Let me just start by saying that i have been crying all day long! It has taken me by COMPLETE surprise! I woke up this morning and I have this beautiful, tall girl that lives in my home. What happened to this beautiful 1 year old, with the curly locks and sweet cherub face?
my little pudgy 18 month old with the cutest pig tails...where is she?
my 2 year old bunny?
my 2 year old pudgy dancer?
my little 2 year old getting into mischief...where is she?
right about here at age 4...she slimmed out and starting turning into this amazing girl.
her beautiful smile melts my heart
as she has learned to be a beautiful little lady. I sat this morning in my chair and cried and cried as i thought about everything from counting her toes and fingers for the first time, to hearing her laugh for the first time. Tim and I sat on the couch with her for hours and made her laugh over and over. it was the most magical sound ever. We were so amazed at every thing that she did, that we couldn't wait to see what was next. now here i am 7 years later and i can't believe it. i have tried to savor every moment, but it is going too fast.
this is her first picture this morning as a 7 year old. she looks older! i can't stand it.
hot chocolate in her princess mug this morning.
a puzzle from mommy and daddy
more beads from mimi
fun books from grammy
even "A Little Princess" which she will soon devour as she has almost completed the entire Narnia series in 2 months.
we all signed her card this morning...to the untrained eye this says "OH CAL" but it actually says "LOVE ANNIE". Then he drew his signature mark...a sword! CHING!
Toby is getting so big too...he spelled this all on his own!
She ordered up a special breakfast: face-sized pancakes with kiwi eyes, banana nose and whip cream mouth! mmmm....
the boys love all the festivities too! what a great day! I am so thankful for my girl and all Jesus has planned for her. My goal now is to just enjoy her for who she is right now and to help lead her to love Jesus more and more.
You made me cry, too! I feel the same way about Allison and she's only 4.
ReplyDeleteI can relate.... x4! I feel it the most with the oldest and the youngest! it is crazy!!
ReplyDeleteMet a young lady today who reminded us of Annie.... Maybe I can snap her picture and send it to you... it was crazy how much she reminded us of Annie!
as always.... love you!
oh I miss you guys! Happy Birthday Annie!! (love Bella too!)
ReplyDeleteThis is so dorky but I totally started crying too! I cant imagine jayci turning 7, how can we make time slow down?!! :-) Happy bday sweet Annie!
ReplyDeletewow, Annie's a knock-out! She's so gorgeous and was so cute!
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