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| Right around your 9th birthday. Fun, silly girl. |
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| We got to go to Disney this year! |
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| 10 years old. Wow. When did that happen? |
This post is three months late. I'm sorry. I have decided to write these posts with your birthdays as a deadline and I completely failed. But, here it is. No excuses. Just an apology. Life got busy and I didn't write your letter, but I wonder if deep down I am just in denial about you growing up. I mean, look at that last picture! What happened to my little chubby baby? She is nowhere to be seen. What I do see, however, is a young woman ready to take on the world.
You continue to be an amazing big sister. Evie adores you and, most of the time, you are willing to help her with whatever she needs. Macie continues to be a great friend and partner in crime. Fourth grade was a big year for you. As parents, we are still learning how balance giving you some independence and responsibility and learning when to reign it in a little. You are working on how to solve problems yourself, especially girl drama that comes with this age. You have decided to give the trombone a try for fifth grade band. When you want to practice, I think you are quite good at it! Our friend Joel has even taught you how to play pieces of "Uptown Funk!"
You continue to draw, color, create, bike and play school. You have started to stay home alone here and there for bits of time and I think you like the house quiet and to yourself. You have been more and more interested in making your own food...quesadillas being your favorite so far. Your cousins all look up to you and you have been a great role model for them.
I love that you still want to cuddle and hold my hand, and that even though it's not going to work, you still try to delay bedtime for as long as possible. I am excited to see what this next year holds for you. It is the only year all of my girls will be in the same school together. Next year...off to middle school. Yikes. But, I will take the advice of a very wise friend and live for what is happening now. If I spend too much time thinking of the past or the future, I will miss all the wonderful that is happening now.
I love you my baby.
Happy Birthday...three months late.
Mommy
As always, we (the royal "we" meaning me, Aunt Martha,) love reading your posts. Your gift for writing creatively, capturing the changes in the past year and honoring the process (of growing up) are all quite evident. I can "hear" you telling me these things. You are an amazing Mom (and teacher).
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Thank you Martha (and Jeff). It is all going so quickly and I am just trying to remember and soak it all in. Miss you both and love you!
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