She’s Sweet 16

My baby….my little peanut head….turned 16 today.   Sweet baby Cailin came into the world in the afternoon, a result of a scheduled C-section.  I was once again over due and the doctor once again suggested inducing labor.  I was not so fond of that idea because as my grandmother told me after my first baby was born via C-section after a failed induction, I was old and my bones did not want to move.  She meant it with all love and kindness although it did sound funny when she said it.  The surgery was a breeze, Cailin squalled like a much larger baby as I watched them work over her .  There was a slight hitch when they injected me with an antibiotic only to discover that I was highly allergic to it.  A shot of morphine and a little hovering over me and I was fine….ready to meet my new little daughter.

She was the sweetest baby…..for the most part she wasn’t a fussy baby.  She began to sleep through the night after she was 10 days old ~ how sweet is that!  Of course there were sometime diaper changes in the middle of the night but then right back to sleep she went.  Cailin’s first steps…..well, she didn’t walk, she ran….

I have very few photos of her walking because of the fact that she ran…..it was difficult to get a decent photo. 

I don’t remember when it started, but every time I would take a photo, Cailin would blow kisses to me….or anyone else with a camera.  We have many photos….on stage during school plays, during Halloween parades at pre-school…..it was hysterical ~ and of course filled with cuteness.  🙂

My happy baby who loved riding bikes and playing with baby dolls…..

….and the beach…..we went often when my girls were young.  Cailin was like a fish in the water ~ she loved the ocean and the sand…..

She is still trying to decide what she wants to study in college after she graduates in 2012….what she wants to be when she “grows up”.  

My baby….my sweetheart……one half of my heart and soul.  This day is a big day for her….and bittersweet for me.  People would tell me when my babies were young that it goes by fast….they did not lie.  It doesn’t seem like that long ago, but it has been.  I’m so proud of her……..she was a good baby and is a good girl.  We have our times ~ it comes with the age and I realize that.  I remember what it was like ~ it is a hard time so I try to work through it with her.  I know we will make it too….me and my little  peanut head.  🙂