1/4 of a Century!
I realize that this post is a couple of weeks too late, but Caylea knew it would be. Between Joe's big birthday bash and us going up to PA to help Caylea & Noah move, I haven't had time to sit and write. Caylea was due on Joe's birthday but came 2 days later so she could have her own entrance on her own day. She was born in sunny CA because Joe was stationed there at the Defense Language Institute, where we met and got married. Kevin Oliver, a long-time family friend, and Joe's mom were there for her birth and it was peaceful and lacking in any of the drama of my subsequent childrens' births. The pregnancy was easy enough. I was attending college classes in between bouts of vomiting, something I had with all 3 pregnancies, and life was simpler. Joe and I took walks together often, played games at friends' homes on base, and just waited for our precious girl to arrive. I went into labor at 6 p.m. and I knew it was labor because I got the shakes pretty