Happy Birthday Elizabeth

Today you are nine years old! When did my little newborn baby with the creamy skin and jet black curls turn into a little lady? Stop growing so quickly please! I want you to stay this way forever. Right now you are full of attitude; even a good spunky kinda attitude. You still love babies and you help me out so much with Megan and Ben.  My skinny lil Elizabeth hates to eat most any food unless it has been thoroughly inspected by you alone or unless it's a Toaster Streudel. You love fuzzy, furry animals. Especially bunnies and chinchillas. You have been in competitive cheerleading for about 9 months now and you are loving it. Your favorite friends are Arianna, Natalie, and Alexa. Your deep set eyes are absolutely gorgeous. You are one of the brightest students in your class and you know it. You carry yourself with the utmost,modest confidence (if that's even possible) I've ever seen anyone have. I have so much to learn from you.  From your springy black curls all the way down to your turned in feet, you are PERFECT!

Perfect in every way.

The lyrics of this song may sound familiar to you. Silly girl, you probably thought that Bruno Marx wrote them about some cute girl he was dating. But I swear that man wrote them about you! Cuz these are your words and they are all about YOU! 

Oh her eyes, her eyes

Make the stars look like they're not shining

Her hair, her hair

Falls perfectly without her trying

She's so beautiful

each and every day

Yeah I know, I know

When I compliment her

She wont believe me

And its so, its so

Sad to think she don't see what I see

But every time she asks me do I look okay

I"ll say...

When I see your face

There's not a thing that I would change

Cause you're amazing

Just the way you are

And when you smile,

The whole world stops and stares for awhile

Cause girl you're amazing

Just the way you are

Her nails, her nails

I could kiss them all day if she'd let me

Her laugh, her laugh

She hates but I think its so lovely

She's so beautiful

Each and every day

Oh you know, you know, you know

I'd never ask you to change

If perfect is what you're searching for

Then just stay the same

So don't even bother asking

If you look okay

You know what I'll say

When I see your face

There's not a thing that I would change

Cause you're amazing

Just the way you are

And when you smile,

The whole world stops and stares for awhile

Cause girl you're amazing

Just the way you are

The way you are

The way you are

Girl you're amazing

Just the way you are!

   Happy 9th Birthday to Our Beautiful Elizabeth Ann!