happy 21 !!!

No more children, no more teenagers... adults in the house ! 

21 years ago, a little girl was born at home : my daughter " Gaia" ! 

She was born at home in the presence of my housedoctor Bruno and midwife Geert, brother Freek ( then 4 years old) and Aran ( 2 years old) were there too, accompagnied by my mom-in-law.

She lost her first baby after 3 days and had a very difficult delivery of my husband Wienne, so she was thrilled to be witness to a normal birth ànd the birth of her granddaughter.

I couldn't have done it without my husband Wienne, who was there all the time and on 18 may 1993, at 18.36 there she was : a tiny girl with lots of black hair ! 

Of course giving birth is intense but it was a good, very peaceful birth in our own house. All good memories...

I wrote the text on her birthcard to reflect this moment.

On the front of the card was a drawing, made by a friend where little creatures look into the circle to see her name "Gaia".

Her name means : "the earth as a godess" and I'm still very fond of her special name :)

In a blink of an eye 21 years have passed... and she was my last teenager until today ! 

Now I have adult children... does this means I'm old now ?:)

As a birthdaypresent we went with her in april to a convent in Bonn, Germany:  Hobbitcon, ALL about the Hobbit and Lord of the Rings...

But I could not pass her birthday without another present and I got her a photo-cake.

She was photomodel for a friend, Marieke De Bodt,  who's studying photography and I took one of these colorful photo's.

Gaia changed her black hairs from her birth a lot the past years, but she's still a special one :)

I also made her a flying easelcard.

As she's creative and draws and paints a lot I made her a card in her pinks and blues and with paintbrushes.

"because you're special...21..."

I enjoyed my daughter as a little child, as a teenager and now I'm enjoying her seeing her go her own path in life as an adult.

I hope we can have YEARS together to enjoy !! 

Big kisses and hugs my daughter ! 

greetings from Belgium

Inge