Okay, so I thought my birthday posts were over....sorry, they're not. A girl can change her mind, can't she?
Thirty plus years ago on this day at one minute before the noon hour, the lives of The Husband and me changed forever. For the good. Forever. The Girl entered our lives and our lives have never been the same since.
I was thinking of how much The Girl had not changed since being little. Someone has said that a child's life is molded in the very first years. When I began to look and think about it, in the life of The Girl that is true. I thought you, my faithful blog readers, might enjoy seeing the similarities then and now.
The Girl REALLY loves her daddy. And she also LOVES a good nap. (And no, I did not cook Double Q salmon in the den in those days. It's called a "spit cup". We still have them at our house except now they are quality water or gatorade bottles with lids and no water or gatorade.) This is one of my favorite pictures from the first days The Girl was at home.
The Girl still listens intently to others and their advice.
The Girl smiles a lot and is happy most days.
She loves to dress her best for church. The Girl loves a good Easter dress. She does not like scratchy crinolines.
The Girl is a BIG Mickey Mouse fan. Enough said.
Books and reading are a favorite way to pass the time. There was more time to pass in younger days than now, but books are still important.
Baking makes her smile....
The Girl even likes cleaning her house most days. I miss her cleaning skills at my house.
..and hats....quality hats...
She loves Christmas and presents. She has gotten a lot of "thing-a-ding-ding" gifts of some sort through the years.
The Girl likes to talk on the phone and read her Bible....though not at the same time. It's harder to multitask as one ages.
..and that hasn't changed. We gave her her gift and had a small taste of sugar free dessert last night.
This quilt is a piece of her heritage. The quilt top was hand made by a great great (maybe even one more great) grandmother. I quilted and finished it for The Girl. The top was given to me back in the 1980's by my mother-in-law. The quilter had been gone for 50 years then so we figure it was sewn--by hand-- in the 1920's or so. Vintage at it's finest. The quilt was a treasure to The Girl. I thought of what The Husband said about it last night. Years and years ago the quilter probably had in mind for it to go to someone special and while we don't know what transpired all those years in between, it did in fact go to someone special at the perfect time. And what a blessed girl she is!
So happy happy birthday sweet girl! We love you more than you will ever begin to know.....
Thirty plus years ago on this day at one minute before the noon hour, the lives of The Husband and me changed forever. For the good. Forever. The Girl entered our lives and our lives have never been the same since.
I was thinking of how much The Girl had not changed since being little. Someone has said that a child's life is molded in the very first years. When I began to look and think about it, in the life of The Girl that is true. I thought you, my faithful blog readers, might enjoy seeing the similarities then and now.
The Girl REALLY loves her daddy. And she also LOVES a good nap. (And no, I did not cook Double Q salmon in the den in those days. It's called a "spit cup". We still have them at our house except now they are quality water or gatorade bottles with lids and no water or gatorade.) This is one of my favorite pictures from the first days The Girl was at home.
The Girl still listens intently to others and their advice.
The Girl smiles a lot and is happy most days.
She loves to dress her best for church. The Girl loves a good Easter dress. She does not like scratchy crinolines.
The Girl is a BIG Mickey Mouse fan. Enough said.
Books and reading are a favorite way to pass the time. There was more time to pass in younger days than now, but books are still important.
The Girl loves snow. Check out the plastic bag shoes.
The Girl loves to bake and is very good at it.
She loves licking beaters, too.
Baking makes her smile....
The Girl even likes cleaning her house most days. I miss her cleaning skills at my house.
The Girl loves fun shoes....
She loves Christmas and presents. She has gotten a lot of "thing-a-ding-ding" gifts of some sort through the years.
The Girl likes to talk on the phone and read her Bible....though not at the same time. It's harder to multitask as one ages.
The Girl has ALWAYS loved birthdays....
..and that hasn't changed. We gave her her gift and had a small taste of sugar free dessert last night.
This quilt is a piece of her heritage. The quilt top was hand made by a great great (maybe even one more great) grandmother. I quilted and finished it for The Girl. The top was given to me back in the 1980's by my mother-in-law. The quilter had been gone for 50 years then so we figure it was sewn--by hand-- in the 1920's or so. Vintage at it's finest. The quilt was a treasure to The Girl. I thought of what The Husband said about it last night. Years and years ago the quilter probably had in mind for it to go to someone special and while we don't know what transpired all those years in between, it did in fact go to someone special at the perfect time. And what a blessed girl she is!
So happy happy birthday sweet girl! We love you more than you will ever begin to know.....
