Happy Birthday!!!

April 7th, 2005 I am a bundle of nerves. The hospital called to let me know that I could reschedule or I could go ahead and come in to a sister hospital. I told them lets do it and Roo and I headed over to Medical City Dallas. I hadn't eaten anything and was starving and my back had been hurting for a few days, which was normal for me. We got there and the staff was so nice, they had been waiting for us. Then when Roo told them I was having some slight pain and couldn't get comfortable the nurse went in search of something. She came back to tell us that the back pain I was having was actually contractions and she believed I had been having them for a while, since this was the case they were going to go ahead and get the epidural placed, just in case.

Well the just in case turned out to not really be worried about. They induced early in the morning with the hope that our little princess would be joining us soon....Well staying true to Mini form it wasn't until many hours and a booster later that our Princess made it into the world 

 On April 8,2005 our family of two grew to three and we were blessed with her highness Miss Isabella Jade. My world was forever shifted with this new bundle of joy and over the next few months I stumbled and fumbled over how to keep this little girl safe. Then of course she began to show me her out going personality and there hasn't been a dull day since

From her first cowboy hat to her first horse ride, my sweet little Mini always surprised me. She has always been full of smiles and laughter. There are so many times that just looking at her made my heart feel with joy and my eyes tear up as I think of how blessed we are with our little girl. Even from an early age she would ham it up for the camera and today is no exception. I am very proud to call this little one mine. 

As her mother I have made promises and she can tell you that even though it may be hard at times I always live up to my promises. When she was born I held her  close and I promised to always love her unconditionally, to protect her with my life and to be the best parent that I can be. Mini makes my world shine brighter, her humor is often subtle and sometimes you have to be careful with sarcasm, as she tends to believe somethings but she has kept her sweetness over time. Last year was a rough year for us as a family but she remained positive she kept her humor and her bright out look and as her mother I cried all the more at how wonderful she was. Many days it was her hugs or just some comment that she would make that help me get through. One of the best part of her sense of humor is the fact that she can be totally upset about something then you take to a store. You may not even go to purchase something but you turn around and she is decked out. When she's in the mood to play it's sometimes hard to be mad at her when she tilts her head just so with a smile on her face.

"This is my happy face"

Playing with Sunglasses

Over the last eight years I have watched as Mini as grown and evolved into a lovely young lady. Her heart is large as she sees the good in everyone and again I can't tell you how proud I am to be her mom. She has so much of her dad and myself in her it's not funny. She will always be the first to tell you she's a nerd and that she is just like her mommy. She confident and accepting and I hope she never changes. She knows that it's ok to be different and that no matter what she will always be loved. I hope that as she grows she will continue to have these traits. I am always surprised when we somewhere in town and most everyone will say hello to her by name. Or they tell me how "Oh I know Mini" with a smile on their face. When she's a baby I would always tell her the same two things every night before she fell asleep and I continue to tell her every day and night at least once.

A little happiness goes a long way.

The first thing I tell her is that I love her to the moon and back. I let her know that she is a star in my sky and keeps my days and nights shining brightly. I have a tattoo of a star on my wrist and she will tell you that's its so I always have my little star with me and so I'm never far from her. I've told her that no matter how many times we have to separated Like the moon and stars I will always come back to her.                                             

And lastly I tell her that everyone already loves you and those that don't love you just don't know you yet. My sweet Mini is gonna make the world shine one day and I am very great full that I will be able to watch her do it. So here's to my wonderful little girl. Happy Birthday Princess. 8 years ago you were born to the world and every day you have begun to make the world a better place because you are in it. 

Mini