Mom to the Screaming Masses: And Now You are Ten

Thursday was a very bad day for us. Riley had the stomach flu - and we had company visiting - thankfully, not at our house. Thursday night Emma came down with it - and Friday saw an awful lot of this:

This is what a 103 fever looks like

I was a bit upset about this, for, you see, Saturday was Emma's birthday - and who among us wants to be pukey and feverish on their birthday? Thankfully, Saturday dawned like this:

I feel so much better today, Mom!

And then Saturday ended like this:

My amazing sister in law bought her a cake - we changed her party to next week to avoid passing the plague on to anyone

This is a kid who knows her mind. She's sassy and opinionated and, oddly enough, all of my family (and my husband's as well) refer to her as Little Carmen. A fact that makes me alternately insanely crazy and fiercely proud. She has the darkest coloring, which prompts people to as me if she's adopted. No. I was there when she came roaring into the world -

Literally - she was a posterior presentation, I was hands and knees and the midwife rotated her one way and me another (I do not recommend this as a party trick, it was very uncomfortable at the time) -

And she flew out when I was half off the bed, one leg on the floor and the midwife juggled to avoid dropping her. And she's been going ever since.

She knows her own mind, she has her own ideas and her own methods and there is no one that will ever, ever change what she thinks. This is a good thing, but it makes me CRAZY often.

There are only a few big birthdays. In my mind, anyway - they are 1, 10, 16, 18, 21, and then every decade year.

Happy 10th birthday, Emma. Mommy loves you.

Comments

Happy Birthday Emma!!! July birthdays are cool!

My Peter turns 10 in 19 days and he is a mini me. He is also my firecracker child....we just never know what is going to come out of his mouth...thankfully they are just funny, quirky little phrases that always catch us off guard. Peter knows what he wants and goes after it. All or nothing with that boy...just like his mom.

Posted by: Shelly | July 09, 2012 at 12:46 PM

Love her sweet freckles. My kids have those too.

Posted by: Sharilyn | July 09, 2012 at 01:08 PM

She is adorable and I can see why the nickname "little Carmen." Love how each child's personality is set at such an early age. Happy birthday Emma!

Posted by: Cheryl | July 09, 2012 at 01:16 PM

Happy birthday, Emma! July babies (especially cancers) are the best! Ten is a great age, too.

Posted by: Megan | July 09, 2012 at 01:17 PM

Happy Birthday Emma! So glad you were feeling better for it, and I'm sure the party next week will be great!

Posted by: Sally in the UK | July 09, 2012 at 01:38 PM

She's such an amazing young woman and I hope she meets all of her challenges in life the way she met her Birth... with tenacity and courage, and hangin' upside down if she has to!

And for the record, "Little Carmen" is a pretty amazing thing to be! More power to her!

Posted by: Leighann Morris | July 09, 2012 at 01:39 PM