12 Years!

Here's wishing my Niece a very happy birthday! I cannot believe that it has been 12 years since she was born. I can remember the day as clearly as if it was yesterday.
I was woken early by Mum with the news that I had become an Uncle. T's daughter was born early in the morning after a labour that had started at midnight. In what has become the norm in recent years, she was leaving hospital to be taken home at 10:30.
A few days earlier I had been watching a video of Jack Dee where a particular gag centred around the birth of his first child. At it's funniest point Jack is perplexed to find that his firstborn emerges into the world looking blue! This had stuck in my mind and I spent the whole day at school wondering whether I would discover a blue niece when I finally got to meet her.
Obviously she was a beautiful pink bundle lost in her father's arms as I walked into the flat. I remember being stunned by her paper thin fingers and in awe of how small yet perfect she was. Distance prevents me from sharing today with her but when she comes over we will get together and head for the shops.