This day...

started very early this morning...

But the ironic thing is...

this day started very early (about an hour earlier)
18 years ago today...

Of course, I spent a good part of that day at home in labor

before heading to the hospital at 4:30 PM...

and welcoming our first born at 9:26 PM

(2 weeks early, 8lb 4oz, no medication!)

And why should this early morning be any less exciting???

I started the day with some art...

and...   

a brief 4 AM visit from this fellow...

(yes, later Mr. U got it between the window and screen,

 Nature Boy was able to get it into a plastic animal carrier 

and we escorted it off the U family premises!)

and woohoo!
My first run in about 2 weeks...

(can you say vacation? heat wave? lazy?)

No...
this day was not just an ordinary day!


Happy 18th Birthday to my sweet girl!!!

(and it is Day #27 of "30 Days of Get Your Art On" too!)