Happy Birthday Bekah! (one day late!)

Wow, I've really gotten out of the blog habit. I do want to get back into it, it just isn't high on my priority list right now... :)


My baby, Rebekah, turned seven years old yesterday! I can't believe she is that old. Guess that makes me even older! Ha ha... and Jon Paul turned the big 4-0 last week too. I have a couple of years before I hit that mark!

Happy Birthday Rebekah! I hope your day yesterday was great. We had your party on Saturday, the day before your birthday. You had 19 little girls come and celebrate your special day with you. You are blessed with such good friends.


I just wanted to say that Mommy is proud of you loves you very much. So, in keeping with tradition, here are seven things I LOVE ABOUT YOU!!


1. I love your meek spirit. You don't like to have all the attention on you and are content watching others in the lime light.


2. I love your servant's heart. You are quick to offer to help me in the kitchen and are observant to see a need and do it without me having to ask you to do it first.


3. I love your silly faces you make. You sure do like making us laugh!


4. I love it when I catch you walking on your tippy toes. You used to do it all the time when you were little. And you still do it every now and then. Maybe you will be a prima ballerina someday!!


5. I love seeing you get more and more brave about doing things in front of people. You are my shy little one, but you have come a long way. You even will get up on stage at church and help lead in worship!


6. I love that you love school. You have never complained once about having to go to school and I am so happy you are happy there. It also helps having AWESOME teachers - which you have been blessed with last year and this year.


7. I love that you love to be tickled. We have some of the best tickle sessions and I love hearing your laugh so hard you can't catch your breath!!


We are so proud of you and can't wait to see what your future holds. Enjoy being seven!!

Take 2 - Pirate Style

Go Bekah!

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Rachel's Turn

Another version!

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Dinner Time Fun

We love being silly!

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Happy 9th Birthday, Rachel!!

Nine years ago today you came into our lives and we were forever changed. You made us Mommy and Daddy. We are so proud of you and grateful to God for allowing us to be your parents. We love you and we celebrate you today. We hope you have a most awesome day!!

Nine things we love about you...

1. We love your creativity. You can write the best plays, songs, and stories and we hope you will always continue to be creative.
2. We love your confidence. You are bold in your ability to get in front of people and perform. This is something your Mommy has never been confident in.
3. We love your friendliness. You have never been afraid to be a friend to anyone.
4. We love your long brown hair. We really like how just growing out your bangs has changed your appearance. Not sure about how it makes you look older.... :)
5. We love that you still have the innocence of a child. You haven't been too anxious to grow up, like some of the other girls your age have. We want you to be a child as long as you can - you have your whole life to be "grown up."
6. We love that you like to read. You've started reading longer books and that makes us happy. We hope you will always have that thirst for reading.
7. We love how smart you are. You've done great in school and you did awesome on your first benchmark test in school. You will do great things when you get older.
8. We love that you love Jesus. We pray you will always want to know Him better and serve Him in everything you do.
9. We love your bracy smile. You got braces about six months ago. You have been a trooper through this round and one day, you will see how all this work and a little pain will pay off.

Rebekah Says the "F" Word!!

 Great dinner time conversation with my six year old!

Happy 6th Birthday Rebekah!

I can't believe that you are SIX years old today!

You woke up this morning still insisting you were five because you hadn't had your party yet. It was hard for you to understand that today was your birthday - and tomorrow is your party - but you still turn six today. I think you finally got it after talking a while and eating some breakfast. You couldn't wait to get to school because you were taking cupcakes for all your class to eat at snack time. You wanted chocolate cupcakes with white icing and pink and green flowers on them. They turned out beautiful!

 

Six Things I Love About You:

1. I love your silliness - as seen in the photos above. You are a natural in front of the lense.

2. I love hearing you read. You are learning so much now and it is so exciting watching you learn something new.

3. I love that you love to go to school. I pray that you never lose that desire to go and learn.

4. I love your tender and quiet heart. You are finding your voice and I'm proud of you for that.

5. I love the fact you are not a morning person. You are like your Momma and would prefer not to talk or anything soon after getting up. But once you have your breakfast, you are usually much perkier.

6. I love laugh, especially when we get into a good tickle fight. It melts my heart.

I hope you have a wonderful day today. Mommy and Daddy are taking you out tonight by yourself! Rachel will be at a sleepover, so you get us all to yourself. You have requested to ride go-carts - so that is what we are doing. Tomorrow afternoon is your gymnastics party. I know you can't wait!

I better go now - I have a date with you for lunch at school. I love you my sweet baby!!