5 Candles on Angela's Cake

It's hard to believe that 5 years ago, Miss Angela was born at 4:26am. I can still remember every moment of that morning and the days following. It was an emotional rollercoaster, but in the end, she did GREAT!! Our little princess STILL holds the record for the shortest stay in the hospital. We were originally told she would be in the NICU for at LEAST 1 month (minumum), averyage was about 2 month and some babies were there for more than 6 months until they came home. Since Angela had "spunk" she had her surgery very soon after birth (2 days old) and was home in 17 day. Then the fun started. She pulled her NG tube out of her nose the first night (she wasn't great at drinking all of her milk via mouth, so we had to feed her through the NG tube upon discharge from the hospital). But she "must have" known she could do it on her own and never needed that tube again! From that day on she's been amazing us and the doctors and bringing smiles to faces all of the place! Today, at 5 years old, she still amazes us with how smart and grown up she is. Our litle girl is growing up before our very eyes... Happy ... you've conquered every obsticle set before you until this point, and we are SURE you'll do the same in the future!

Happy Birthday Angela!!!

her hospital picture (they didn't take them of the children in the NICU since most were VERY sick...)

this is what we saw when we saw Angela for the first time... more wires and tubes than baby....

little did we know what a fighter she was going to be!and here are pictures from age 1 through 4 - you can definately see some changes... losing any "baby fat" and turning into a beautiful young lady!and Finally... our 5 year old - Miss Angela Kirstin

We love you more than you could ever know!! Happy 5th Birthday Angela!!