My darling, darling girl on the morning of her 7th birthday
She received her pretty new purple dress from grandma.
Melissa loves to laugh and is a bundle of fun. She loves to "think aloud" and share her good ideas, and she has lots of them! Many of our conversations begin with, "What do you think about....? That'd be a good idea, huh?" When Melissa is happy she fills a room with her joy. She feels life passionately and can be a ray of sunshine or a little storm-cloud, but her default mood is happy and bubbly.
My little girl is bright, determined, and spunky. It would be easy for her to just go along with her strong-willed big brother's ideas all the time, but she has a mind of her own and isn't afraid to express herself. Still Melissa and Matthew can be the best of friends, and sometimes enemies, and yet they always look out for each other.
Melissa adores being big sister to her baby sister after years of waiting and wishing. She loves Isaac too, but as she notes, Isaac can be trouble especially when he gets into her stuff!
This year her reading has really taken off. She is enjoying beginning chapter books like the Boxcar Children, and The Magic Treehouse. This from the girl who not long ago insisted she didn't like to read and really didn't see the need for it- Mom, Dad, and Matthew could just read for her! We are thrilled that she has discovered a love of reading during the last year.
Melissa is still a friend to everyone and includes all children when playing. She likes people, and she expects people to like her too. And they do! Everywhere she goes she makes friends.
It is hard to believe that seven years have past since we welcomed Melissa into our home. She surprised us by arriving so quickly that the midwife wasn't even in the room! I stood up and she was born into the welcoming hands of me, her mother. Her proud papa was right there, hands below mine to catch if needed. It was glorious, and very unexpected!
Melissa a few hours old and home from the birth center
Family of 4 with baby Melissa!
2 comments:
Rachel put up the Happy Birthday sign last night, but one of the corners came off. Isaac insisted that putting it back up was the first order of business for the day. "Bir'day 'issa! Bir'day 'issa!" he kept telling me.
When the guests arrived, Isaac insisted that everyone don their party hat. Because it's not a party, if you're not wearing your party hat.
I'm glad it was a fun birthday! What a pretty princess!!
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