there is something amazing that happens to your heart with each child you bring into your fold, but there is something reserved for the prints that first child places all over your life, heart, kitchen floors, and car windows.
today, our katie bug begins her last year in the single digits. for the rest of my earthly days she will be a two digit girl. more than ever i want to slow this year down and embrace all the "little girl" things about her that i know we could possibly lose. things like; the short amount of time she spends in the bathroom ;), her outlandish giggle that is super contagious, her utter confidence in who she is and not what she does or what she wears, her ability to play pretend, her unawareness about boys, and the little girl body she indwells. something about double digits seems to complicate the innocence i find in her eyes.
if katie continues down the educational path she is on, she will be attending college 9 years from right now. which means we are half way through "raising" her. half way. i can't seem to breathe.
katie love, you made your daddy and i parents, and you opened our eyes to experience love in a totally unbelievable way. our lives are richer because of you, our hearts our fuller because of the WHO you are, our lists are way more particular with you around, our schedule more talked about, our home a far better place because God saw fit to bless us with YOU!!
happy birthday, katherine suzanne!
~Mama and Daddy
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