Happy 7th Birthday, Sophie Rose!

 

Happy Birthday to our beautiful Sophie Rose!  

You are delightful and fun.  You are giggly and gorgeous.  You are silly and sweet. 

To many you seem shy and reserved, because your outer layer is just that.  But once you are more comfortable and let your guard down, you are crazy fun, ridiculously full of giggles and goofiness, and you are loud and rambunctious.  

You have grown up SO MUCH these last couple years.  Your hair has been growing like crazy and is so long and beautiful.  Something about your long hair just makes it feel as though you are 7 going on 10.  But you wear the sweet bows and headbands and that makes me feel like my little girl is still here too.  It's just wonderful to watch you grow up (but it's a little too fast for me, baby girl!)

For your big day, I saw a sparkling rose cider which we had to get as a celebration for a sweet girl with the name Sophie ROSE!  You were thrilled that the sparkling grape cocktail had your name on it.  

We enjoyed our fancy beverage with your favorite meal....pizza--- and raspberries. 

Cheers to our lovely Sophie, the gorgeous birthday girl!

We had a fun cake and sang to you.  You laughed a lot. 

Make a wish, sweet girl. 

Sophie, you are THE sweetest.  You received an award at school for one of the school virtues, justice.  You then went on to win the student of the quarter.  You are a great listener and an avid student.  You love your teachers and want to make them smile, smile, smile!  Thank you for working so hard.  

You also have a stubborn streak.  At home, your temper sometimes gets the better of you and you go from 0 to 10 in about half a second.  You can also be a big mule when Mama asks you to help out and you don't feel like it.  We're all working on doing our part at home.  

I LOVE the way you snuggle up for a great big hug.  You always seem to know just when I need a massive squeeze from my Sophie.  Thank you for lighting up my life and my heart. You have such a bubbly joy and your giggles are absolutely contagious.  Once you start giggling, the whole room is laughing with you. Keep spreading that beautiful joy. 

Sophie, you are so incredibly precious and I am blessed beyond measure to be your mama. I love watching you enthusiastically pass a volleyball, joyfully play Barbies with your sisters, seriously consider strategy in Trekking and Monopoly Deal, and gracefully kartwheel around the yard.  It was so much fun to watch you begin a new endeavor, Irish dancing, this year.  You are superb and it's glorious to see your face light up as you pursue various interests and hobbies.  

Stay close to Jesus always.  HE is your rock, HE is your joy, and HE is always with you. I love you, wonderful, silly, feisty, exuberant Sophie Rose!