Today our beautiful daughter Abizella turns 10 years old.
The decade she has been in our life has been full of laughs, beauty, whimsy, and sunlight. I love this face!
We all lined up for the chance to knock her in the head with some gifts.
She loves all of the good reads the Grandma sends!
Abizella is always very methodical in her present requests. We tell her the budget and she spends hours combing the Internet looking for the perfect items to meet the budget and fill the bulk of her wish list. This year she chose this awesome blue bike, that was so affordable that she also could squeeze out some doll furniture and LPS figures with the remaining $$$.
She and Tadpole immediately took to the road to go for a test ride.
Abizella we love you with our whole hearts. Let me count 10 ways:
1. You are smart. You pick up new concepts quickly and with ease. You have a clever mind and face challenges with confidence.
2. You are beautiful. You have gorgeous blue eyes, a long lean physique, adorable freckles, and smile that wins you friends every where you go.
3. You are outgoing and friendly. Others gravitate to your joyful energy. Everywhere you go, you find fun and friends.
4. You are are an awesome chef. You make us delicious breakfasts and dinners. You are driven to replicate dad's perfect mashed potatoes and gravy. You are passionate about dessert and we devour your creations.
5. You are dependable. We trust you to carry through with responsibilities. You always get the job done well.
6. You have your own sense of fashion. You know what looks good and you carry yourself with confidence and a touch of sass.
7. You are sporty. You have a natural athletic ability. I love running and riding bikes with you. You have a competitive edge, always driven to lead the lane at swim team practice.
8. You are creative and resourceful. You have spent the bulk of your summer happily cutting and taping as you create your own doll furniture out of whatever you can snag from the recycling boxes. Then you and your friends and brothers create elaborate play episodes with your creations.
9. You are our caretaker. You can relate to every member of our family. You make sure your brothers know their way to and from school, you cook for us, you teach your brothers to read and play the piano, you babysit your little brothers, you plan all of our celebrations.
10. If we can only have 1 girl in our family, Abizella you fill out the spectrum. You are everything. We all love you immensely.
