Another Birthday Approaching Soon

My youngest daughter will be 8 on July 11th. So in honor of her turning 8, I give you 8 things:

8 things I love most about you:
1. You're funny. And when you know someone finds something you said or done funny, you keep doing it over and over. Anything to make someone else laugh.
2. Your innocent, sweet, shy personality. You have a true love for your family and friends. You're kind, willing to help people when they need you. You have a quiet, shy side that's more dominant than your outgoing side until you get to know someone and then you let loose!
3. Your beautiful curls. I know sometimes you hate the curly hair but it's YOU. It's beautiful and people comment on those curls all the time.
4. Your big, blue eyes. I can see your whole soul with those eyes. They tell me when you're happy or sad, when you're hurt or when you're being mischievous.
5. Your love of animals. You keep saying you want to be a vet when you grow up. I think you would be wonderful as a vet since you truly love animals and don't mind the "yucky" parts of taking care of them.
6. You're very smart. Often times you feel like you aren't smart but girl you excel in school, sports and everything that you put your mind to.
7. Your big heart. You hug me so often, telling me you love me. When you're away from me, you tell me how much you missed me. You want to be with me, spend time with me and I love that. You also show so much love to your big sister, your grandparents and your true friends. You're generous, loving and kind. Don't change that.
8. You're YOU. Sometimes you follow in your sister's footsteps. But when it really matters, you lead. You speak your mind, tell me and others what you like and dislike and you don't mind being different from the crowd. (good example is plaid....so popular, so cute and I love it....you HATE it, loathe it and refuse to have anything plaid!)

8 Things You Like: in no particular order
1. Hannah Montana
2. Jonas Brothers
3. Candy
4. Your family
5. Animals
6. Video Games
7. Swimming
8. The colors pink and purple

8 Foods You Like:
1. Ice Cream
2. Pizza
3. Candy
4. Fruit
5. Shrimp
6. Steak
7. Salad
8. BBQ


8 Favorite Activities:
1. Swimming
2. Riding Bikes
3. Riding 4 wheelers
4. Karate
5. Jumping on the trampoline
6. Drawing/Arts and Crafts
7. Jump Rope
8. Putting puzzles together

8 Places You Like To Go:
1. Your grandparents house
2. Chuck E. Cheese's
3. The park
4. Rainforest Cafe
5. Amusement parks
6. Any swimming pool
7. Build a Bear
8. The Mall

8 Movies You Like:
1. High School Musical
2. High School Musical 2
3. Hannah Montana 3D
4. The Incredibles
5. Camp Rock
6. Cars
7. Finding Nemo
8. Toy Story

8 Words That Describe You:
1. beautiful
2. innocent
3. sweet
4. caring
5. funny
6. silly
7. loving
8. wonderful

8 Wishes For You:
1. I wish for you a lifetime of happiness.
2. I wish for you to find real love when you're older and the time is right.
3. I wish for you good health.
4. I wish for you to always have forgiveness in your heart.
5. I wish for you a good education and common sense that will get you where you need to go in life.
6. I wish for you to have good relationships with your family and friends, even those that you feel have done you wrong.
7. I wish for you to have a Mom that learns from her mistakes, that you can be patient with and that you'll always love as much as she'll always love you!
8. I wish for your 8th year of life to be fun, happy and full of memories!

Ms. M, I loved you before you were born, while you were still growing inside of me. I loved you the minute you were born more than when you were growing inside of me. I loved you when you were a toddler, walking and still learning to talk. I loved you when you were 5 and started school. I've loved you more and more each year of your life. And this year will be no different. Each day of your life, my love for you grows! You're an incredible person, a wonderful daughter and I am honored to be your mom. You make me proud!
I love you~~