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You are here: Home / Birthdays / A Station Wagon and a Bridge.
Jun
30

A Station Wagon and a Bridge.

| Filed Under: Birthdays

34 years ago this is where I was almost born. 
Red light.  
Stop.  Wait….wait….wait…..GO!
Red light.  
Stop.  Wait….wait….wait…..GO!
Red light.
Stop.  Wait….wait….wait…..GO!
My dad was a very safe driver apparently.  
I can imagine my momma screaming at him to run a few red lights and just get there while at the same time being completely zen while she tries to breathe through the labor pains.  It’s amazing that almost one year ago, coming up here in a few weeks, I was in this same predicament as my mom when Eloise was about to make her appearance.  I started out fairly calm, I’d like to think anyways, but quickly grew into ‘get the H-E-double hockey sticks there NOW!‘ toward the end of drive to the hospital.  She was born a mere 17 minutes later, crazy child wanted out of her cozy living space I guess. Who am I to blame her though as I was in the same hurry all those years ago too.
This past weekend I happily celebrated adding another wonderful year under my belt.  Being blessed with three little cuties makes marking off each one of those 365 days even sweeter.  
What will this next year bring?  Oh, how I half-wish I was privy to that information.
I do know that soon it will be this little girl’s First birthday!  
Party plans are swirling in my head. 
Not to worry, I’ll share the 411 with you once everything is figured out!
But first I still have about half of this ice cream cake left to eat.
It makes the perfect companion when sitting on our porch to enjoy the last bits of sun at the end of a hot day.

XOXO,

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Comments

  1. The Wille's says

    June 30, 2011 at 12:52 pm

    Happy Birthday! 🙂

  2. emma says

    June 30, 2011 at 1:18 pm

    you {& your little ones} are so cute!! congrats! happy birthday!!!

  3. mickymunchkin's corner says

    June 30, 2011 at 1:23 pm

    Happy birthday! the photos are wonderful, the kids are so cute (you too 😉 !!!)
    Hugs,
    Micky

  4. justjenn says

    June 30, 2011 at 2:20 pm

    Happy, happy birthday!

  5. Jessica says

    June 30, 2011 at 2:38 pm

    Awww…. love your kiddos! Happy Birthday to you Maggie!

  6. Bethany says

    June 30, 2011 at 2:44 pm

    Happy Birthday! And send me some of that cake, m’kay? 🙂

  7. Melissa @ Love Affair With My Brother says

    June 30, 2011 at 3:03 pm

    Happy Birthday 🙂

  8. regan says

    June 30, 2011 at 3:09 pm

    Happy Birthday, Sweetie! Looks like you had a ton of fun! All those happy, smiling sweet faces….yay!

  9. Grandma G says

    June 30, 2011 at 3:13 pm

    Happy Birthday! Such great photos! I love your quilt… and the looks of that cake! 😉

  10. Emily says

    June 30, 2011 at 4:37 pm

    Happiest birthday!! Love these fun pictures and your quilt.

  11. Summer says

    June 30, 2011 at 5:44 pm

    Happy Birthday Miss Maggie! The pictures of you and your kids are just beautiful!

  12. Liz says

    June 30, 2011 at 7:12 pm

    Happy Birthday! Great pictures!

  13. The Path Traveled says

    June 30, 2011 at 7:40 pm

    Happy Birthday! The photos are beautiful, your truly blessed!

  14. Erin @Days to Remember says

    June 30, 2011 at 11:53 pm

    Very cute. Happy birthday! Please eat a piece of ice cream cake for me, too- it’s my favorite!

  15. Laura @ ON{thelaundry}LINE says

    July 1, 2011 at 1:31 am

    Aww, I la-la-LOVE all the pictures in this post! So sweet! Your quilt is lovely, even though it was the last thing I aww’d about in the picture. And I love how happy you look about your birthday! HAPPY BIRTHDAY! I’d say I hope it was a good one but it looks like there’s no need! 🙂

  16. Knit and Purl Mama says

    July 1, 2011 at 4:22 am

    Happy Birthday fellow June birthday girl! (Mine was 2 weeks ago!) Looks like you had a good one!

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