Maddie

Not only does she leave adorable messages on my phone: "Hi, Lana. Thanks for the call. I was hoping to talk to you. Okay, talk to you later, Bye." but she also simply is adorable.

She looks so grown up in this picture, granted it's been four months since I've seen her. Since then, she's started pre-school, been kissed on the lips by a boy, and left about 8 messages on my phone. We decided yesterday that when I come out in August, we'll both get our ears pierced. When asked if she could handle the poke in one ear enough to get the other one done directly thereafter, she answered, "Well, I think I could do it. I think I can handle another poke."

By the way, she's dressed up for a princess birthday party in this picture. Though she wanted to throw her grandpa a similar princess party, she decided that maybe a Strawberry Shortcake party would be more appropriate for him. There must be birthday hats. Those she insisted upon.