June 17, 2008

5 years ago today I was not feeling quite right.  I had gotten used to the feeling, so I told Rob to stay home while I ran into the hospital and they did their magic to make my blood pressure go back down.  This was nothing I had not been through before; a good part of my pregnancy was spent at the hospital for one reason or another.

An hour and a half later I called Rob and told him he had 45 minutes to get to the hospital.  They couldn't get my blood pressure back down and they were doing the C-Section right then, about a month early.

My entire pregnancy with Dharma went this way.  There was nothing typical, nothing simple, nothing average.  From the beginning to the end she was just one surprise after another.

A few hours after the C-Section Mackenzie got to come in, meet, and name, her little sister.  Our lives haven't been the same since the roller coaster ride we call Dharma arrived that day.

Happy 5th Birthday, Dharma. 

She was a clown, making faces, even then:

Dinosaur party preparations...Take One!

Newspaper, a balloon and a whole lot of glue.

I've been trying to get things done for the upcoming dinosaur birthday party a little bit at a time.  Napkins, cups, etc are bought.  Items for the dinosaur terrariums are bought.  Some food items and pinata fillers are bought.  Today we put the finishing touches on the pinata. 

So we started with this:

Then we got to this:

Today Dharma painted the horns and added stickers and we have ended with this:

(I still have to make a mouth)

 

 I don't think it's too TOO bad for some people who have never made paper mache before.  We went through 2.5 bottles of glue and 3 balloons though.  I definitely do not think I am going into the pinata making business anytime soon though.  I now see why these things are $15-30 a pop in the store...what a PITA to make. 

After all was said and done, Dharma looked at us and said she thinks it looks more like a Styracosaurus and not so much like a Triceratops.  She said the frill I made is too pointy to be a Triceratops.  Whatever.  I was just happy the thing didn't collapse when I popped the balloon.  She can call it a Dharmasaurus for all I care.  It resembles a dinosaur and hopefully will hold candy.

What do you think?

Styracosaurus:

Triceratops: