Emerson....

When did you become so much taller then friends your age?
When did your pants and shirts start to become way too short?
When did your hair get so long?
When did your legs start to look longer then they ever have before? Did I mention, this makes Daddy nervous? Tall and beautiful? He's hopeful it's just a growth spurt. I think you might have inherited some height!
Emerson...
When did you start calling yourself a ballerina and ask to go to 'my ballerina' classes?
When did you start twirling all the time and being graceful with your moves just like a ballerina?
When did you start getting invitations to birthday parties for friends from school?
When did your eyes get so green and pretty?
When did your voice get so sweet?
When did you start saying "I love you so much. I miss you Mama"?
When did you start calling me 'Mama'?
Emerson....
When did you start wearing big girl underwear?
When did you get so interested in your upcoming 'birthday in summer'?
When did you start saying The Help line 'I am kind, I am smart, I am important' unprompted and often?
When did you start loving all of your friends so much and asking about them all the time?
When did you start telling me where to go when we are in the car?
When did you become so jealous of your brothers, crying for me and fighting your way into my arms the second either of them need me?
When did you become Hayden's mini girl, repeating just about everything he says and doing everything he does?
When did your feet become like little flintstone feet?
When did you get so shy around people upon first seeing them?
When did you start calling all littler kids, even Sawyer, your sister?
When did your lips become so pink and rosy, your eyes so deep set and your lashes so long?
When did you become obsessed with carbs and disinterested in everything else?
When did you start sneaking out of your room and standing in our doorway waiting for an okay from us to come snuggle for just a few minutes while the others are sleeping?
When did you start insisting on doing everything yourself?
When did you become the big sister and not the baby, hugging and loving on your baby brother?
Emerson....
You have blessed us in a huge way. You are our princess, our little girl. And our only one at that. You have dredged up feelings in your Daddy and I that melt us to the core. Seeing you in ballet was one of the most precious things I have seen in my whole life!

Our prayer for you is to know God, to let your Daddy and your faith build your confidence, to love yourself, to know that beauty is from within, to know you can do anything your little heart desires and to know that your Daddy and I will be here for you, loving you till the end of time, with you always, being your biggest fans. I pray that you have a long and healthy life every day, too. We love you so much Emerson June! Keep keeping on my sweet baby girl!