Monday, July 30, 2018

A 5th Birthday Tribute to our Sweet One


Dear Sweet One, 

As I spent some time gathering photos for this post, it brought back memories of your eventful, long, and exciting birth 5 years ago and I can't believe another year has gone by!



You have grown and changed so much since your 4th birthday celebration (that happened to also be a unicorn theme) and now we are so joyful and happy to celebrate your 5th birthday!

This past year you continued to LOVE gymnastics and do all sorts of crazy moves, even in trees!  You are super flexible and just about everyday you practice hand stands, rolls, back bends, splits and your dance moves!  You really have no fear! 







You continue to love to read with Daddy and Mommy and your siblings too! 




You love the beach and swimming at Nana and Grandpa's pool and you are getting really good at swimming.  So much so that you have taken off your floaties to swim!  This past year in the pool you are swimming a lot in the shallow end and you like to jump off the side of the pool in the deep end so Mom and Dad can catch you! And you love to spin around and I get so dizzy too easily! :) 


You love hanging out with your big brother!  He is so good to you and all his sisters!


I love when you wake up in the morning and come and snuggle with me. 


And at Halloween in 2015 you thought the yucky pumpkin guts were quite funny and it made you very silly. :)

You still love to wear all types of shoes including my black boots!


I love this photo of you from our trip to Charleston, SC at one of your sibling's soccer tournament in Nov. 2015 because it shows just how your hair gets curlier and curlier!


You loved the new kitchen and accessories you got for Christmas 2015...


You love playing dress-up and with your sisters and being silly with them!



Your big brother loves to snuggle with you, but you don't always want to sit still enough for his hugs.  You happened to fall asleep on his shoulder so I quickly took a photo of this rare moment where your brother got some snuggle time with you! 

You love to roller skate with and without help!


You love going to the park and swinging, climbing and sliding!


You love to help out in the kitchen and you are always pulling up a bar stool to get close to the counter as you exclaim often, "I wanna see! I wanna do it!"   Here you are helping out with our traditional Easter resurrection cookies. 


You've been talking up a storm, learning your ABCs, counting and doing school work like the big kids.  You love to sing your ABCs and you always ask us to write out the alphabet by saying "Do an A."  This past year you do really well writing the letter "n" over and over again. :) 


Recently you loved going on kiddie rides for the first time at Knoebels Amusement Park


And you went down your first water slide!


You are growing so fast and tall that you can already touch the ceiling!  Well, you can at least touch this ceiling with help from Daddy.


You have grown so much and have gone through so many changes this past year!  You don't take regular naps anymore, but occasionally you'll find Mommy and Daddy's bed to sleep in during the day or you will walk downstairs at night and come and snuggle with us! For a little person you sure do take up a lot of space!

This past year you loved to say the "Hail Mary" and "Our Father" prayers even more and during family prayer time you tell us who is next to recite the prayers.  We love that you love Jesus and kneel during Mass and sing the "Alleluia" at just the right time.  All of us are also amazed that you walk up to communion at daily Mass with your little praying hands folded and bow before the Eucharist, though it is still some time before you can actually receive our Lord at your First Communion.  Here you are kneeling at The National Shrine of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton in front of her final resting place.


We pray and hope that you will always love our Lord and grow deeper in love with your faith and look up to Him and our Blessed Mother as your best role models and friends.


You play and love hard and sometimes you fall and scrap your forehead from playing so hard and then fall asleep from all the playing.


You still love to dress up and this past year we saw you in this outfit a lot!


You loved the snow in January 2018 and we were finally able to put this cute snow suit on you that we got from a friend. 

In winter 2018, you enjoyed being around the ponies and horses during your older sister's horse back riding lessons. 


You love your family and we love you!


Happy 5th birthday!  We had fun celebrating your special day at the beach club and eating unicorn cupcakes!  





We love you! 

Love, 
Mom, Dad and your 4 older siblings :) 

Sunday, June 10, 2018

Happy 14th Birthday to our Daughter!


It's hard to believe that it's been 14 years!!  June 10, 2004 was a joyous day for sure!   Both your older sister and your older brother were born on Friday, the 19th, so exactly 17 months apart.  Your sister was born on Friday, May 19th and your brother on Friday, October 19th.  So it would have been nice if you kept the "19th" day birthday tradition going, but holding you in my womb for 9 more days would have been...well, not so fun! :)

You were loved from the start and what a surprise it was when you came into this world with a head full of beautiful, dark hair!  We were in awe of you, God's blessing, and we couldn't believe the amount of hair God blessed you with!  You looked like you had a wig!  Your big sister is wearing a pink t-shirt that says "I'm the BIG Sister" and your big brother is wearing a blue t-shirt that says "I'm the BIG Brother" in the photo.  I made these shirts for your siblings and wrapped them up for your brother's 2nd birthday.  At his party, they each opened the t-shirts and this is how we told family and friends I was pregnant with you!  It was very exciting to share our joyful news in this way!

Your big sister and brother loved peeking into your bassinet to watch you sleep peacefully!  They loved giving you lots of hugs and kisses!

This picture was taken just before your first Sunday Mass visit.  You looked so beautiful with your pink and white lace outfit. It was a lovely day to bring you to our church for the first time!

Here you are at 4 1/2 months old, our Little Pumpkin.  You even had a pumpkin stem!  :)

Here you are at 9 months old with your brother and sister  and you still have a head full of beautiful brown (now with streaks of blond) hair!  I had to put bows in your hair at 9 weeks old and since you never lost your hair, as many people thought you would, we continued to keep the hair out of your eyes with pretty bows!

You have always been a big helper as you helped paint our new house!

You love being silly with your siblings!


 
You are such a great big sister!


You love God and your Catholic faith and my prayer is that you always will!

I love how you surprise me with sweet notes!  You have such a tender and loving heart!

 I love how you surprise me with silly photos that you take on my phone without me knowing!  :-)
 
I love watching you run, dribble, and kick the soccer ball.  You are athletic and competitive, yet humble and a team player on and off the field. 






I love how creative and artistic you are with photography and paintings.  


I love how you have fun with your little sister and you are very patient with your 4 siblings!  



Happy 14th Birthday sweet girl! You bring so much joy and love to our lives!  We are so blessed to have you in our family!

Love, Mom

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