today at our breakfast table...

starting the day out with a brithday is perfect. naomi turnes eight today, such a special day, all even, totally absolutely even she calls out! and joel is going along 2x2x2, 2x4, 2+2+2+2... o well it is the most even number in all our minds by now. she convinced us of that.
we love her with all what she is and dares to become. we embrace her fierce spirit, sometimes this is harder and other times it's the best we can experience.
thinking back to the day she was born... it was super cold, the grandparents were visiting to be with the boys, as joel and i rushed to the birthplace. it didn't take very long, we left the house at 7:10am, arrived 7:30am and i didn't even have the time to enjoy the tub as planned as naomi was born 14 minutes later. we were home for lunch. my mother in law was cooking spaghetti and we all loved it. o and it was too cold to go out for a walk with the boys... it was a cold spell as i had never experienced it on january 10th 2004 it was -3 in boston (and this is in fahrenheit, which makes -19.4 Celcius). i will never forget the cold icy wind outside as we stayed warm and cuddly in the house with our girl in my arms.