My sweet sweet Eden Girl is Eight years old Today. I cannot believe eight years ago she came into my life and made me a Mother for the first time, for that she will always have a special place in my heart. It doesn't seem possible that it was that long ago we brought her home from the Hospital and realized she would change us forever! They grow up too quickly.
We love our Eden girl. From the time she could smile, laugh and bat her eyes she has been showing off her full personality to the world. At just a few months old she would bat her eyes at any stranger willing to ooh and aww over her, she knew she was beautiful and wanted to show it off, she loved attention! She learned to "flirt" with any man in any store or public area before she was six months old, it was almost a joke how she favored the Men so much, and it worried us a bit :) Her first crush was when she was just a year and a half old on the Bag Boy at the local grocery store, who looked as if he were fifteen years old, Oh our boy crazy Eden Girl.
Then we watched as she turned into our spunky little toddler and became our little comedian, wanting to make everyone smile and laugh, no matter how silly she had to look, she'd do it for a laugh. In preschool the kids loved her because she was just so "crazy" and silly. She was oh so "drama" but at that age it's entertaining! At three she was so mad at me she said "You're ruining my life" as she was quoting a Barbie movie, oh Drama!
Now, she is blossoming more and more and she is starting to be so "grown up" in a way. She is more reserved than I thought she'd be at this age, she still likes the boys and chases them on the play ground occasionally. She does like to make people laugh still (mostly her little sister) but keeps it low key, the attention doesn't always have to be on her any more. She loves to have lots of friends and tries hard to be kind to everyone, she really is turning into a sweet heart. It's funny to watch how your kids' personalities change over time, as the grow from phase to phase of their childhood. I love that she keeps bits of her "old or young personality" as she comes into a "New" one.
This year she is Eight, like I said, and she has chosen to be baptized into The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, this is the religion my husband and I are baptized members of and this is where we take our children to church every Sunday. Not only do our children learn about The Church on Sundays but we try our best to teach them Church principles at home, as we try and live our religion. In the church any worthy person who is Eight years of age or older may be baptized and confirmed a Member of this Church. I grew up in the church and was baptized at the age of Eight and so was my husband, but We wanted Eden to make the choice for herself. So we talked a lot about it as 2012 came along and we did a couple of Family Home Evenings (as they are called in the Church) to help her learn more what it is to be baptized and why we (her Dad and I) chose to be baptized. Then she went to a church meeting for all the children turning eight that year, and their parents to help them see what it would be like when/if they were baptized. After that meeting we asked her "So Eden, do you think getting baptized when you turn eight is something you would want to do?" before I could finish the sentence she said excitedly "Oh I've already decided I DO want to get baptized!"
I can hardly describe how I felt when I heard our sweet and innocent child have such great Faith and know that this is what she wanted to do. It's one of those moments as a parent where you think "Okay so we are doing something right, we aren't so bad at this after all." It's more than just being proud Parents it's this over whelming sense of....Joy.....it's almost like your kids give you a glimpse of Heaven in moments like this, it's just a pure and sweet feeling. We are so proud of her!
I love that she is our Oldest and she is such a good older sister to her siblings. She has her moments of being bossy (of course) or rude to her brother but she has soft heart under it all. She feels bad if she treats her brother wrong. It's fun and interesting to watch her grow and learn and make such grown up choices in her life at this age and though, to me she seems so "old" (because she is my oldest) she is still so young and has her whole life ahead of her. I love how she is such a good example to, not only her siblings, but to me and her Daddy.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY EDEN GIRL! WE LOVE YOU!
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How fun to see old pictures of Eden. They bring back a lot of memories! In that second picture of you two on the couch, Tyler said, "They had worse couches than us!" Ha, ha, I'm not so sure about that :/... Anyway, we can't wait to see you guys in April!
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