Monkey Girl Turns 10!

I can hardly believe it but my little baby girl a.k.a. monkeygirl turned 10 yesterday. (I'm sorry I am writing this a day late, Dahlia!)

As many of you know, it has been trying few days in our household. You can read Carmi's take on the situation here.

Every year when the kids wake up on their birthday, their room and the whole main floor is decorated (this started when I was a little girl, my mom always put something up in our room when we woke up on our birthday morning). Everyone told me not to do it this year because of Zach's situation .

If you haven't gone to Carmi's site yet, here it is. We received a phone call at 1:49 pm on Monday from his school that he was hurt in gym class. Speed up today, he is lying on the couch with a neon green cast up to his thigh. I will tell you all about it tomorrow because today is Dahlia's turn.

Everyone said, she'll understand ( I was and am completely exhausted as I stayed overnight at the hospital with him on mon./tues. and just general stress!) But she would not have understood. This was her birthday...a big milestone as she turned 10. I look at every birthday as a milestone. At least once a year you have one day that's your special day.

So my monkey girl turned ten. I am watching her grow into a beautiful, smart and funny young woman. Every once in a while I catch a glimpse of myself or Carmi and I just marvel at it.

I hope this coming year brings her good health, happiness and all that she is wishing for (except her own dog! :-) One is enough, Dahlia)

May the next 10 years be just as exciting. I look forward to seeing and sharing in all your accomplishments, big and small.

I love you!