Angel Girl turned one!

So April 19th 2008 has come and gone and my Angel girl is officially one year old. I even made an extra effort to savor her newness and the first year still flew by. Angel girl’s birth story in brief:

Little Angel girl came into our world yesterday. Hubby and I arrived at the hospital at 5:30a.m. Pitocin was started at 6 a.m. The doctor broke my water around 7:30a.m. Shortly thereafter I was given an epidural. By 9:30 a.m I was dialated to 4cm…They checked me again at 11:30a.m. and I was 10cm! I started pushing at around 12:02p.m. and Angel girl was born at 12:08p.m. Only 6 hours of labor and 6 minutes of pushing (as opposed to 19 hours and 1 1/2 hours of pushing with my last one). - My journal entry 4/20/2007

Angel girl was 10lbs. 2oz. and 22 1/2 inches long when she emerged. So I started out with a linebacker

I was so very sick that day. I had viral pink eye in BOTH eyes and a horrible head and chest cold.

Now she’s almost 20 pounds, has more hair and 4 little teeth. We had a fun little birthday celebration.

Here is the mini cake I made for her

I’m so in love with my baby girl and so happy she joined our family!

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April 21st, 2008 in Kids

Comments (29)

CorrieApril 21st, 2008 at 2:02 am

I can’t believe it’s been a year already - Happy Birthday! (and um, you rock the cakes!)

LoniApril 21st, 2008 at 8:39 am

One year Old! How fun. Yes, so I have been meaning to talk to you about cakes since my last post…yeah I totally spaced asking you about that one, duh.

KathieApril 21st, 2008 at 9:21 am

She is so adorable!

Janet StevensApril 21st, 2008 at 9:52 am

She is a cutie! And what an adorable cake!

Memarie LaneApril 21st, 2008 at 10:21 am

What a little chub she was! Mine was a chub too, but a shorter one. 17 inches and eight pounds.

DebMomOf3April 21st, 2008 at 10:49 am

Aww, happy birthday to your Angel girl! She’s such a little cutie! :)

AllysonApril 21st, 2008 at 11:06 am

What a beautiful girl! :-D And bless your heart for giving birth to such a large baby while feeling like junk!!

That little teddy bear cake is so cute.

Nothing like a little chocolate cake in the diaper, eh? ;-)

BeckyApril 21st, 2008 at 12:12 pm

Happy happy birthday, Angel girl!!
Thank you for sharing the story and the pictures!! :)

Gramma DuckyApril 21st, 2008 at 12:15 pm

I can’t believe its been a year since I arrived the day before my granddaughter’s birth. I so can’t wait to get there next week and play gramma! Happy B-Day my little angel girl.

LeslieApril 21st, 2008 at 12:29 pm

I love that cake!!! How cute it that!?! Happy Birthday Angel girl! And Summer…you look great in the post birth picture…hey, you just had a baby and you had all that other stuff going on too…you look amazing!!!

cherylApril 21st, 2008 at 12:48 pm

Happy Birthday, Angel girl! You are so sweet. And sorry to mom for having pink eye and a cold when she delivered you. Yuck! I’m sure you were worth it, though… :)

KimberlyApril 21st, 2008 at 1:02 pm

Happy Birthday Angel Girl!

Thalia's ChildApril 21st, 2008 at 2:40 pm

She’s a cutie! I didn’t realize you had a little one so close to Punkin’s age. (Isn’t that thumb and forefinger cake eating hysterical? Punkin did that do hers too, and then she picked it up and put it on her head, like a hat. Annnnnnnd…. off to the bathtub!)

hookedonhousesApril 21st, 2008 at 4:34 pm

Happy 1st Birthday to Angel Girl! What a little cutie. First birthdays are always so special.

Thanks for stopping by Hooked on Houses and leaving a comment today. I’ve enjoyed looking around your blog and reading your stories. -Julia :-)

ChristineApril 21st, 2008 at 4:58 pm

Happy 1st Birthday Angel Girl! She’s so cute with her chocolately goodess looking face. And that bear did look good enough to eat! Looks like she had a very special day.

aubreyApril 21st, 2008 at 5:11 pm

aww happy birthday to your little girl! what a great looking cake you made her! and 10 pounds?! you are officially superwoman in my book!

kennaApril 21st, 2008 at 7:02 pm

Happy Birthday Miss Angel!!
Summer, our babies are only 2 days apart. That’s kewl.

kailaniApril 21st, 2008 at 7:49 pm

10 lbs? OMG! Both my girls were only 5 lbs and that HURT! LOL!

Happy Birthday Angel!

anordinarymomApril 21st, 2008 at 8:34 pm

Long labors with extended pushing are never fun. My first was 36 hours and took 4 hours of pushing. Let’s just say I hope this next one that gets here in July isn’t like that.

Happy Birthday, Angel! She is so precious!

RebeccaApril 21st, 2008 at 8:37 pm

Happy birthday to your daughter!

Stacey@Look, Mom, Look!April 21st, 2008 at 9:13 pm

Happy birthday to Angel Girl and congrats to you for surviving that day! Wow!
My little Gret just turned a year about a month ago. I love this age. They are so silly and dog gone cute. Here’s to another year of wonders!

LizaApril 21st, 2008 at 11:04 pm

I think that’s hilarious! Grace weighed in at 10 lbs. 6 oz. today…at her 4 month appt. I’m envious of your labor times though. I was in the hospital 46 hrs. with Libby and 13 hrs. with Grace. I wouldn’t let them touch me with petocin with Grace though so that could be my own fault. :)

Congratulations on one whole year. Goes by WAY to quickly!

Richelle FApril 22nd, 2008 at 7:41 am

I don’t think you look bad at all, especially after labor! Your daughter is a cutie, and the cake you made looks great.

LaurieApril 22nd, 2008 at 4:56 pm

She is so beautiful! You did good. I’m glad you got her!

JaniceNWApril 23rd, 2008 at 1:02 am

It goes by so fast. I know you appreciate each day with your children and we both know how important that is. Angel girl is gorgeous as always. I miss the rily poly thighs tho. LOL. She was a HUGE newborn, wow.

The cake was fabulous and thanks so much for sharing Angel toddler with us today!

BethnApril 23rd, 2008 at 10:23 pm

What a sweetheart! I loved the cake. You are so talented. I love 1st birthday cake messes. My oldest had a shower in the back yard to wash his first cake off. WHat fun!

HollyApril 24th, 2008 at 3:10 pm

Happy Birthday. Cute pictures! She’s adorable.

JaneApril 27th, 2008 at 2:50 am

Happy birthday, Angel! My little one turned 1 on April 3rd - it’s amazing how fast they are growing up!

All of your photos are fantastic - I loved looking through them!

And ditto on the bloggy giveaway entries - I ran out of creative things to say very quickly! But I REALLY wanted to win them all! (Not that I had time to enter very many . . . Sigh.)

jessicaApril 30th, 2008 at 9:21 pm

wow she was big she looks sooo chunky that is sooo cute babies are the best till they hit 2

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