Happy 10th Birthday Emelia!!!
Emelia came third into our family. She was different from the very beginning. I remember the day she was born, ten years ago, she had the most black hair I’ve ever seen on a baby.
The first two (amanda and bailey) were both born with light hair and not much of it. I would not have believed she was my child if I hadn’t seen her come from me! I literally sat and laughed for at least an hour… maybe too much medication? I just couldn’t believe she was mine. She was so beautiful. (still is.) The nurses would take her during the night so I could sleep for a little bit and she would come back with a new hairstyle. I don’t think many newborns had enough hair for the nurses to fix with little doggy ears and bows. I breastfed her for too long in my opinion.
I realized it when it was a little too late. Matt had to help get her to sleep for almost a month so that she could be weaned. It was tough, for us both! She had a case of RSV when she was about a year old. We had to use the nebulizer. It was scary. When she was about three she came out of her room to show me she had cut her hair. She had the most beautiful hair I had ever seen and I loved it! She had cut a complete doggy ear off. To the nub. Let’s just say I was creative with her hairstyles for the next year or two. We did a lot of side pony tails until I could even it out. I refused to cut it short!
She was so excited when Isabelle was born. Finally a playmate! Amanda was eight years older and although Bailey was a playmate for her, he was a boy and wouldn’t play dolls. She was in kindergarten when Izzy had her near drowning accident. When the accident happened, Matt and I were right outside the back door on the ground doing cpr on izzy. We told the kids to go inside (and pray) as we worked on her waiting for paramedics to arrive. They took Izzy around the side of the house and away in the ambulance. When we talked to Emelia on the phone later that night she thought we were burying Isabelle in the ground. She just didn’t understand. It made me so sad that she thought that. I guess she had seen animals buried and just thought that was what you did when something died. (of course you know that Isabelle was resuscitated and is alive - praise God.)
Emelia is a stubborn little girl who doesn’t take no for an answer. She is smarter than most, but will argue for 2 hours about doing something that will only take her five minutes. Creative parenting has been very useful for Emelia. She has a huge heart and would give away everything she has, without question. At church they are raising money for a missionary group called speed the light. She had $8.00 in her purse. She gave all she had. Without thought. Tonight was her bible school teacher’s birthday, she made her jewelry with the beads she received as a gift. She tucked money into the card (money she had been given for her birthday) and I told her I thought the jewelry was enough. She shrugged and said, “okay.” She’s never selfish and always thinking of others.
She is on the phone 24/7! While it might appear that I am a “cool mom” by giving her a cell phone at ten, truth is I just wanted mine back. She always had it. She is the epitome of a social butterfly! Happy tenth birthday! It’s been a fun 10 years and I look forward to what the next ten years bring (please be a sweet teenager, please be a sweet teenager…)
Happy Birthday, Emelia, all the way from South Africa!
I LOVE your spunky attitude with your sweet, generous heart (straight from God)!
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It was really nice getting to know Emelia! Happy 10th Birthday!!
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HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO EMELIA!
My Lauren had lots of dark hair at birth, too…crazy! I love that the hospital nurses had fun fixing baby Emelia’s hair, haha!
I can’t believe she chopped her hair off so badly! YIKES! I always thought one of my kids would do that, seeing as how they always saw me with shears in my hand, cutting people’s hair…but not one ever did! Ty was jealous when Lauren got her first Barbie (from her silly daddy!) at age one, so Ty chopped all of Barbie’s hair off and hid the evidence under a dresser, haha!
I love that Emelia is so generous…what a wonderful character trait! I love all the pictures you posted of her, and my favorite is the one of her kissing the pink pig!
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That was sweet Annie, fun to read more about Emelia……..Happy birthday!
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What a wonderful post–she sounds like such a sweetheart. Love all the stories about her, and the pictures are great.
I hope she has a fantastic birthday.
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What a wonderful post about this lovely daughter of yours. I feel like I got to “know” her a little bit. You are blessed and so is she.
Susan
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Annie, Your Mom and I used to laugh about Emelia and my granddaughter, Bethany, who was just weeks older. They BOTH had huge, black fuzzy hair. We decided that maybe God was issuing these hair-dos during that particular timeframe. I’m glad both girls’ hair finally tamed down and looked great.
Betty
Happy birthday to a beautiful girl!
Sorry I haven’t commented much lately Annie, it’s a little daunting with one hand but I have been by reading!
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This was so fun! I love the first picture. She sounds so wonderful. She also sounds just like me-Stubborn and on the phone a lot!!! (at least when I was younger, I sure don’t have time to talk on the phone too much now). I was so touched when I was reading about her generosity. Emelia is great!!!
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Happy Birthday Emelia! What a wonderful sweet post this is Annie! It touched my heart.
I hope she has a great birthday, you sure are lucky to have such wonderful children.
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This was such a nice post about Emelia. And you are a cool mom - even if there are a few selfish motives now and then. *grin*
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I’ll never forget the day she was born. My babies are always slick bald, so I thought Emelia was so funny with ALL of that hair! I thought she looked just like Matt, but now she looks more and more like you. She is beautiful, just like her momma.
Happy Birthday, Emelia! ; )
She’s beautiful, Annie. Happy Birthday to her.
And look at how pretty Izzy is! I swear, you make beautiful people. lol
I’ll bet you think that ten years flew by, right? Trust me. It did.
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Happy Birthday, Emilia! Sweet sweet post for a sweet sweet girl!
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Happy Birthday, Emilia! What a sweet post about your sweetie girl. She is sure looking grown up! I hate to rain on your parade but he next 10 years will fly by….:)
*smiles*
Kim
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How sweet and heartwarming is your writing! Happy Birthday to your daughter. May God bless her and you always.
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This was a beautiful post about Emelia. What an amazing girl you have there, so vivacious. My daughter is proving to be a real social butterfly and party waiting to happen.
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