Three years ago today, we met for the first time

What I remember about that day:

• arriving early to the hospital for the induction, Daddy went to work
• being hungry (shocker, I know)
• waiting, waiting, and more waiting for 12+ hours
• gossiping with Heidi and Symonie while the Pitocin did its thing
• experiencing a brutal epidural insertion
• wanting to kill the anesthesiologist
• being introduced to the TV show Lost by H & S (it was a Wednesday night, you know)
• screaming, wanting to hurt someone or something (it doesn't only happen in the movies)
• watching Daddy hold you for the first time
• thinking you looked just like Makai did when he was born
• being slightly disappointed at the lack of hair and how white you were
• deciding on your name: Amelia Nau Lusiakitaulanga Funaki ("and we'll call her Ame")
• talking on the phone to both sets of your grandparents, who were oceans away
• finally eating dinner around midnight…I chose the meatloaf over the lasagna (for reasons I won't disclose)
• feeding you after you so kindly asked the nurse to wake me in the night

I love you, Ame Nau. Your daddy loves you. Your big brother loves you, though you may question his actions at times. And your grandpas and grandmas and aunts and uncles and cousins all love you.

You will never know how you have changed my life…I will be eternally grateful for the privilege of being your mother. (Heavenly Father really knows how to pick 'em…or should I say make 'em!

h a p p y b i r t h d a y

"When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life so that when you die, the world cries and you rejoice."
—Cherokee Expression