Favourite Photo Meme

I am a little late with this , i tend to get tagged and never get around to actually finishing the meme but this was i just love. I was tagged by the lovely Diney over at Older Mums are Fun for this , basically you have to blog you favourite photo – that is ONE photo only .In this age of digital cameras it is sure not an easy task but straight away i knew which photo i would choose.

Looking at the photo it is not easy to tell why it is the favourite , to understand you really have to know the hell we had all been through the month before hand.
Most of you know that Rebecca took ill that summer, she spent weeks on a ventilator and needed major surgery . When the time came for her to get of the vent we were thrilled , finally we would be getting out daughter back . Only it was not like that , she came of the vent a different person. The drugs keeping her alive and sedated had caused havoc with her system , she was addicted and had to go through a horrible period of withdrawal . She was not the girl who a month before had been happy and playful , she was miserable and hyper and prone to screaming nasty fits and hallucinations . She did not sleep or eat for days . After everything this was horrible to deal with , we were so excited to be getting her back and instead we got a stranger . The drugs left her system and we were still left with a scared and confused little girl . She was weak , unable to walk or crawl and seemed very removed from reality . Then came this magical day , my parents came to visit with my sister, niece and Eilidh . They went for lunch in the hospital canteen and we were allowed to bring Rebecca down to see them , afterwards we all went to the ward and the children’s play area. As the day went on for the first time in many weeks we seen REBECCA come back , she interacted and played with her cousin and sister – crawling around and standing up . She smiled and laughed and she was once again our daughter. This picture to me just reminds me of how we all felt at this moment, although she looks tired and so small she also looks happy. I remember in this moment realising for the first times things were going to be ok.

I know the meme says one picture only but i just have to share my runner up . Again i did not have to think which picture as i just love it , i have shared it a few times before . It always makes me laugh.

It is Eilidh only a few minutes old , the expression on her face just cracks me up . How unimpressed does she look to be here?

I am sure most people have been tagged already , i am thinking it has mostly been a UK blogger meme so will try tagging a few people in the US. All the women take many ,many wonderful pictures so i know they will have a wonderful one to share.

Collean at A Madison Mum ,
Courtney at Chaos Is us
Teresa at Clifton Clan
Christina at Momology
and lastly Lisanna at Lisanne’s Blog