Happy Birthday Gracie Girl!! Wow-I can't believe you are 6 already!! You aren't supposed to grow up-it's not allowed!! But grown up you have, and quite a bit this year. You've gotten so much taller that Mommy can already tell you are going to be taller than me...you better not tease me about being short :) !!
Here you were a year ago when you turned 5-such an exciting day for you!! That shirt was one of your favorites. You loved that shirt (mainly because it was scratch and sniff haha), and you were so excited to turn 5 and start Kindergarten!! It's hard to believe that you are now a year older. You've changed and grown and gone through so much in just one year!!
One of the biggest things I remember that happened right after your birthday-you got your hair cut. Your hair was almost down to your bum, and then you decided that you wanted it shorter. So we let you go ahead and get it cut all the way up to your shoulders. It was hard for Mommy to watch all that long hair that you'd had since you were a baby come off, but you loved your new hair cut, and you looked super cute too. You also got a new baby sister shortly after your birthday!! You adored Genesis and loved being able to do anything for her from feeding to changing to holding her...anything just to be near her. It was so cute, and made me so proud of you!!
A couple months later you did a super fantastic job in the Primary Program at church, and then surprise!! You lost your first tooth, just two weeks before Christmas!! We called you and Gwen the Toothless Twins because you both lost the same tooth within a few days of each other. You two do enjoy looking and acting like twins!! Not long after that, we got to fly to Vermont for Christmas and spend lots of time with all your grandparents, and a few of your aunts, uncles and cousins as well. You had so much fun, and there's nothing that makes me happier than seeing you share your happiness and love with your family.
In the months after Christmas you got to celebrate 100 days at school with lots of fun activities, snacks and games at school. You got to visit the zoo again and feed the giraffes. You got a reading medal at school for reading more than 50 books-yay!! You also got to be in the big nursery rhyme production that the kindergarteners put on. You chose to be Little Bo Peep, and you were so excited (and so very very cute) when you got to dress up as her for your school day performance and for the parent performance later that night. You did a fantastic job reciting Little Bo Peep!!
Before the school year ended we got to take a trip to Idaho to see some aunts and uncles, and your cousins. You had so much fun there and wished so much that we didn't have to leave. After school ended for the year we went on a big vacation through Virginia, up to Vermont, then to New York and finally Pennsylvania before heading back to Texas. You got to see so many relatives that we haven't seen in a few years, play with a bunch of cousins, and do so many fun things like rafting behind Papa's boat, swim in Spring Lake, pet Grandma's new puppy, go to an amusement park, and go to a big museum. We did so much, but the best part was coming home and celebrating our now 6 year old girl!!
You are such a sweet, charming, empathetic little girl, and grow more and more so every year. You bring us so much joy through your everlasting kindness and love for others. You are such a big helper and such a good big (and little) sister. We are so proud of you and everything that you have learned, accomplished and overcome in just one year. You are loved so very much by your sisters, and especially by Mommy and Daddy. You are a shining star in our lives, and we are so grateful and blessed that you are our daughter and part of our family. Happy 6th Birthday Gracie Girl...we love you so very much!!!
