Happy Birthday, Sara!

Sara turned 7 years old yesterday! I'm going to borrow something from my friend, Judith, and write a little birthday tribute. Judith does this for each person in her family on their birthdays and I've enjoyed reading them over the past year.

Sara came into this world on February 24, 2001, at 2:34 in the morning after 23 hours of labour! She was born at home, on the floor beside our bed. (On purpose!) The gentle, loving hands of Brenda, our midwife, helped her into this world and into my tired arms. (Joshua was holding me!) Sara's eyes were open wide as soon as her head popped out! We didn't even hear her cry for several hours - she was too busy looking around! Seven years later, Sara is still a very observant little girl. She loves to watch people. She loves to be with people too. But, when she's with a group of people, you won't always find Sara right in the middle. Often, you'll find her off to the side, watching and soaking it all in. It might look like she's not interested or involved, but she doesn't miss a thing! When she gets home from Sunday School or music lessons, she will role play the whole scenario over again! If I want to find out what she learned, I just have to listen in on her play time later!

Here are some of Sara's favourites....

Colours - Pinks, Purples and Red

Fruit - strawberries, raspberries, kiwi, and mango

Activities - playing with friends, playing outside, singing, role-playing/dress-up, riding her scooter, skiing, ice skating

School Subject - Math

Style - anything that sparkles and glitters - the flashier, the better!

Kid's shows on T.V. - Berenstein Bears, Franklin and Timothy Goes to School

Dessert - apple pie, ice cream and anything chocolate!

If asked to come up with an acrostic for her name, this is what I would say...

Sweet and Sassy

Active

Ready (to try new things and go new places)

Adorable

From the minute Sara was born, she turned my ideas about motherhood upside down! Being Sara's mom has been a full of challenges, but I wouldn't trade my little princess for any other little girl in the world! Sara is everything that I am not....and yet, she is very much the same as me. She is teaching me so much through her life. Things that will take a lifetime to learn. Sara is a free spirit and a dreamer. She declares to the world, every day, that it's O.K. to be yourself. No matter how much of a damper I can be sometimes, she has something in her that refuses to be quenched. When she grows up, Sara wants to drive a pink Jeep! And I know that someday, she will, because she's just that kind of girl! I call her my princess-tomboy. That's really the best description yet!

I thought you might enjoy seeing some pictures of Sara from the younger years! I'm going to try to include one from each year of her life.

1 year old - first summer in Canada.

2 years old - on vacation in B.C.

3 years old - after Sky was born, she had to learn to fend for herself!

4 years old - "reading" bedtime stories to Sky!

5 years old - creating a beautiful bouquet of flowers.

6 years old - singing and dancing and just being Sara!

I love you little girl! With everything in me. I pray God will give me the wisdom to teach you and train you in the way that you should go. And may I learn how to be your friend - not just your mother. Thank you for 7 years of love, adventure, and smiles!