Debbie is 9!

Debbie turned 9 this week!

9 things about Debbie:

1 - She has a heart of gold. She does what she can to make the world a better place. I don't know if I've blogged this story yet but a few months ago she asked me, "Mom, have you ever had a friend that bragged all the time?" I said yes and then explained that people brag because they feel insecure and I told her that this girl probably feels insecure around Debbie because Debbie has a natural goodness and light that just shines from her. Now, if anyone had told me that when I was her age I would have totally puffed out my chest and went and rubbed it in the other girl's face (which is probably why no one every told me that when I was her age, haha). Debbie thought about that for a minute and then said, "So, the best way to help her is probably to just be her friend, huh." What?? She's amazing. Which leads me to number 2...

2 -  She is SOOO willing to forgive people. Very eager to see the best in everyone.

3 - She has a ready smile and happiness that is contagious. So much so that sometimes I wonder if how she can be my daughter. But...

3 - She's developing quite the sarcastic sense of humor so I know she's mine ☺ (also she's starting to show a little more temper and can have some pretty teary days, and that's also 'me').

4 - She LOVES to read. Last week we had to take away her book because she wouldn't put it down. She's on the last book of the Percy Jackson series which are a 6th grade reading level so that's cool.

5 - She just got her ears pierced.

6 - She was in choir this year and LOVED it. She wants to be a famous singer when she grows up.

7 - She also wants to be an animal activist, own a bakery (gluten free, dairy free, sugar free, nut free, etc.), and plan parties (and a bunch of other things I can't remember at the moment)

8 - She has her own sense of style but totally rocks it.

9 - She just got her hair cut (very short) and it is so cute!

 Choir concert this month

Rocking her own sense of style. 

 I'm pretty sure she intentionally mixes as many different types of patterns as possible in one outfit. Notice the differently patterned shirt, the plaid shorts, the striped socks, and the Indian patterned boots. This is a pretty typical outfit for her.

 Long beautiful hair...

 And now short hair!

She got her hair cut last week, she's been asking for a while and I finally gave in. I thought I was going to be sad and hate it but I actually love it! Well, after we went back the next day and got it cut anyway. The first lady that cut it did a terrible job and I was so furious. She came home from school the next day and I couldn't even hardly look at her it made me so mad. She looked as cute as ever, because she is cute, but the haircut looked like I had done it myself! They lady ignored everything I said and just did a crap job. So we went back and had the supervisor cut it and she did a great job and we both love it now.

Happy Birthday Debbie! We love you and are so proud of you!

Cosette

How can you tell that your daughter has had her blood drawn too many times? When you're at the allergist and he's deciding between doing a blood test for a milk allergy or just doing skin testing and she shivers and says, "blood test please! No skin testing!"

We go in tomorrow for skin testing.

The phlebotomist's always comment on how well Cosette does when they have to do a blood draw. Last time she marched right in, sat down in my lap, put out her arm, and calmly said, "I like pink tape." She didn't watch that time but she also didn't flinch or even say anything, just took it all in stride and walked out happy with her toy and her pink tape!

I've said in the past and I'll say it again, I would not be surprised if Cosette has a career in the health care industry. We were driving home the other day and she says from the back seat, "Mom, I want to touch a real, live human bone. Not a plastic fake one." Umm, ok. I told her it would have to come from a dead body and she was totally chill with that. So then we talked about cadavers and anatomy classes and after making sure that you wear plastic gloves while touching the dead body she decided she wants to touch a cadaver. Even going so far as asking me as we were going in the house, "Mom? WHEN will I be able to touch a dead body?"
Love it.

She still says some of the funniest things.

We bought some 7-Up a little while ago and one day she quietly asked Chad, "So, dad? Can I not have the 7-Up?" He said he thought it was gluten free so it should be fine and she said, "no, because it's 7-up and I'm only 6."

Then today I had asked her to go on the balcony and see if daddy was headed upstairs and he was so she yelled that back to me. Chad heard her but didn't understand what she had said so he asked her "what" and she responded very matter-of-fact, "It's none of your business, mom just asked me to do something." Haha! I was dying. There was no malice, no pretense, she was completely serious but also innocent.

So Behind: February

 Debbie loves to plan and create and organize things. She also loves to serve people. One day she recruited Cosette (who joined eagerly) and they spent an afternoon making snacks and desserts for the family. It was so cute and sweet. We ate a little just because she worked so hard. I love her heart.

 I got to visit with Sara in early February and it was so fun to see our babies together! Her little Ori and Caleb were pretty much the same size, they were born 4 weeks apart but their due dates were one day apart so it makes sense they'd be the same size.

 It was so great to see her and to catch up! I need to go digging around and find a picture of us when we were younger.

 I was dealing with some postpartum depression (which was weird, I've never had it before, oddly enough) and baby smiles certainly go a long way to help with that depression.

 Isaac LOVES his legos. Most kids sleep with stuffed animals, my son sleeps with legos, that just how he rolls. :)

 Jack's down here going to school and I'm loving being able to see him more!

 I attempted to take some pictures of Caleb and I like how they turned out.

 Debbie loves to sing and Caleb loves music, perfect combination.