Today is my daughter's birthday.
She is 17.
We spent the weekend celebrating.
Friday night she had some friends over to celebrate the joyous occasion.
We stopped to pick up a cake. I love that she chose to have it say, "YAY Tori" rather than something so predictable like "Happy Birthday".
On Sunday afternoon we had the family over to celebrate some more.
Tori received the much coveted leopard print snuggie. She was ecstatic.
My baby turning 17 is bittersweet...
Bitter - time is passing by much too quickly
Sweet - watching her discover her interests and passion
Bitter - no more hearing my sweet little girl ask "why" about 100 times a day
Sweet - no more hearing my sweet little girl ask "why" about 100 times a day
Bitter - no more reading bed-time stories
Sweet - seeing her develop good character
Bitter - she is on the brink of adulthood
Sweet - watching her grow into a beautiful young woman
Happy Birthday Tori! Your momma loves you.
This post is linked up over at Chatting at the Sky.
17 comments:
Happy Birthday to your girl!!! The sweet just keeps getting better!!! I love seeing my daughter bloom in college and how our relationship has grown to a new and different level.
Happy birthday to your {no longer baby} girl!
If I were her mom, I would be sneaking in her room to nab that Snuggie :)
Happy Birthday to your sweet baby girl. Bitter-sweet... a perfect description. {{hugs}}
Happy Birthday, Tori!
It really is "bitter-sweet"...no matter what age!
Jeanine
So sweet!
And I love that snuggie!!
Awe, She is so pretty. Happy Birthday Tori. What a sweet sweet girl. Love the snuggie.
happy birthday!! Hope mama had a fun night too!
Happy b day Tori, I can't believe she wanted a snuggie, that is TOO FUNNY!
Sorry I missed the party, Ty loved it that you guys called and sang him Happy Birthday! I think it was the highlight of his night (besides the gifts hee hee)
Aw. She seems like a pretty great kid. :) Love your bitter/sweet list. :)
This is so sweet...and sad! Just the other day, when my 8yo daughter kept asking "WHY", I reminded myself to enjoy it, because one day, she would know the answers!!(not all of them-LOL!) Happy Birthday!
YAY TORI! (I love that)
True, so bittersweet, the fast way they grow!
For some reason whenever I think about you I think you are 24. So for you to have a 17 year old is quite an accomplishment!!!
Happy Belated Birthday!!
Blessings!
Amanda
oh jamie- i love your bitter & sweet. just a few short weeks til 16 for us. why oh why did i wish those preschool years away! sounds like it was a happy day! adding my happy wishes :)
your "bitter vs sweet" portion was so neat. happy bday to your cutie!
Happy Birthday to your daughter. I hope she had a wonderful day!
-FringeGirl
Jamie...I can relate...my girls are little...but my big boy is not! Bitter and sweet! Well said.
What a sweet post! Does she love her snuggie? Too cute.
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