Today is my baby girl's birthday. On this day, five years ago, at 4:35 a.m. we joyfully welcomed Clara Elisabeth into this world. She weighed 8 pounds exactly and was 22 inches long. She had a head full of the most beautiful hair you have ever seen on a baby...and her dad and I were just overjoyed to finally have the little girl we had dreamed about for so long. She was perfect in every single way...just gorgeous. It's hard to believe it has been five years already. In those years Clara has lived in 4 different places, has attended 3 churches, has gone to both preschool and kindegarten (which her brothers never did since we homeschooled), and has become the princess of our family. She is the constant chatter and song in our home and the drama in life when things don't go right! She has a way of making us smile and laugh and wonder what we ever did before we had her. And she is just the most precious gift that we could ever have hoped for. The last five years with her have been such a gift...such an adventure...such a blessing. We could never have imagined what having a daughter would be like. How wonderful and how special and how truly...amazing. Thank you, God for Clara! Thank you for the gift of this child. For five amazing years. For blessing us in ways we never could have dreamed of. Thank you God! Happy Birthday, Baby Girl!
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