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Happy Birthday Princess 2012 {Photo Reflection}

February 17, 2012 by Dana

Another week of chaos is leading into a weekend of the same for our household. In just a few hours my sweet Princessa Emmalee is turning 9. I can hardly believe she is already 9. She was just a short, sweet, curly haired baby toddling around my yard.

She’s amazing, my little girl. She does everything with such an amazing strength. She has a love for Jesus that I envy. Though she struggles more daily with the worldly, there is always a kindness inside her that shines through. I know that stems from her strong Christian roots that I have tried to instill in her from birth.

Emma is my artist. She lives for art. Craves it. Looks for the artistic aspects in all of her life. She will throw down anything, whatever she is doing to create a masterpiece. And what a masterpiece this little girl is, straight from Heaven sent down to me. I could never be thankful enough for the blessing that this sweet girl is to my life.

She keeps me on my toes. She makes me thrilled and angry all at once, feeling Life through her own determined stubborness. And stubborn she is, but it is her way, born to her just as the Art is. Someday her bold and strong attitude will take her far places that I can only imagine as she is growing.

So on this day of February 17, 2012, I tell my Princessa Happy Birthday and wish her as many blessings as her life has given to me. I wish her all her dreams come true with God’s loving guidance showing her the way. I could not be more excited for her to turn 9, as I know she is just as excited today.

Birthday Party Prep

February 19, 2011 by Dana

This week is not going at all as planned, unfortunately. I think the events of last weekends flood and various other things are really getting to me. I’m feeling exhausted and like a Tiger trapped inside a cage. I want to get out of here and DO something but time right now doesn’t allow for that.

Tomorrow is my beautiful girl’s party. It’s not exactly how I wanted it but I know she’ll be happy regardless. I am postponing the sleep-over part of the party to a later unknown date. Everything is going to be moved out into our yard so I know the kids will all enjoy that, being able to play and enjoy the fresh air.

First in the morning I must back the cake and cupcakes for the Princessa’s party. I also have heart shaped cookies to make for her. I just pray I can get it all done!

I bought her gifts tonight. I know she is going to LOVE them. Some things she had asked for and others I just happened to come across by chance. I bought a lot to encourage her artistically: paper, markers, stickers, stickers, sticker kits and so much more! I can not wait to see her creations. She’s such an amazing artist already.

Since tomorrow is such a busy day, I must go to bed. I’ve had a lot on my mind lately and I’m sure I’ll get to sharing more of that later on. But for now, my sweet Princessa’s birthday party tops my list! I love my baby girl and all of my kids. They are my greatest gift from God.

Happy Birthday to My Princess

February 17, 2011 by Dana

Eight years ago today, I gave birth to my first little girl. I can remember it like it was yesterday.

Emmalee was born through a scheduled c-section. I arrived at the hospital around 5:30am on February 17, 2003. I was prepped and I remember going into labor not long before it was time for the c-section. Around 8am I was wheeled back to the OR.

Her delivery began normal and quickly turned into an emergency because my spinal block did not take like it was supposed to. In fact, I was well awake and felt the entire delivery from the searing pain of the first cut to the tugging pain of being sewn up. But it was all worth it. I watched in the big metallic overhead light as they pulled my beautiful little Princess from beneath my heart. I heard her sweet cry as they brought her for me to see. I knew the moment I saw her, she was my Emmalee. I heard her sweet cries as the anethesia quickly made me drift off to sleep. I missed out on those things with her brother’s delivery 2 years and 2 months before. I cherish every moment of the memories I have of my sweet girl’s birth.

I remember the first time I was able to hold her close to me, looking into her beautiful blue eyes. Later they would change to the prettiest brown eyes I’ve ever been blessed to know. I kissed her, counted her fingers and toes. I laid her into my arms and kept her there for as long as I could.

Her big brother and her cousin were amazed by her. They thought she was the prettiest baby and couldn’t wait to play with her. They loved her from the moment she was born. She quickly became her brother’s best friend, a bond that still hasn’t been broken.

I look back and I wonder where the time has gone. My baby girl is now 8 and I can hardly believe it. In 10 short years she will be grown, ready to start a life of her own. I want to cherish those years, to suck every speck of life and love out of them before that time comes. I want to cherish the sweet girl, who’s faith in God and love of life, has given me so much strength these past 8 years.

She is my artist, my faithful one, my strength, my heart. She is my Princessa. The love I have for her cannot be explained. She amazes me daily. She’s my stubborn child, but her strengths, her wit, her amazing curiousity and faith far outweigh her stubborness. God blessed me the day she was born, as much as he did the day her brother and her sister were born. He blessed me with a Love like none I’ve ever known. The love of a Mother to a Princess and a Princess for her Momma.

Happy 8th Birthday to my sweet Princess Emmalee. Momma loves you, always and forever, my dear girl. <3