Happy Birthday Tori!

By : DishinandDishes | 3 Comments | On : August 17, 2009 | Category : Family

Today is my oldest child’s 20th birthday.

How is this possible?

I swear last week she looked like this.

By the way, that’s her on the right.

Our babies grow up way too fast.

One minute they’re in these adorable baby romper outfits.

And the next, they look like they’re 25 and starring in a  Hollywood movie.

And you know, she’s always loved to play dress-up.

Oh gosh, let’s not fast foward that picture at ALL!

There was the Spice Girl era Birthday.

You might be wondering what Spice Girl Conner is dressed up as…

It was also the first Zorro movie era. And we’d already scarred him badly enough putting tutus on him as a baby.  So we let him slide on the Spice Girl outfit and be a boy this time.

Forgive us Conner.

And speaking of Conner.  She was the best big sister ever.

But back to playing dress-up.

She always made her poor sister be the boy.

I wonder if there will be some deep seated psychological Freudian thing that ever comes of this?

On a nice day, she let her sister wear a skirt.

She was, and is, my blond-haired, blue-eyed beauty.

Man, I sure do miss those pig-tails.

And she’s still my blond-haired, blue-eyed beauty.

As she blew her candles out tonight.

I realized something.

There is no “teen” in the word “twenty”.

My daughter is not a teenager as of today.

She is a grown woman…

and she is my friend.

Happy 2oth Birthday to my beautiful daughter and one of my best friends.  I love you Sweetie!

~Mom