When You Are All Grown Up
Dear Delaney~
You turn 5 today. Five amazing, sweet little years have flown by in a blur. One minute I was staring into your gorgeous brown eyes begging you to make a sound - just so I could hear your voice - and now, you never stop talking or singing.
And I can’t get enough of it.
I adore your sweet smile, your freckles, your bouncy curls, the way you skip from one room to another and constantly have that now-dingy, white ‘bit’ (blanket) over your shoulder. I could listen to you giggle for hours. Your laughter is the soundtrack to my soul.
When you are all grown up, I hope you will know you are loved more than anything in this world. You will always have my arms to hold you tight, my ears to listen and my heart to heal.
When you grow up, I hope you have some small memory of holding my hand, of putting your head on my shoulder after every nap, of sharing my tea, of snuggling in bed, of learning to swim, of posing for pictures, of making silly faces with your Daddy and of answering, “…a fuzzy bunny’ whenever I said, “Delaney is…..”.
I hope I am teaching you to be generous, to be grateful for all of the wonder in your life, to be self-confident and kind. I already know you are intelligent and have a talent for singing. I hope I am teaching you to appreciate your gifts and use them well.
When you are all grown up, I pray that you are still the amazing big sister you are today - the one who defends, who loves and who teaches, and who lets the little guy sleep in your bed when he is scared of the lightening.
You are one of the true wonders in my life. A new and beautiful chapter began on July 10, 2004. Every day with you is a miracle. Every hug you give leaves a permanent mark. Every laugh stamps my heart with a little piece of you.
When you are all grown up, you will understand that I am not perfect, but I never stopped trying to be the very best Mommy I could be. Thank you for being the mirror that reflects my strengths and my shortcomings. Thank you for being an amazing teacher in a teeny-tiny body.
I adore you baby girl.
Happy, happy birthday.
Love, Mommy
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Oh my gosh- that first photo had me in tears! That looks like my Ivy RIGHT NOW. You mean she is going to grow up!?
And today is also my Carter’s birthday- he’s 7. Good day for birthing babies.
Steph
Such a sweet post. That baby pic is adorable… makes you just want to squeeze her cheeks! Growing up to be such a beautiful young lady.
Wishing you a very happy 5th Birthday Delaney!
That was oh so sweet!
happy Birthday!
Steph - I know - I tried to stop the whole ‘growing up’ thing, but it isn’t working
a beautiful day for birthing babies! Happy birthday Carter!
Thank you so much Christina~ She really is a little slice of heaven.
Awwww… sooo sweet. She is simply precious.
I MUST start writing letters to my girls. I always am thinking of what I want to say and I don’t do it… Sigh.
Awwww! Happy birthday to her!!!
Happy Birthday to Delaney! She is a doll. I hope she has a wonderful day. 5 is HUGE!
Awwww, what a great sweet post!!! My youngest turns 13 today - where does the time go??? (I posted about my baby as well today)
Happy Birthday Sweet girl!♥
~TidyMom
so sweet, echos what I would want my kids to know as well - beautifully written - my heart swelled. I hope you both have a splendid day!
Happy Birthday! She is way too cute!
So sweet. *sigh*
Now you did it! You just had to make me cry! What a beautiful birthday gift she can treasure always! Great job, my friend! You should be well and goodly proud!
I don’t know you guys yet but happy birthday to your princess.
So sweet, so loving! Thank you for sharing this wonderful ‘letter’. I am sure Delaney will be so happy to hear all the wonderful things her Mommy has said about her and to her! You are one amazing, loving mommy!!
What beautiful things to say to such a sweet girl. She has one of the greatest moms I know!
Hope it’s a magical day. Happy 5th, Delaney!
Happy Birthday little one well big girl now! Hey Danielle please let me know about a month before your next one’s b-day I would be happy to give you some free hand made invitations. I have just started doing this because my husband was laid off from GM last Christmas and just can’t seem to find a job I would love to send you some just to get my invites in another area.
Christine Fleeger
Oh… sweet baby!!!
Big smoochy huggy air kisses for your birthday girl!
Sounds like she had a great birthday and this letter just makes my heart smile!
She is soooo cute. It makes me want to melt.
P.s. Where did your princess party link go? The bookmark that I saved is not working and you dont have a search option. I am so sad. What happened. Although I am enjoying reading all your posts in the process. LOL