Today marks our oldest granddaughter's eighth birthday! I want to wish Annika a wonderful birthday, and I couldn't wait to do so. She has grown into such a sweet, loving, and beautiful young lady in only eight years. How is that possible??
Annika has quite a sense of humor, too. In fact, if someone comes up behind her and scares her out of a year's growth, she thinks that is so funny! And I've been impressed by her ability at a young age to "get" it when we'd joke with her or use puns. She's always loved shoes, and our family enjoys her "Annika-isms," like this statement she made when she was three: "Mom, I'm just a shoe junkie."
A tradition in their family, Annika's bed was decorated to the hilt after she went to sleep last night, and was greeted with the sight below the first thing this morning:
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| Wait til you wake up and see this! |
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| "What in the world??" |
