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Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Well, I think its been waaaaay too long since my last post. And, my last one wasn't even that interesting. Sorry, to my couple of followers. I want to take today to tell you about this weekend.
This last weekend Aaron and I dropped our daughter off in Oklahoma City with her Papa. We had the opportunity to be at opening night of a play at Deer Creek High School for a very special young man. Aaron and I have known Hunter for a great portion of his life. We are truly blessed to call his mom and dad our dear friends! It's crazy to think that in just a couple of weeks he will be 15! Life is just a vapor, right? I dare think about the day Elliana will be that age and we will have friends coming to be witness to her life as a young adult too. It's coming too quickly. Instead of lamenting it away, though, I want to share with you (brag a little) about my smarty-pants little girl! Here are 20 things that she can do!

1. She can count to 20 (skipping 15 and 18, I'm not sure why yet)
2. She can say the 23rd Psalm up to verse 5 by memory
3. She quote John 3:16
4. She can jump and run and gallop
5. She can say her ABCs
6. She can almost ride a trike by herself
7. She can say more words than I can count!!! (anyone that has been around her could tell you that)
8. She can tell you what she likes and doesn't like
9. She speaks in sentences and has conversations
10. She can sing zacchaeus, this little light of mine, jesus loves me, jesus loves the little children, he's got the whole world in his hands, the itsy bitsy spider, and many more little songs like those...
11. She makes up some pretty cute songs about her cousin, Zoe and her friends Cora, Andrew, Tucker, and Carsen.
12. She can sing some beautiful hymns-There's Just Something About that Name, Jesus Lord to Me, Worthy of Worship, I Love You, Lord...
13. She tries to sing the song we found her name in-Elliana. She calls it "baby woman".
14. She helps me with laundry and cooking
15. She can work 18 piece puzzles and some with more than that if I help ;)
16. She knows A LOT of names and remembers them! (it truly amazes me!)
17. She uses a pincer grasp with a writing utensel and actually started this when she was under a year old! Crazy! (important to teachers)
18. She can lace cards with string and stack just about everything, including my spices in the kitchen
19. She loves everything that moves, that also means she loves beatles, worms, slugs, ants, ladybugs, butterflys, geese, etc.
20. She is a persistant and intense little girl who loves the world so much differently than I do!
She melts her daddy's and my hearts every morning when she says "A Morning, A Morning!"

She is so smart and so intuitive about so many things, more than I have time to mention or read about. I'm so thankful for my daughter. She is everything I asked for and so much more! Aren't our children always that way!? She is a blessing that I am glad to have live in my house. She isn't mine, she's God's. I like it that way! I want to do my best with her everyday to show God that I'm so thankful for how He has blessed me!