The Galyean Battalion: THIS TEENAGE THING.....

Saturday, December 13, 2008

THIS TEENAGE THING.....

We are another year into "teenagery".

KT just turned 14.

She is pretty good about getting older, and I know that with your first, every year on their birthday that parents become reflective, nostalgic, etc... But this year it really hit me:

MY BABY WILL HAVE HER PERMIT IN 1 YEAR!!!!!

AHHHHHH!

This is my favorite birthday portrait from this year.

She and I ventured downtown E-town and this one was taken on a whim.

Doesn't KT just make Elizabethtown glow???

We started the day out with cinnamon rolls.

Then, we just had a normal day, with KT playing with her new Nintendo DS and a trip downtown to ask for donations for her basketball team. After her Daddy got home from work, we had her choice of dinner:

*Plain salad

*Fettucine with homemade Alfredo Sauce

*Ginger Green Beans

*Chocolate Birthday Cake

*Edy's Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Ice Cream

Benjamin enjoyed a little wrestling time with his newfound 14 year old sis before cake.

We also made a little time for some birthday portraits.
She certainly doesn't look like my sweet baby Katie anymore.
~~SIGH~~

Joseph had his birthday pictures made at the lake, but KT decided that downtown (see above) and Turtle Cove entrance was a better idea.

So, the photos below are from the entrance to our development.

So, I think that I'll enjoy another year of driving her around everywhere although she has already been asking, "Can I drive..... [out the driveway]/[through the parking lot].....".

Happy Birthday, KT.

I love you bunches.

2 comments:

Elaine said...: OH MY GOODNESS!!!!!!!!!! Katie is growing up TOO fast. What a beautiful young lady she is. And that hair....cracks me up how curly her hair is now and has always been. She is just as beautiful on the outside as she is on the inside. I see so much of you Michelle in her...so much. You can look at Katie and just see God..ya know. She has that sweet spirit about her that is truly a blessing to see. Oh how God has blessed you with an amazing young lady...and three others amazing kids.; December 17, 2008 at 8:38 AM
Smith Schoolhouse said...: she's beautiful. they grow up so fast! lucky her having a mom who can take such great portraits of her.; December 24, 2008 at 9:47 AM

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