Can you believe this Girl turned ELEVEN?! She will be in Young Women's next year ) :
I thank the Heaven's everyday for my little Annabanana. I felt so lucky when I went to her ultra sound and found out my first baby was going to be a GIRL! I just couldn't believe it, one of my worst fears before I was married is that I would never have a daughter(kind of a weird fear huh?) I celebrated all day long and showed everyone who cared or didn't care the ultra sound pic. So glad I have appreciated every GIRL moment, cause we don't have many Girl moments in this family. I truly feel blessed and not just because she is a Girl but because she is Annabelle. She is so much fun and always adds excitement to everything we do, I am pretty sure she gets this from her Daddy :) She has also been the biggest help with the other kids. All of her brothers are crazy about her, especially Brigham and Simon. Brig said "Annaba" before he said "Momma".
For Annabelle's Birthday I checked her and her two best friends, Jaycee and Addy out of school a little early and took them to do ceramics. She is really into Art lately.
Beetle made her an Art Box out of Cherry wood that can fit all of her Art supplies, she loves it. I love watching her lug it around the house.
Annabelle's mind is always going, she has always had a hard time falling asleep. We gave up on enforcing her bed time about 10 years ago. Her lamp light usually stays on all night because she falls asleep reading or playing. Playing... I am so happy that she is still "playing" and making villages with legos or anything else tiny she can get her hands on. Beetle went to check on her one night about a month ago and this is how he found her. Freeze this Girl! There is NO way her teenage years are just around the corner.
This picture was actually taken at Maxwell's Birthday Party, but I thought it was so cute of her and Beetle. She is looking so grown up, I told Beetle "Good thing your in skates pal or she would be taller than you."
We Love You Annabelle.
