Happy Birthday Maren

Happy Birthday Maren Sunday, 30th January, 2011

Posted by nomadical in Family.
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She’s 1 today.

Maren models her birthday girl crown.

All the usual blah about looking back at what was going on one year ago… The first twinges, the dash to the hospital, the baby’s welcome appearance. Except, no, wait … Maren did it differently. With Maren it was more like:

The first twinges, the casual phone call to the hospital that things have started, we’ll be coming in soon. Before that phone call is over, the realisation that, no actually we won’t be going anywhere, as there’s a baby actually already on her way out and just getting out of the bathroom is going to be a challenge. So instead, it’s a quick emergency call, an ambulance dispatched, a midwife on speaker phone talking Mike through his part of the job and 12 minutes later there’s a baby in my arms. Freya managed to sleep through the whole thing in the next room.

All in all, a bit unexpected, but wonderful nonetheless. And Maren was fine, despite her very rapid entrance. Mike did what he was meant to – stay cool and catch the baby – and the ambulance crew arrived just in time to clamp the cord. But it also explains why there’s a bit of a shortage of photos from Maren’s first moments. So instead, here’s a selection of Maren through the year.