Happy Birthday, Sophie!

This post is one day late, but this is the first time I have had the chance to sit and collect my thoughts about her birthday yesterday.  Forgive me if they come out jumbled.  She turned 7 yesterday!!!  We did whatever she wanted all day long…she got to pick where we ate, what we did, just about everything about the day was all about Sophie!  Where has the time gone?!?!  It seemed like just yesterday the doctor said…would you like to have this baby tomorrow or the next day?  She was breech, so he had to do a c-section.  I just remember sitting there thinking…WHAT?  Um, which day should I go for…August 30th or 31st.  It was a Wednesday when he said that, and I thought…Friday seems good…that way I’ll get to go home on Labor Day Monday.  Thursday at the hospital was “booked”, so Friday it was.  Matthew and I went out to dinner the Thursday before she was born.  Our conversations had always been about the baby…but it was like…Wow, this time tomorrow we will have a baby!  It was a really exciting and anxious feeling.  Matthew even went to work for half a day on Friday.  We were living with my parents because our house was having remodeling issues, so we didn’t even get to bring her home to our house.  She didn’t mind!   
Seven years…she is the light of my world.  Her little laugh, the way she treats her brother, her voice singing, her feet dancing, her little hands coloring…one of her favorite things to do.  I love it all.  I cannot believe that God blessed me with this little girl to love.  I have so many dreams for her ( and Mitchell).  I want them to follow their dreams.  Sophie still wants to be a ballet teacher, and today Mitchell wants to be a race car driver.  The night before she was born, I didn’t sleep hardly any because my mind was too full of all kinds of thoughts.  I still have all kinds of hopes and thoughts for them…but most times I can sleep.   

Happy birthday to our little dancer, Sophie!!!  We love you!!!