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"Rhyan Ford Shlaine Ford" (as you call yourself),
"Baby Girl"/"Angel"


You are absolutely a joy to your Mama and Daddy. Watching you grow this past year has been so incredibly sweet. You have learned (by sight) all of your "big" letters and can write A, H, O, C, F, I, T, and X. You know all of your colors (except gray) and you know all of the big opposites like big/small, short/tall, fat/skinny, day/night, early/late, etc. You are a very, very smart girl!

You made some big accomplishments this year. You started wearing big girl panties in January and started sleeping in a big girl bed last summer. You have learned so many new words and have complete conversations with me, now. I love hearing about your day :-)

You also became a big sister this past year! Watching you grow in this role has been challenging and fun for us as your Mommy and Daddy. When Mack was first born you looooved him and wanted to do lots of stuff to help us with him. Then, as he got mobile, you started getting jealous and having a hard time with him. And now, at 3 years old, you have really become a protective, loving big sister. You love to feed him whatever you're eating and you play with him so well. You are a big help to your Mommy and Daddy and like to take his bottles to the sink and his dirty diapers to the trash.

You still loooove your puzzles and we call you the "puzzle master". You have also started loving to play with your babies, recently and we are noticing that you're becoming more and more imaginative in your play!
You are so very polite. You almost always say "please, thank you, no thank you, yes ma'am", etc. without being prompted. I love this about you and it endears strangers to you immediately :-)

Most of all, you've become my little buddy. You help me clean. You help me go shopping. You like to be with me in the yard while i cut grass. And my favorite... you like to come to praise team practice with me and "sing" into your own (cordless) microphone. We just like to be together. And nothing could make my heart happier.

You are still a great little eater, although you have definitely become more picky and less willing to take one bite of anything I ask you to. Your favorite foods are still mac and cheese and pretty much any fruit. You still dont like meat much (and i dont blame you!). You say the blessing typically without being prompted and are learning to close your eyes when you pray. You said your first official prayer this past year as you prayed for your little brother who was sick. I still remember it word for word.... "Jesus, please help mackee not be so sick so he not be so fussy. Amen" :-)

You are a joy to my heart, Rhyan. Your Daddy thinks that everything you do is the cutest thing ever and we both cant imagine our lives without you in it. Thank you for making me a Mom and for making me the most blessed mom in the world. I love you, "baby girl"
Mommy (and Daddy)