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Samantha is SEVEN

January 27, 2022

My sweet baby girl is SEVEN!! She’s so grown up but still so little and I love every single second with this ray of sunshine! Celebrating her is my very favorite thing to do!

From this precious baby girl (born on her due date at 1:04pm)…

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To this happy one year old….

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To this perfectly perfect two year old….

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To this lively three year old…

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To this sweet and sassy four year old!

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To this sunshiney five year old…

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To this bright light of aΒ six year old….

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to this amazing SEVEN year old!!

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She bring me such joy. I find myself just staring at her all the time in disbelief at how truly perfect she is. She is full of smiles and sunshine. Her happy personality makes us all happy!

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Samantha loves to watch YouTube on her iPad. She loves to take my phone and change her hair color and make funny faces on the FaceApp. She loves to add songs to her “Dance it Out” playlist on Spotify. She loves to wear her hair down and rocks a headband pretty much every day. She has strong opinions about her wardrobe but will always be happy if the outfit has purple or leopard print! She’s over the top in so many ways and I love it! She adores putting on makeup, playing hair salon, painting her nails, and dressing up in her high heels! She’s a girly girl all around!

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Samantha holds her own with her brothers and doesn’t let anyone boss her around. They fight plenty but also laugh with each other harder than with anyone else. She plays favorites depending on the day! She will shine her light on Robert now and then but she is a Momma’s girl through and through! She loves me every bit as much as I love her! She says my name 500 times a day and I would not have it any other way.

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Samantha is an athlete. She’s a soccer star and I think that sport might be her favorite. She’s still tumbling and dancing and now learning to play basketball. Whatever sport is up next, she’s game! She brings the hustle to whatever she’s playing.

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First grade has been good for her but will not go down as her favorite year. She doesn’t have her best friends in her class but has made the best of it. The work is a little more difficult than Kindergarten and she doesn’t like that at all. I think she misses her Kindergarten friends and teacher but she’s still thriving and learning and growing. She heads out the door with a smile on her face – most days! πŸ™‚

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My little girl with the big smile and the big personality! She’s a true joy but also full of opinions and very strong willed. How did I get so lucky to get her?!

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A few questions with my favorite SEVEN year old!

Favorite book? Piggie and Gerald- I Really Love Slop
Favorite TV show? Garfield
Favorite movie? Jumanji
Favorite color? Purple
Favorite song? Good 4 U
Favorite number? 7
Favorite restaurant? MB Club
Favorite thing to eat? Mac and cheese
Favorite friend? Frances
Favorite toy? iPad
Favorite animal? Panda
Favorite dessert? GJs Cookie dough
Favorite sport? Soccer
What do you want to be when you grow up? Just like momma

I love this little bright light. We are so thankful she brought her sunshine into our world seven years ago! She is and will always be the biggest dream come true.

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Happy birthday Samantha! We love you so much!!!

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Almost seven

January 26, 2022

How is this little girl about to turn seven?!

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time flies

Oh time, please slow down.

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Not that kind of mask

January 25, 2022

Beauty prep in full force over here…

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We’ve got a birthday to get ready for! πŸ™‚

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The Big D

January 24, 2022

For Christmas, we gave the kids tickets to see the Mavericks play in Dallas and took our trip last weekend. What a great trip! I loved being back in Dallas and the kids had so much fun. We took a direct flight after school on Friday…

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and were sitting down to dinner by 8:00! We had dinner at Hudson House and Maxwell even tried an oyster! whoa!!

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Samantha turned her nose up at the oysters but ate plenty of chocolate pie!

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We stayed at the Highland Dallas right by SMU which worked out great.

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The weather was unusually cold and blustery on Saturday but that didn’t bother us. We grabbed breakfast…

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drove around Highland Park looking at houses and then headed to Northpark Mall! Shopping all day…just what the boys love! ha!

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In all seriousness, it was the best way to spend the day. Everyone did some shopping and came home with new stuff – well, everyone except me! who would have thought that?! We had lunch and an afternoon treat at Neiman Marcus, the boys got to do a VR experience at the movie theater, and Samantha got some cotton candy. It was a win all around!

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That night we had dinner at Mesero, a mexican restaurant close to the American Airlines Center. It worked out because we could park in the garage and leave our car there during the game.

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The game was really fun. Lots of action and entertainment! The kids loved seeing Luka Doncic play, I loved watching the ManiAACs and the “entertainment squad”, and we all loved seeing Boban!…even if he was injured and couldn’t play.

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We didn’t get back to the hotel until after 11 and had an early morning on Sunday because we had to get back to Birmingham for another, much more important, basketball game…

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Go MB Magic! Go Mavericks! Such a fun, easy weekend trip that I would love to do again!

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Sharp

January 21, 2022

Took Spencer to a new barber shop on Tuesday and doesn’t he look sharp!

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My handsome boy!

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