Birthday picture (and the infamous selfie)
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Waiting for the bus in the morning, we made this video.
I sent cupcakes to school. I wasn’t allowed to come up, but her teacher promised to send pictures!
Present and Cake Time
Dress up items Joy modeling the ear rings for Bella
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Her own head phones and mp3 player loaded with her favorite artist’s music – Britt Nicole!
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Cake! She blew out her candle all by herself - but we didn’t capture it on video – so sad!
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Away from the hustle and bustle of everyone, she gave me her smile
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Grannie Annie, Bella’s biological paternal Grandmother, sent Bella a pop-up book! So fun!
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How we love you dear Bella! I just can’t believe that you are six. I keep thinking of the poem Now We Are Six. I just feel like it’s such an accomplishment! You are here and doing so very well. I am amazed by you every day! I love you sweet girl, all 26 pounds of you!
"NOW WE ARE SIX"
When I was one,
I had just begun.
When I was two,
I was nearly new.
When I was three,
I was hardly me.
When I was four,
I was not much more.
When I was five,
I was just alive.
But now I am six,
I'm as clever as clever.
So I think I'll be six
now and forever.
Author: A.A. Milne