What happened to the last 9 years?

On December 15 Kaitlin turned 9. WHAT?!?!?!?! I can't believe how grown up she is getting. We celebrated with a dinner out, and cake and ice cream. Her gift from us was a Gotz doll, a German doll.

It was 9 years ago that Kaitlin was brought into our lives. I went to the doctor on the 14th (she was due the 6th) to see when they would induce me-they were talking about waiting until December 20th, and I was really upset because I wanted to be in Iowa for Christmas. Well, that day when they did the ultrasound they realized that I didn't have enough amniotic fluid to sustain her and she would be in distress if they didn't act fast. So, they started inducing. Twenty-four hours later she was finally born! 6lbs, 9 oz-a tiny beautiful little girl. We were released from the hospital the afternoon of the 17th, Jamie and I went home and packed our car and headed out to Iowa on the morning of the 19th. (We were stationed at Ft. Stewart, GA) Craziness!