She's 10 today...

And how I wish that I could be there to hug her and kiss her and tell her how much she is loved and just make her feel downright SPECIAL because of who God has created her to be. I know Randy does too.

I bet she would love our silly birthday breakfast tradition of getting the special red plate with a donut and a candle on top and she would probably laugh and roll her eyes like all of us do when we try to sing the birthday song together {off-key}.


She would certainly join in on the obligatory embarrassing ridiculously goofy family picture that we always take. {Funny that we never plan for it to turn out this way... yet somehow they ALWAYS do!}

How do I know that she will participate?

Hmmmm....

I don't know her well enough yet to know which she would like better for a birthday dessert...

The yummy ice-cream cake with candy bar and cookie topping?

 Or something a little more pretty and personalized?

I wonder what she would choose when she could pick anything she wanted me to make for dinner and I am sure she wouldn't mind the attention she would get when all of us: mom, dad, brothers, sister, aunt, uncle, cousins, and grandparents came to celebrate with her.



I think she would get a kick out of having a "date" with mommy or daddy like we do sometimes with our kids.  If it were with mommy, we'd probably go shopping or to get our nails done- because I know how much she likes to be girly and have pretty things.

If it were with daddy, I bet they would go out for ice-cream and just be silly together- because I know she can be pretty goofy sometimes and daddy can always make us laugh. :)

Most of all, I pray that this is the LAST birthday that she will ever spend without a family to love on her and make her feel completely precious.

For you created my inmost being; 

you knit me together in my mother’s womb. 

  I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; 

   your works are wonderful, 

   I know that full well. 

 My frame was not hidden from you 

   when I was made in the secret place, 

   when I was woven together in the depths of the earth. 

Your eyes saw my unformed body; 

   all the days ordained for me were written in your book 

   before one of them came to be."  Psalm 139:13-16

Meul kam le deut {Happy Birthday}

to our beautiful girl! 

***I think we will be making some cupcakes today in her honor! :)