Happy Birthday Morgan!

Morgan Elise was born 5 years ago today. She means the world to me. I love this little girl so much, she and her brothers have changed me into a completely different person. She is growing up so fast and she is so mature.

For instance, last night she and Jack were playing and she slammed the bathroom door and caught his finger (he is all right nothing broken, don't panic!). My natural instinct was to, well, freak out. I am ashamed to say that I did yell at her ("Morgan how many times have I told you that you cannot slam doors when Jack is around!!"), and then sent her to time out. The time out was well justified, the yelling was uncalled for.

Well, we resolved everything, Morgan told Jack that she was sorry, they hugged, moved on.

About two hours later, Morgan came up to me and said, "Mom. I've been thinking about what happened. When I slammed Jack's finger in the door you were yelling and I didn't have the chance to explain what happened."

Wow. This completely caught me off guard. She did not have an excuse that would justify her slamming the door with him around. But that she had been thinking about it for two hours and wanted to discuss it with me. This, to me, showed a maturity that was way past her five years. And pointed out to me that by yelling at her I had been acting in a way that would have been more appropriate of a five year old.

She is such a cute little bugger. I don't like to ever make her feel bad. I want the world for my Morgan I want happiness, health, love, friendship, financial security, good education; everything wonderful for her. She is my angel. My goo goo. My wonderful wonderful wonderful little girl.

At 0147 on February 15, 2003 I became a mommy and my life was changed forever. It was one of the best days of my life. I looked at that squiggling slimy little thing that they put in my arms and I fell in love.