....she suddenly left the teen years.
Happy 20th Birthday, baby girl!!!
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| Those blue eyes - age 6 mo |
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| Northern Michigan - age 3 |
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| Adoring her newborn baby brothers, age 4 |
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| Pacific Northwest tulip fields - age 6 |
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| State Park with her little brother, Brendan - age 7 |
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| Zion National Park, age 9 |
No pictures "allowed", per Abbey, during those trying middle school years. Jump ahead to high school....
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| Christmas Card - age 17 |
See Kovas, we sent out cards - one year. I haven't always been Scroogie.
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| High School Graduation - age 18 |
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| With her brothers and I at college - age 19 |
LOVE YOU!!!
50 comments:
Aww, why am I tearful after every blog I read tonight?! I think all the bloggers out there are just posting some powerful posts tonight. Beautiful! Happy birthday to her and Happy Birthing day to you!
Hi Jill! Cute pix. You have much to be proud about!
Awww! Look at those big blue eyes in the baby pics! Happy Birthday Abbey!
You sure do make pretty babies Jillie!
You mean they keep getting older? I keep telling my 7-year-old daughter to stop growing. I tell her that if I stop feeding her that maybe she'll stop growing but she doesn't think that's a good idea :)
Happy Birthday to your 20-year-old!!
WOW!
amazing
Blink! they are grown up!
unbelievable looking at your pics of the wee ones...When our Em was 3 when the twins were born eeerily similar to when your dots was 4 with your twins.
And her pic at 7 is just like my Em right now.
Very cute pics thanks for sharing!!!
and HAPPY BDAY 20YEAR OLD!!!
Derek
aw...so so sweet;-) love it. your children are absolutely beautiful. You have to be soooo freakin' proud.
happy b-day lil gal;)
awesome and congrats to your daughter!
Happy Birthday!
These are special things :) Beautiful daughter!
What a wonderful Family and a great timeline! Happy Birthday Abbey! BB
Happy Birthday to your daughter!
The tears were in my eyes as I read this post, Jill. We lead such similar lives. Shel will be celebrating #21 in two weeks, so happy but so surprised that it 's here already.
Thanks for your special comment on my blog, I was just reading a comment you left somewhere out here in blog land about not using a Garmin and just ignoring time, having fun and just "being." Thanks for being who you are!! You have also taught me A LOT...thanks for being who you are; Just Jill!!!
Send a happy birthday hug to your daughter for me!
I loved the pictures. :)
Happy Birthday! Lovely post, thanks!
Touching tribute to your daughter! Happy Birthday to her. Hopefully, the next 20 years will go a wee bit slower as you make many many many more fond memories together! (I goofed up my previous comment and deleted it, sorry.)
Yup, 20 years of age. The right time to start saving money so she can support her parents in their golden years!
How beautiful!
You have 20 wonderful years to celebrate. Happy b-day to your daughter.
Kids grow up way too fast.
Awww Happy 20th Birthday pretty girl! This makes me cry cuz I can't imagine my kids being 20. Of course I'll probably be in a walker and/or fully demented instead of only halfway but still. Enjoy!
Oh I know this speedy passing of time well...my daughter is 21 and I often have dreams where she's a little girl. It goes so fast. Happy Birthday to your beautiful daughter!
awwwwwwwwwwww this is incredibly sweet. you should print it off and frame it :)
Very nice. Happy Birthday to her.
btw - people are supposed to send out Christmas cards EVERY year? I had no idea.
Happy Birthday to her!!!!
Happy birthday to your adorable daughter!
You certainly raised a very beautiful girl. Happy birthday to both of you! (And how cool...it's my husband's birthday too.)
This is such a great post.
Thanks for sharing this.
She is beautiful [like her mom].
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO HER!!
Great photos! Happy Birthday!!!
One year of xmas cards does not an un-Scrooge maketh, or so Shakespeare said (I think). Great series of photos!
gorgeous!
Thanks Jill! Happy Birthday to your (not so) little one!
Such a beautiful girl, and what a sweet post. It does go sooo quickly! We're coming up on my oldest's 18th birthday. Scary!
Happy birthday to Abbey!
I like the photos! But I LOVE the "no photos allowed...per Abbey" the best! Mine would have edited the post too!
Happy Birthday Abbey!
Cute photos- she is so pretty!
(I won't allow my mother to post photos from 6-8th grades!)
Oh please - you mean you were cool, stylish, hip in middle school? Riiiight. I was a super dork and awkward :)
Happy birthday to your almost-booze-legal daughter!
Aww...happy 20th birthday!!
Nice pictures mom! Happy birthday to Abbey!!! But next year let us see the middle school years, please!! he he. Hope she is having a wonderful birthday!
Ahh! She is gorgeous! You are a good looking bunch!
Happy birthday to your beautiful daughter!
Happy birthday to her!!
Blessed Birthday to her, sending this all the way from Malaysia !!! :)
Great pics Jill! Happy birthday to your daughter- she is your spitting image! Goes so fast....
what a smiley, happy girl! Happy Birthday!
What a sweet post!
Happy Birthday to your young lady!! She is beautiful like her mom:) Great pictures!
It is so amazing how with the blink of an eye that our kids grow up and turn into adults:) College boy turns 20 in February!
Hugs to you Jill!
What a wonderful cascading photo montage! Have you taken the liberty of scanning and categorizing all hard-copies of photos? If so, you're much smarter than I.
I need to put it on my to-do list.
As I think about our baby that's coming in a couple months your pictures made me super-sentimental. Thanks, Jill!
She looks like a great kid. Yes, she's still a kid.
Great pics - we missed these. Have to find out why your latest posts aren't registering on our Google reader? How di you like the 7000 mph winds out there today :-(
They sure grow fast.
OH MY GOODNESS! She is beautiful!! You have a fantastic family! =)
Sooooooooo, you had her when you were like 12, right?
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