My firstborn, my oldest daughter, my mini-me Isla June turned 5 last week. 5 seems like such a big milestone for a kid! It was a whirlwind celebrating her on June 23rd, while also secretly preparing for a surprise party for her on Saturday! We pulled off the surprise successfully, despite the rainy day we ended up with (which we definitely needed here in MN). Isla loves to play surprise birthday at home, so we decided to actually do a real surprise party for her this year.
As things wound down again this week, I had time to reflect back on my first baby turning 5. How was I feeling about this? Fine, overall, I guess. I love getting to see her grow up, learn, mature, etc. It seems crazy a full 5 years have passed since I experienced the birth of my first child. And since then I have given birth to 2 more. So this week I was hit with the realization that I didn't get to have all my kids in under 5 years. Instead of being almost 5 years older than her youngest sibling (which is how it should have been with Maisie), now she will be a solid 5+ years older than the next sibling. At least she has Lachlan in between, pretty much exactly 2.5 years younger than her, bridging the age gap I used to care so much about when creating my family. While it is still something I notice, it is something I've gotten over... just knowing there is much more importance on having family, rather than the timing of it all. So happy 1 week of being 5 my darling Isla June. I wish Maisie could have been here to help you celebrate too.
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