Happy Birthday, Jessica! (OR: I can't believe my baby's 11)

11 years ago today, God answered the prayers of my heart and blessed me with a beautiful, perfect little baby girl. To celebrate, here are 11 things about Jessica:

1. She was a colicky baby, and had her days and nights mixed up. I think she didn't want to miss anything!


2. She was talking in compete sentences at 1 year old, and hasn't stopped since!

3. She's my sensitive child, who always seems to know when someone is feeling blue and loves on them.

4. She's also my generous child, who always wants to give. We joke about the fact that money burns a hole in her pocket, and it's true, but most of the time she'd just as soon spend it on someone else as on herself.


5. She says she's not a girly-girl, but she is an old-fashioned girl, who love Laura Ingalls, Anne of Green Gables, American Girls, and Millie Keith.

6. Obviously she loves to read, too!

7. She was baptized when she was 9 years old, but she always said she gave her heart to Jesus when she was 4.

8. She still talks about her friends in Idaho, and how much she misses them, and calls herself a "Northern girl."

9. She is having a 1950's slumber party tonight, with 8 girls invited. Her mother must be INSANE!


10. She loves to play outside, especially when there are trees to climb.


11. I love her more than she can possibly understnd.