A pioneer birthday...

Yesterday was Meghan's 12th birthday.  If you know Megs at all, you'll know that she is an affectionate, resourceful, thoughtful, sensitive, motherly tomboy.  A fun mix. :)  We've often said that every family needs somebody like her.

We had a few friends over and the girls lost no time getting into full regalia to play in the pioneer house together. 

Sharing a meal...

A few shots of the inside furnishings...

The young ladies...

The cake...

Looks good enough to eat, doesn't it?

Meghan was born almost four weeks early.  This was a real surprise, considering I'd gone way overdue with both Justine and Leah.  It was a lot of fun calling friends and relatives to tell them because no one was expecting to hear any news so soon. While in labour we were talking about heartburn with the nurse.  I had a lot of heartburn in that pregnancy and the nurse told me that it meant that the baby would have lots of hair.  We laughed because our babies are known for their baldness.  Then there was Megs, with a full head of dark hair!  I would have thought the nurse was playing a trick on us by switching babies if I hadn't seen the baby for myself immediately. She was definately our baby, and with her sweet and thoughtful ways she's been a real blessing to us.

After opening her gifts Meghan presented us with a gift...the book that she'd been working on for the past few weeks.  A cute story...

Preparing to give something to us on her own birthday...that's so Megs.