Yesterday was my baby's 13th birthday, and so we're now officially the parents of teens. We think we've got two pretty neat kids and we're thankful for the blessing of having them in our lives.
I remember wondering what I'd do if I had a little girl, because I grew up in a household of boys--brothers, cousins and foster brothers, neighbourhood full of boys, hockey, climbing trees, lighting fires--and wasn't sure I knew how to raise a girl. However, Abby has made it a rather easy task, raising a girl, and I wouldn't change having a beautiful daughter like Abby any day:)
Abby's birthday celebrations started last Saturday night with an International Sleepover, only called that because of the countries represented by the girls who were there. We had a Bolivian-born, Kenyan-raised American, 2 Korean girls, an Australian,
an Indonesian-born Canadian, and Abby. What we already knew but it was confirmed anyways is that no matter where girls are from, they all love to eat junk food and laugh together. This is a really nice group of girls and we were glad they had so much fun.
Yesterday, on her official birthday, we spent a whole $50 for our family of 4 to go to the salon, where between us we had a massage, a cream bath, a manicure, a pedicure, a mini-facial and a haircut (and straightened). We came home, Abby unwrapped a hair straightener and lots of money from various relatives, which is great timing for Germany, and then headed out to dinner with a group of about 25 people. To this dinner we brought a cake, and it was fun to embarass Abby at the kids table (across the room from the adults) with us crowding around her and singing happy birthday in both English and Indonesian.
We're heading to Germany soon, loaded with photos and stories to share with our family there, with lots of bragging rights for Abby's accomplishments, and I'm proud of those things that she has accomplished both scholastically and socially. However, I'm most proud of the kind, compassionate, funny, generous, loving person that Abby is, and is intentionally becoming through both her own initiative and with God's direction.
Happy Birthday Abby-Girl!!
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Happy birthday Abby! I was around for your actual *birth* day, you know. You were a pretty cute baby and a lovely young woman. Hope you have a great day.
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