I don’t want to believe my baby is 10! I am in serious denial of how fast time is flying. It is NOT okay with me, not even in the littlest bit. (Okay, now that is hopefully out of my system….) As I mentioned in my previous post, my prayer for my children for many years now has been:
Jeremiah 29:11-13
“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.
I will be found by you.”
As a single mom I am counting on this, He is faithful and I am thankful.
6 months
For the most part you really were a happy baby.
At 2 you loved to be the center and dance. In this photo I can still hear you saying “Me?!” You were so pleased to be noticed. (this is at Matt & Samantha’s wedding, ignore the bad lighting – it’s a photo of a photo in a frame)
At 3 – you have a wonderful smile and bright eyes.
You really are a joy to have around.
This was the summer you turned 5.
You have always wanted to do what your brother was doing. He was fishing and you wanted to fish so badly too. He found wire, made the shape of a hook & put licorice on the “hook” – you fished for hours by his side and you were so proud.
At 7 – I love this photo of you! You needed to be wearing pants and rubber boots for life – but those didn’t twirl, so you wore a dress too…and a sweatshirt and vest – even though it was not cold. But this is you, in your mind it made sense and there was no changing. I was just happy it looked cute on you!
When you do something, it is usually very thorough and with your whole heart.
This is one of my favorite photos of you. You didn’t want your face in the water – but you needed goggles on. It took you a while to get all of this situated, but once you did you were so content!
You can enjoy the most simple of activities as well. This is you just watching the bubbles float into the sunset and the surfers on the beach.
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You are not too proud to love your baby doll, express yourself, or enjoy what is going on at any moment. I was at a moment of heightened stress traveling from Arizona to Alaska (you can read about the day here.), but when I turned around I could find you at a glance and I so appreciate the memory of your laid back, positiveness.
At 8 and a half.
You are beautiful my girl! You still love everything girl, but will go play in the mud in your dress up clothes with no hesitation too.
At 9 and a half…and then there are the times you know you know exactly what you want, and you don’t want to back down or give it up. It took forever to actually track down this pink cowboy hat – but you did come home with it. Our first trip home from Arizona was with the pink tiara, second trip home from Arizona you wore the pink cowboy hat and security still seems to stop us every time! As if they really take me as a serious threat?! These are 10 of my favorite photos of you that each have special memories attached and so thoroughly show who you are.
(more updates later, but this is just too sweet to not put here tonight)
10:30pm tonight….You were a girly, girl all day, then added the camo face paint after 9pm – you are such a goof – a total dork and we love you just the way you are.
You want to serve, you work hard, you are thorough, and truly helpful.
I believe today is a day you will never forget. You will never go back to single digits, you received so much love I believe your heart was filled to the brim.