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You may wonder why I hyphenated the title. You won't get it, but it is how she used to sing her name, back when she was first learning it, that comes to my mind today.

6 years and 1 evening ago, I headed to the hospital to have my little baby girl! Until this point, she was the only one that we had known for certain what sex she was.

(Of course, with Samuel we THOUGHT we knew! We were told he was a girl. In fact, the doctor said... and I quote..."I'd bet my paycheck on it!" Still waiting on that paycheck Dr. Tetris!)

Anyway, she was the easiest delivery ever! I should know since I've given birth to half the worlds population...

...ok, it just FEELS like it sometimes.

I didn't have any pain. That's right... zip, zero, nada, zilch. And she was quick enough that the doctor wasn't even at the hospital yet when it was time to push. My nurse actually told me not to move, breath too deeply, or sneeze or she'd be there before the doctor!

I felt so good that I had a constant stream of visitors thru my delivery room until the doctor arrived and we had to kick them all out around 2:49 am. It was like a party in there!

She was born at 2:50am, June 8th, 2003!!

She's been an easy child ever since...

I think the words of her Kindergarten teacher were: "She's perfect."

Yes, she is!

Happy Birthday Baby Girl!!!