Happy Birthday to you

daphne on January 4, 2009

Happy Birthday baby girl.

No, wait, that’s not right.  This is not you anymore, lounging around under the table with the balloon, waiting to blow out the candles on your 3rd birthday cake.

This is you now.  Independent.  Determined.  Generous.  Empathetic.  And unbelievably eight years old. When did you make the leap from being my little baby to winning jump-rope medals?

And swim team ribbons?

I blinked, and the wrinkly newborn days are long gone.  Despite the bumbles and struggles and my blatant lack of experience going in, we made it this far.  I could have asked for no better initiation into motherhood than your patient, wise self.  Thank you for your willful insistence, for it is you who remembers the canvas bags, you who composts the carrot peels, and you who asks to take the bikes instead.

Happy Birthday dear Kira.  My funny, caring, loving, smart, incredible baby.  You are, perhaps, the Greenest Biener.

9 Replies to “Happy Birthday to you”

  1. Danielle January 4, 2009 at 5:55 pm

    wow – 8 years! And of course, I’m crying as I read through this (damn pregnancy hormones). I hope that Kira will be able to still read this blog post years from now and it will make her feel as happy as I do when I read it.

  2. Ruth Becker January 4, 2009 at 8:21 pm

    Wow, Wow –it’s hard to believe–but WONDERFUL. And so much has happened in these eight years. And Kira can look forward to the next century –what will it bring? I hope it will be a good, peaceful , and happy world for Kira, her family, friends and –I’m generous–all the world. (/am I jealous?) And if I looked at the calendar, I might have noticed it was Kira’s birthday and sent her a card–at least! (
    But her great grandfather is not around to remind me!)

  3. Kristen January 4, 2009 at 10:19 pm

    I love the pictures! Happy Birthday to Kira!

  4. the mama bird diaries January 4, 2009 at 11:09 pm

    Happy Birthday Kira!!! I saw that first snapshot and thought – Daphne, cut her hair!

  5. Prudence January 5, 2009 at 11:13 am

    Save that one for her wedding day.

  6. Pearl Wisdom January 5, 2009 at 10:36 pm

    I love the photo montage! Happy Birthday Kira!!!

  7. christina brady January 8, 2009 at 4:55 am

    You succeeded in making me teary-eyed way over here on the other side of the planet – So sorry to miss Kira’s Birthday this year, but so happy you’ve helped me remember it – Thank you!

  8. Grace January 12, 2009 at 9:40 am

    I still can’t believe that all our kids are this grown already! I still drop MJ off at school and cry when I see him walking in so mature and confident. They just aren’t babies anymore, even Evan! At least you still have babies on your side!

  9. Lanie January 16, 2009 at 8:33 pm

    Happy (belated) Birthday Kira!! I love all the pictures! Happy birthday to Dave (and David) too! 🙂

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