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: