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My post titles seem to revolve around numbers lately!

Lainey has been with us for 7 years, as of 2/18!

I’m not gonna say life with her is always easy.  It’s not.  She’s got a strong personality.

She’s constantly “on”, if you know what I mean.

She needs to know, be involved in, and in control of EVERYTHING.

I’m just assuming that the hard days now mean easy days when she’s a teenager.

Don’t laugh at me.

Despite challenges, she’s our girl and I’ll never doubt her place in our family.

Because of the kids work schedules, and Randy’s travel schedule, we weren’t able to go out to dinner.  Yet.

We’ll pull that together asap.

She’s in love with all things American Girl right now, so the books choice was easy.  She’s working hard on reading these days, and I suspect she’ll have her head in these chapter books as soon as she can.

Love you, Lainey Q.  Happy 7th Family Day :)

She’s 19 years old.  19!

That’s only 1 year from 20.

Not possible.

I was in the midst of a yucky winter cold here…not my best pic.

But, this post isn’t about me.

Abbey ALWAYS chooses her fav steakhouse for her bday dinner.

She loves the country music that they play.

She made us promise that they would NOT sing happy birthday to her.

She’s not a fan.

Sweet picture, right?  Can you tell what she’s holding?

Apparently turning 19 is cause for violence.  Daniel is shocked and alarmed.

Abbey and Daniel.  They’re so cute together.

We had to wait till the next day for her to cut the cake…and, let me tell you, it’s gooooood.

So, we celebrated the beginning of her LAST teen year.

I know she’ll make the most of it.

And, when those 20’s start.  Watch out :)