Three Years Ago . . .

Three years ago Eliza was born! Happy Birthday, Eliza!!! She was such a cute little baby with her crazy spikey hair and her perma-frown. She always looked so serious, and now she is all smiles. I remember when we went to the hospital after she was born. She seemed so tiny, and she had a cute little green bow in her hair. This picture was taken when she was just five days old.

The Barrett girls were excited about their new cousin. I absolutely love this picture. Camden and Riley had made cards for "Baby" (she didn't quite have her name yet), and even little Sid seemed pretty intrigued by it all. I am lucky to have such cute nieces--and a nephew on the way! Eliza will be a wonderful big sister.

Today was also my friend Melissa's birthday, so Greg and I went out with a bunch of friends tonight to celebrate (in my mind I was also celebrating Eliza's birthday). We opted, however, not to go to the post-dinner bars with everyone :-) The best news of the day today is that Mom is doing well after her thyroid surgery on Tuesday! You were so brave, Mom! I had originally planned to be home at this time for a visit, so I could have helped take care of Mom, but the Lincoln Home people wouldn't let me leave (cue the Travelocity gnome's "I need to get out of here" song). But we are so grateful that everything went well with the surgery.