Laela Turns Eight

I remember Laela’s birth like it was yesterday. My whirlwind birth. My “did that actually happen” birth. I have zero regrets.

What a day.

Today, we celebrate that little life changing girl! What a year its been!

Laela has grown SO beautifully this year!! Even in the midst of our trials and struggles so far in 2021, she has only gotten stronger and more mature and warmer and sweeter. To know Laela is to love her.

She loves to wrestle with/harass her honorary grandpa, Tom.
She is no longer afraid of dogs! The calm, slow moving ones, that is!
She tolerates me and my crafts. As I made her hang her head upside down so I could tie her hair into a messy bun with a crocheted scrunchie, she quietly commented “I didn’t ask for this…”
This morning, as we sung her happy birthday

Laela’s future career plan is to be a mom and a basketball player. She has selected her future husband from the crowd at the lake, and even granted him her first KISS this summer! 😵She wants eight kids and wants to stay in the town where we currently live. She loves her friends, running, and reading.

Laela’s heart is beautiful.

She is a nurturer. She is a second mom to the kids. One who runs when someone needs help. One who offers to carry away the dirty underwear after an accident. One who is not afraid of a challenge. She is warm and compassionate, and a bossy little spitfire when she feels the need to protect. She tells me “I want to be a mom, like, SOON. I’m already so bossy…”

I hope you have the most beautiful day of celebrating today, sweet Laela Hazel. You are dearly loved by your people. I hope you feel it. You are so beautiful to me.

Happy birthday, Lala. I love you.

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