Drew, Capri & Audrey makes 3

  Today you are 7 years old. Typing that sentence partially brings me to tears because I remember the days I was 7. I remember my first grade teachers and this year, at 31 is the first year it’s a tiny bit blurry who my best friends were. You have grown so very much in the last year. Let’s get into it.  Physically, you’re still that girl with highlighted blonde curls you actually cut off 14 inches of those curls and donated them to wigs 4 kids when you found out your great papa had cancer. We’ve loved seeing your short haired personality shine. Green eyes more days than gray, blue seldom if ever appears anymore. You’re very tall and so strong. This year you did gymnastics again and when school started you moved over to a kids Gym. You don’t love PE but you love kidstrong and I love that for you. This summer was big, you ambitiously chased your goal of the AR shirt you didn’t earn before Kindergarten ended and two weeks ago, you finally earned it. You ran into your former teach...

Dear you,   I hope you are genuinely interested in everything your sister and I are not. I hope you find bugs - interesting, outdoor sports - fun, combination food like casseroles, beef Wellington, and pies - things that your sister will not eat when I cook dinner - prayerfully you will.    Your sister won’t watch Toy story, or cars, or planes, and I wouldn’t even dare attempt for either of us to learn to love Star Wars before you get here but I hope all of that is exciting to you. I can’t imagine a world without big hair bows and glitter onesies even tutus… but I’m looking forward to it.  You see I never had a brother, and your father never had a little brother (before he was 25 at least) As far as siblings go we only have biological sisters, and the uncles you do have came via marriage once we were too old to enjoy the perks - you will be the first on my side and the youngest on your fathers side.  There are a few legacies in the male category when it com...