Oh, beautiful girl…where has the time gone? How has it been EIGHT YEARS since you looked like this?
(A few days old.)
Or seven years since you looked like this? (Man alive, you got cute, didn’t you?)
(One year old.)
See, you didn’t always have a wombat on your head.
(Two.)
Okay, so maybe you have a wombat on your head more often than I should allow, but still, how effing cute are you??
(Three.)
Always a lady, my girl.
(Four.)
You thought I was a dork for taking pictures and crying on your first day of school. I probably was a dork.
(Five.)
I always did love “Fraggle Rock.”
(Six.)
I don’t know why people say you look like me.
(Seven.)
Oh me, oh my. I don’t have words for how much I love you, middle little rat o’ mine. Happy birthday. We love you.

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14 responses so far ↓
1 matteroffactmommy // May 16, 2008 at 9:03 am
happy birthday! she is absolutely beautiful! :)
2 d // May 16, 2008 at 9:05 am
Awww dude. Those made me all weepy!
Happy most wonderful birthday in the world Len!! We love you!
3 Missy // May 16, 2008 at 9:09 am
Happy Birthday Len!
4 Steph // May 16, 2008 at 9:54 am
MoFM - Thank you! :)
d - I just keep staring at that newborn picture…jeeeez, it doesn’t feel like that was eight freaking years ago!!
Missy - I will pass along the b-day wishes. :)
5 Noel // May 16, 2008 at 1:41 pm
Happy birthday to Miss Lenna!
6 kendra // May 16, 2008 at 1:58 pm
Just beautiful! Love those curls. Happy Birthday, angel.
7 Steph // May 16, 2008 at 3:01 pm
Noel - Thanks. :)
Kendra - Thank you! :)
8 Myra // May 16, 2008 at 5:22 pm
she’s so totally adorable. happy birthday!
9 Jane // May 16, 2008 at 7:22 pm
Oh, happy birthday Lenna! Those pictures are so cute — love the Al Bundy pose.
10 Steph // May 16, 2008 at 8:53 pm
Myra - Thank you. I’m partial to her. :)
Jane - That’s my girl. :grin: And thanks. :)
11 Melanie // May 16, 2008 at 8:54 pm
Feliz Cumpleanos, Joyeux Anniversaire, Fortuna dies natalis, Happy Birthday!
12 Steph // May 16, 2008 at 8:56 pm
Melanie - I’m going to have her read all these comments, but yours will be the most thrilling to her. She’s DYING to learn a foreign language, so anyone who can say “happy birthday” in three besides English will be her new heroine. :grin:
13 Deb // May 18, 2008 at 1:12 am
You have her enrolled in acting school or a modeling agency of some sort, right?
14 Steph // May 18, 2008 at 10:07 am
Deb - LOL. No. We were asked when she was younger, but I know me - I’ll be the uber-stage mom type. :grin: However, there’s an open “we need kid actors” thing happening here in Charlotte soon. She wants to go something fierce. Presuming it happens before our move, I’m going to let her go. Anyway, thank you. :)