TEN whole years - who can believe it!!!!

I can hardly believe that you are one decade old today! I'm not sure how that happened, but I am so glad that I get to be your mom :) My little spot of pink in amidst all those blue boys :) I know you want a baby sister, but you are just going to have to settle with being my baby girl forever :) You are such a great girl - so fun to hang out with and always great to be my helper! You are Brady's favorite person in the whole world (even more than me, I'm thinking) and you are such a good sister to the other kids too.

I love your cute smile, your determination on the soccer field, your enthusiasm for life. I love your compassionate nature, your reasoning about things in life, and your practical side :) I'm sorry you got my cleaning and organizational skills, but I'm sure you can overcome them someday.... Your spunk and love of all things pink and girly (except hair things - go figure) has made my life-long girly mom dream come true :) Of course amongst all that bling, you can hold your own with the boys too! You're very well rounded ;)

I love singing your favorite songs to you at night, and that you are so patient with my non-singing talent :) I love that "I love to see the Temple" and "When I am baptized" are some of your favorites :) I love hearing you play the piano and develop your talents, and you made a great reindeer in the school play at Christmas :)

I think you might be following me in your math talents, but I'm sure you can overcome that small inherited trait, as well :) You have really come along in your reading fluency, and I think it will match your comprehension here soon! I'm proud of all your hard work :) I think you must be one of the spunkiest, funnest, most social girls in your class (probably much to your teacher's chagrin) and I hope you will use your social skills wisely to be an "inclusive" friend and not an "exclusive" one. I think you do, for the most part, and I'm sorry that a sleepover for 20 is not possible ;) Hopefully the latenight will suffice (and that I will survive).

You are wonderful and I'm grateful for the 10 years I've already had with you! I hope you have a wonderful day! I love you, my big 10 year old princess!!!!