She's Eleven!

It's so hard to believe baby girl is eleven.  Julia, you are such a sweet, innocent, playful little girl. 

You are growing up to be such a lovely young lady. 

You are happy-go-lucky and go-with-the-flow- we love that about you!  You are longsuffering with the boys.

You get scared easily, but at the same time you are willing to try new things.  When we went ice skating and roller skating you were willing to try new things with a happy heart.  You are not too self-conscious and therefore you have more fun than some of us!

And you are fearless on your horses- you love going fast and jumping!

You just adore animals.

You always have some little critter in your hand- real or pretend.  You will pick up snakes, snails, frogs, lizards, bugs- here you are holding a preying mantis.  :)

And your whole life you have enjoyed having a little, tiny stuffed animal like a whale or bird or horse in your hands. 

You love little children and babies, especially baby Victoria. 

You always have a book in your hands.  You like to read mainly about animals.  You got money from Aunt Judy and Pawpaw for your birthday and bought Vet Volunteers books with it. 

You love swim team and are great at it.  You are also great at playing the piano- I love to hear you practice.  You remind us all that we need to stop and smell the roses.  You are content and calm and happy right where you are.  Sometimes I feel you get lost in the shuffle because we are all moving so fast, and you prefer a slower pace.  I know you feel misunderstood sometimes, but Sissy please know we all adore you and know you are a gift to our family. 

We love you Sweet girl and are so grateful for your fun, happy, and gentle spirit in our home!

For your birthday our friends Fashionista Holly and her family came up and spent the night.  Holly's daughter H went to horseback riding lessons with you, which you loved.  At horseback riding you got to ride your favorite horse!  When we got home we had a bbq supper, and then we sang happy birthday while you blew out your candles on an Edgar's strawberry cake!!

All you asked for was a Lego set that had an orca whale.  :)  You have carried that orca with you everywhere ever since.  :)

 

You also got this Lego Friends set with a dolphin because Mommy got confused and ordered the wrong thing the first time.  (When it arrived Daddy said, "that's a dolphin- not an orca!")  :)  You loved it though and built it that night!

You got some pink Mad Mattr!

And finally, you received a DVD with Free Willy, Dolphin's Tale and Flipper. 

Happy 11th birthday sweet girl!