Wednesday, April 1, 2009

it's no joke!

Seven years ago today, I was in labor with our first child. I had an ultrasound and we were told that we were expecting a boy. I was even dreaming about a dark-haired boy! His due date was supposed to be mid-Marchish.
We were told: "Prepare for blue and green!" and "Think of boy names!"
Well! After a long labor and delivery, our first beautiful child was born. As I took this gorgeous newborn baby in my arms, I realized something:

My new baby had just pulled the ultimate April Fool's Joke!

On April 1, 2002 at 7:32pm my baby was born. It was a girl. A beautiful baby girl! And we named her Ryanna after her wonderful Daddy, Ryan. Oh, Happy Day! She shares this special day with my great-grandmother. It's also Nana's birthday, but she passed away before Ryanna came into the world. I'm sure they knew each other in Heaven though!
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Happy Birthday Ryanna! You're a neat kid and I'm so lucky you're mine. Love you so much!!

9 comments:

Tami said...

Wow! I loved that walk down memory lane...sniff. And the music is so beautiful. She is an amazing kid. Can't believe that she is 7 today. Happy Birthday, sweet Ryanna. Thanks for reading me books when I call, thanks for teaching me how to play chess, and thanks for being my sweet friend. I love you! And miss you. Hope you have a really Happy Birthday! We'll call you later!
Love, Grammie, Grandad and Uncle Aaron

Kristin said...

Awww...Happy birthday Ryanna from the Hansens. We loved looking at all the pics of you. :D

ashley said...

happy april fools ryanna. oops, i mean happy birthday. i found it interesting to see how much carter looks like ryanna and vice versa. i would have thought some of those pictures were carter if i didn't know better.

Suzanne said...

Soooo beautiful! Happy birthdat Ryanna!

Suzanne said...

Happy Birthday Ryanna! Hugs and kisses, Jeff, Suzanne, Katelyn, Jacob and Issac

Aimee said...

Happy Birthday Ryanna Banana! Ang-I have not seen a couple of those pictures before. She really has been photogenic her whole life. What a girl!

Melissa-Mc said...

Happy Birthday, Ryanna! What a great April Fools Day joke you pulled. Way to be a girl.

Christy said...

SUPER CUTE pictures!! Again happy birthday to her!

Lex and Chris said...

She really did pull the ultimate April fools joke! I remember you telling me it was a boy. Ha ha ha!
So great!

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