

3. Happy Birthday, little Left Is Write Jr. DU'er

:party:

[Left Is Write]

19. Thanks!

[khashka]

4. A very Happy Birthday to Little Left Is Write!

But it sure is scary how quickly they grow up!

Khash.

[Left Is Write]

5. It IS a little scary...

My boy - my baby - my youngest - will be four years old next week. There really are no more babies in my house.

I remember so vividly when my husband and I decided we wanted more children (we already had my oldest daughter, who was ten when we got married), and all of a sudden, the first of those additional children is six! I remember sitting up eating a ham sandwich, apple pie and coffee while the nurses cleaned up the baby, and it doesn't seem like six years ago. Then again, in some ways, it seems so far away.

Don't mind me. I'm just wallowing in a mother's sappiness today.

[khashka]

7. "I'm just wallowing in a mother's sappiness today."

S'okay. And you are entitled to wallow as much as you want :)

I do "daddy sappiness" all the time. I was just looking at a photo of my baby girl when she really was a baby... sappiness doesn't even begin to describe it :)

Funny how those little monsters make us love them :)

Khash.

[GreenPartyVoter]

6. Congrats *hugs* My second baby boy will be doing that in a couple of

weeks. I still call him "baby". I just can't stop seeing him as a tiny tot. :P

[Left Is Write]

21. It's hard not to...

It's hard to believe they're not toddlers anymore.

[xmas74]

8. I still call my five year old "Baby"

even though she tells me not to. You just can't stop it, can you?

[khashka]

11. I call my 11 year old nephew

Sweetpea. And Baby.

I'll probably still be doing it when he's 20.


Khash.

[xmas74]

12. She will forever be my baby.

And I can't stop it. She's the only one and I went through so much for her.
She'll always be my baby. It's a term of endearment and a reminder to her that no matter what happens in life she will always be my little one and I'll love her forever.

[Left Is Write]

23. Mine get annoyed when I call them my babies too.

But they will always be my babies! Even my 18-year-old is still my baby.

[xmas74]

27. They are babies!

They'll understand when they have children of their own.
It's so hard to forget about changing their diapers, nursing them in the middle of the night, bathing them, rubbing lotion on their tiny heads and then deeply inhaling the sweet smell afterward.
I've got to stop this! It makes me either want to cry or have another baby!

[Left Is Write]

30. Me too...

and I'm too old to go for more.

[xmas74]

33. I just turned 31 so I'm not too old

but my daughter and I are settled in our ways. It would be hard right now to have another.
Yet I still think about how sweet they are when they are all snuggled into the crook of your arm, softly snoring. And their big bright eyes following your every move. And the playful slaps to your face-not to hurt but just to touch. And the gurgles of excitement they make when they hear your voice.


I'm in trouble now!

[johnnie]

9. Well... Happy Birthday to her!

Wow, it seems that it was just last year when she was five.

[Left Is Write]

15. I know!

:silly:

[Maddy McCall]

10. Tiny little you with a 9 1/2 lb. baby in you?

OMG! I bet you looked like a marshmallow with toothpick legs--you are so tiny.

:hi:

Happy Birthday to LiRjr. :toast:

[LaraMN]

14. That was my first thought!

Happy Birthday, Lil' LIW!:party: :toast: (Shirley Temples, of course!)

[Left Is Write]

16. LOL! The boy was even bigger.

He was 10 pounds, 9 ounces (and he's turning four next week - the baby of my babies!).

[bleedingheart]

13. my babies are 10 and 7...

boo hoo....

my little one can read all by herself now.....doesn't need mommy unless she comes across a really hard word....

[Left Is Write]

24. Both of my littler ones are into reading...

it's an amazing thing to watch, isn't it?

[bleedingheart]

34. it so cool to see them morph from babies into people...

[GrumpyGreg]

29. My "baby",youngest of five, is 38------Enjoy them while you can.

[underpants]

20. Yaaaaaaaaay!

:party:

[Left Is Write]

25. >>>

:D :hi:

[skygazer]

22. My youngest turns 18 Saturday

And my second is getting married next June. I keep picturing HER when she was six and I know I'll be an emotional wreck at her wedding. Where in the world does the time go?!

Happy Birthday to your little Lefty. :party:

[Left Is Write]

26. Thank you...

My oldest is 18. The thought of her having a wedding leaves me feeling teary, and she's nowhere near that stage!

[GrumpyGreg]

28. I have a grandaughter that will be 6 tomorrow----No babies left in the

family.

You're right,where does the time go?

[Left Is Write]

31. When my sister turned forty...

she grumbled to my mother about her age. Mom said, "Just wait until it's your baby turning 40!"

My folks have grandchildren ranging in age from 18 (my oldest daughter) to 1½.

Happy Birthday to your granddaughter!

[GrumpyGreg]

32. You're Mom is right --having middle aged children is a shock to me also,.

[bigwillq]

35. Birthday wishes for your baby girl.

:bounce: :hi: :party:

[Left Is Write]

37. Thanks, Will!

I just got back from taking the kids for ice cream, and we stopped at the grocery store for more ice cream, party hats, and birthday candles!

[bigwillq]

39. OOH, sounds like fun!

Enjoy! :hi:

[eyepaddle]

36. Happy Birthday Little Left is Write!

I've got nothing to add on the baby related reminiscing--other than all indicators point to your children ALWAYS being your babies! I'm in my mid thirties, and if my mom doubled in weight--I'd STILL be twenty pounds heavier than she is, and yet she still refers to me as her baby boy.

I got used to it--yours will too! :D:party:

[Left Is Write]

38. Thanks!

Yes, my mother and my mother-in-law still think of their big, strappings sons (both in their 30s) as their baby boys. Like me, they each have one son, and like my son, my brother is the youngest.

[ScreamingMeemie]

40. Awwwwww....Happy birthday Baby LIW...carbon copy of your mommy...

Have a wonderful birthday...and never let them combine your birthday and Christmas presents. :hi: :party:

[Left Is Write]

41. Thanks!

We would never do that - we always make sure her birthday is separate and distinct from Christmas.

Today I told her about all the excitement we felt on the day she arrived.