Saturday, May 8, 2010

she's officially a teen


Today is Emily's thirteenth birthday!

I can hardly believe that she was as small as she was when I first met her. Now she is almost 5'6" with a love for tank tops and sneakers, skateboards, curling irons and flat irons and high end phones (Jamie turned her into a phone snob by giving Em her Blackberry when she got a new one) Things have definitely changed!

The first time I met Em, it was two weeks after her seventh birthday. She was a tiny little thing with chipmunk cheeks. She was just finishing up grade one and still carried around her favourite stuffed animals, (which she called stuffties) and she fell in love with Jamie immediately. I think she loved how punky/emo/unusual she was with the spiky, dyed hair and funky clothes.

Now, Em is the one experimenting with all the different looks and Jamie is settling into adulthood. It's been an interesting few years, to say the least.

Happy Birthday Em! We love you and wouldn't change a thing, even if we could.

PS: If you have a Wordpress blog (Wildstorm and Burstmode come to mind) please know I am reading your blogs and LOVE your recent pics. For some reason, my laptop won't allow me to add my info to comment, and I will have to do that next time I am on the desktop)

11 comments:

  1. Happy birthday to your daughter. I don't know I'm going to handle my son becoming a teenager. Double digits at 10 was very hard.

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  2. Hey Kate, happy birthday to her. This is apropos for me, as my oldest daughter turns 13 on June 6. You have described her to a tee here. Brought a tear to my eye. Hard to believe that in 3 short years she will be driving a car! Where did the time go.

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  3. Happy Birthday Em. I can not believe that she is 13.

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  4. I hope she has a wonderful day. Happy Birthday, Emily!

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  5. To Em, Happy 13th birthday!!

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  6. Happy birthday to Emily! (hi Kate)

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  7. Happy Birthday Em! She sounds like a lovely girl! Hey Hey Kate- *hugs* Happy Mother's Day!

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  8. Late, as usual, but a Happy Birthday from me too – and a Happy Mother’s Day to you as well (if it’s Mother’s Day in Canada!).

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