I have so many stories about this little sassy momma. This child is extremely intelligent. So smart, that she didn't start walking until 15 months. Why is that so smart, you might ask? She had a little Radio Flyer wooden horse on wheels. She figured out that she didn't have to start walking, she could just get on this horse and manuever her way around the house. It took her parents a few months to catch on. After we realized and took away the horse, that little girl was on her feet.
She has always been extremely feminine. She loves princesses, jewelry, bows, dresses, and stickers:
My goodness, she has always put a smile on our faces.
Aside from being very imaginitive and intelligent, she loves, and I mean loves, to hear the Word of God. This child soaks it up and can remember facts that she heard better than me or her daddy. This is my favorite charaterisitic about her. I love when we finish reading the bible and she says, "Aw, man, I want you to read some more. Please? Don't stop."
She loves homeschooling. She loves having mommy as her teacher. Mommy loves having her for a student ; ) She just "gets it". In all of my eight years of teaching, I never had a student like her. She gets everything on the first time. I will plan these detailed lessons and before I even get deep into it, she has mastered it, and I'm like, "Ok...next..."
My Sadee Bug is also VERY honest. This is a wonderful quality about her. I make sure to point this out to her regularly. There is a sibling of hers who would rather try it anyway, and ask for forgiveness later. Sadee couldn't live with herself if she did something without us knowing. She will come out of her room, find me wherever I am in the house, and tell me that she did something wrong. I LOVE THIS KID! (I hope I am not painting the picture that she is perfect, because she is not. She just has some great characterisitics!)
I often ask the girls to "stay with me forever". I jokingly ask them to not get married and just live with me forever. I had a conversation with her a few days before her birthday that went something like this:
Me: Sadee, you're turning six soon. Six is getting close to ten. Can you just stay five, please?
Sadee: I can't stay five.
Me: Aw, why not?
Sadee: (Very matter-of-factly I may add) Don't you want grandchildren?
So, I can't stop her from turning six, as bad as I would like to. I think of her getting older and it's almost too much to bare. Time is flying. All I can do is pray for her. Pray that God will change and soften her heart. Pray that He will give her a deeper desire for His Word. Pray that He will give her a godly husband who loves her like Christ loves the church. As tears form in my eyes, I can hear her silly voice down the hall from her room as I type this. I know I can't keep her little, but oh that I may teach her the ways of the Lord, and when she is old that she will not depart from it. (Paraphrased, Proverbs 22:6)
I thank God for the six years I have had with this bundle of joy. We have learned so much through raising this first born. Happy birthday, Sadee bug!
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| Love these silly faces! |
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| My hard worker! |
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