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This is one of my favorite pictures with my little girl, when she was a little girl.
This is her now. She is officially eight-years-old. I can hardly believe it.
This Saturday, we are bringing in grandmas and grandpas and cousins and friends from all around, and she will be getting baptized. I’ve been busy prepping details for the day (including a brunch menu for after, these glazed lemon scones are sounding pretty good.)
I stenciled her silhouette on a kraft moleskine to use as a guest book, with plenty of blank pages for special messages, and we splurged on this crew cuts dress. It is a little summery for right now but I couldn’t help myself, I love it. She and I are long overdue for a girls shoe shopping trip, but ran out of time, so we improvised with a pair of basic flats with a set of hair pins clipped on. We’re both very satisfied.
I will probably be out for a couple days, because following the big baptism to-do, we’ll be throwing a girly birthday bash for her a few days later. But I’ll be back next week with the scoop. See you then, and have a lovely weekend!
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I can’t believe she is 8!!! Yay:) Such a fun time…enjoy the family. I look forward to your return and report on the festivities.
Yay! What an exciting weekend for your cute family. I absolutely love that top picture of the two of you! Enjoy celebrating your sweet daughter during such a special occasion on Saturday.
We are doing the very same thing! Here’s to getting everything done and enjoying the day. Best wishes!
me, too! my very youngest of the nine is 8 on Monday and we are planning as well. haha. so exciting.
Congrats to your fam for your daughter’s baptism! Yeah!
And I thank you for sharing your creativity- you are amazing!
Those eyes! You both have such beautiful eyes! Sounds like the day is going to be very special.
Congrats to you both! I did a little book for my granddaughter–we passed out cards for people to write her a message, then put them into a book. You’ll love that treasure you’re making. Have a great day!
beautiful!
just gorgeous amberlee! your daughter is beautiful. i love the book you made her. terri
So sweet. I love the guest book and the sweet photo of your daughter when she was little. Have a wonderful celebration.
Congratulations!
Gosh babies grow up so quickly. :o( Have a great time at both of your special celebrations! :o)
She is beautiful (and so is her mama!).
I love that silhouette that you made of her. Also? Lemon scones! Yum! I’m on a cross-country search for good scones. So far, I’ve only come upon one bakery that actually knows how to make them. Perhaps it’s time I try to make them from scratch? :)
Stephanie!
I was totally noticing you have a thing for the perfect scone. I just know you’re going to find that bakery!! and I can’t wait to hear where you find it.
I did like the scone recipe (though I don’t have a varied enough background in scone sampling to pick out an over-the-top scone) i actually ended up using a family fun version.