My niece, Alana, turned 9 years old last week. NINE.
I still remember getting SO excited every time I got to see her - hold her - my sweet baby niece. How our previous identities of 'Mike & Kate' were replaced by 'Uncle Mike & Aunt Katy' - and my brother & sister-in-law changed from 'JB & Brie' to 'Mommy & Daddy'...How excited Mike & I got to learn the new Alana saying - 'OKay suura' (while emphatically nodding her head) / 'Make goofy faces w/Unca Mike' (whenever she saw me w/my camera...she & Mike would pose over & over together) / 'Hey - whattayou doin' ova dare?' / 'Ya wanna go jellyfishin' with me?' - Oh, the list could go on...such warm little memories I have tucked away in my noggin. And now she's almost a decade old.
And we have our own babies.
And our siblings are learning our kiddos' sayings. :)
Uncle Paul (Mike's younger brother) got married over the weekend - to a God-send of a sister-in-law. Thoughtful, kind, funny, and so in love w/our Paul. We're all thrilled they found each other. The girls are crazy about their new Aunt Marsha. & due to this happy weekend nuptual, we've been fortunate enough to have the Ross folks & Nana Maytum (from Canada) in town w/us for the last week. -Extra reasons for Paul & Marsha to make the trek from Shelbyville for dinner the last couple nights. :) ~ While sitting around the table last night, I got the warmest of fuzzies listening to them talk about all the times they quote our girls sayings & facial expressions...brought back all the happy /funny times Mike & I quoted Alana...how special all these times are. How fast time is flying.
Alana is NINE. Izzy & Tucker will be FOUR in January & Maddy is TWO. Still looking for the pause button. :)
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