{ Birthday Girl }

11 years ago I was embarking on one of the most important, happiest, stressful, scariest, heart wrenching journeys of my life.

I was a young girl, a newly married wife, and a woman about to become a mother for the first time.

I clearly remember the day Jasmine was born, it will forever be ingrained in my mind, not only for the tough birth but because it changed everything, it changed ME, it changed US!

She is beautiful.....

She is funny....

She is all about keeping in touch with her friends.....even those she hasn't seen in years.

She's growing into a stunning teenage girl, it pulls at my heartstrings...

If only there was a way to describe how much we adore this child, if only she knew what she meant to us....

She loves her brother, and yes they fight but she would go to the ends of the earth to protect him and him her. I love that about them.

She's quirky and naughty and silly and emotional at times....

She's daddy's girl, he's wrapped around her little finger and she knows it. Look at her expression....

She's everything to me, my little baby girl turning into a woman, making me smile, making me proud and making me cringe at the thought of her growing up so fast....

We love these children and we sometimes find ourselves doing the silliest of things to bring a smile to their faces....

It's all about them.....

But today was all about her. I hope she continues to thrive and continues to show off her independent and carefree personality. She has the world at her fingertips and we have no doubt that she will go far.....

But for tonight, she's still our baby girl and until the clock strikes midnight, NO ONE can say otherwise.