Today is my baby girl's 12th birthday. Isn't that incredible? So far, she's turned out pretty great and I really like her. She's fun. Here's a little story about Harper: When she was 4 years old we were visiting Jen and Benjie and Baxter (I don't think Samantha was born yet) and Harper woke up super early and was loud in a house full of sleeping people and made me really angry. So Neil and I yelled at her for a bit and then our family went out to breakfast at the Putney Diner so the Cragins could sleep in a quiet house. Patrick was a little baby and while we were waiting for our breakfast, he did something cute and funny (I can't remember what). Harper, with puffy eyes from crying due to our traumatic morning, got a big, huge grin and said, "He's kind of fun to have around." Anyway, now I have to wake her up on school days, so times have changed, but she and her brother are mostly pretty fun to have around.
Speaking of birthdays, I can't get over how many people I love were born in August. Here's a list:
August 2--Gram and Riley
August 9--Tommy
August 12--Jen Cragin
August 20--Jeremy, Jocelyn and Shea
August 22--Jonah
August 25--Danielle
August 30--Harper
August 31--Fritz
And Misty and Myles (Pat's best friend) on September 1st, so that's almost August, too. Actually, September is a pretty good runner up to August because after Misty and Myles we have Raetha, Maria and Peter. Wow!
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Happy birthday, Harper! 12 has always been one of my very favorite ages (no doubt you'll hear more about why than you particularly want to), starting with when it was mine, & carrying on through your mom, Da, Henekis, other family folk - & now you! I'm happily looking forward to enjoying YOUR 12hood, as I have all the others.
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