2:46

Stella was born at 2:46 in the afternoon on January 18th, 2007. I don't know who looks worse in this picture - me or Stella, but really we were both just terrifically happy that the ordeal was over.

Here she is all cleaned up hanging out with Jason. She was about 4 hours old. She was such a sweet, mild baby.

Here she is at 2:46 the next year. We were blowing up balloons for her birthday "party". As you can see, she is already lagging behind in the hair department.

But she was adorable anyway, and I think she already knew it. Yes, even then.

Here she is at 2:46 the year she turned two. You can see her birthday party is in full swing. Grandy and Bubby braved a blizzard to bring helium balloons and eat cake.

This year she tried to hold out until 2:46 without a nap, but crashed just before then. A bath with Violet can use up a lot of energy, you know.

So here she is, three years old. She insisted right up until she woke up this morning that she was only two-and-a-half. I think this picture was taken before 7am. I'm surprised my eyes could focus. But then  - the camera does it for me.

I'll have a lot more pictures for you in the next post. We had a three day birthday seeing as how it was a three day weekend.