So here I am, nine years of motherhood behind me. At times, I can hardly believe it and then in some moments, I feel as if it has always been this way.
Sweet Jane. Have I said that every year? If I didn’t, I should have because it is true. This girl is sweet to the core. She always has been and will continue to be, I am sure. Some things about Jane at age nine:
She is loving and kind.
She is friendly and polite.
She is a voracious reader, or in her words, she "gobbles up books". Right now it is all Harry Potter, all the time. She finished the final book on Thanksgiving Day and right away started reading the first one again.
If I were to tell her that she could go to Hogwart’s, she’d be packing a bag.
She is an artist and really likes fashion.
She has her very own style – some of it good, some of it bad, some of it brilliant.
She won’t wear skirts.
She really dislikes pink.
Red is her favorite color.
She likes to swim, play volleyball and ride her bike.
Social studies and science are her favorite subjects.
She is 1/2" taller than Kate.
She never puts away her laundry and her room is mostly a mess.
When she grows up, she wants to be an artist.
She might even go to fashion school.
She is dramatic – very, very dramatic.
She is "mostly a vegetarian" (her words).
Pizza is her favorite food.
Happy Birthday Jane! I am so lucky to be your mom. I love you lots!
Wow, if eyes could melt you, those would absolutely do it! Happy B-day Jane!
Hapde Burfday Jane!
Happy birthday, Jane! 9 sounds pretty cool to me.
Happy Birthday, Jane!
Happy birthday, sweet Jane! I hope 9 is excellent to you.
Happy Birthday to Jane!
It’s my birthday too! (altho I’m a bit more than 9) : )
Happy birthday Jane! And good for you, mama, for giving her the love and freedom to become who she is (even the bad fashion and the messy room). She sounds like a delight.
From one Jane to another, Happy Birthday!
Happy Birthday!
Happy Birthday!
Must be the sign of Sagittarius. My daughter just turned 9 last Sunday, and I described her practically the same (http://colourbynumber.blogspot.com/2008/11/happy-birthday-mary-kate.html)! Sweet girls! have a happy day!
Happy Birthday Jane!
Oh, she totally sounds like an artist. And an oldest child. Many of the same traits apply to my 8.5-year-old son.
Happy Birthday, Jane!
Happy Birthday Jane. I remember my 9th – I got my first jewelry box.
She looks exactly like the photos you’ve posted of your husband!
she’s a beauty! hope it’s a great birthday!love the name jane. (was my number one pick for our second, but dad got to choose 🙂
Yeah sweet little Fatty Jr.! Happy, happy day!
xoxox
What a beauty… Happy 9 to Kate!
Unlurking to say Happy Birthday Jane! I hope she has a wonderful day!
She sounds so much like my girl, who just turned 11 on Saturday. Maybe it IS a Sagittarius thing! (And what is it with not putting their laundry away, anyway? My 12 year old boy puts his laundry away, but the girl? NEVER!)
Happy Birthday Jane! I hope you have some fun celebrations!
happy birthday, jane! Wow, she looks so much like your husband. I can’t believe how quickly the years fly by. My son is almost up to my shoulder and he’s only eight.
Happy 9th Birthday Jane!
I hope you have a wonderful year 🙂
Happy Birthday Jane, wow, those eyes are very capturing.
She is adorable and looks so much like that darling hubby of yours.
As a mother of 3 and 1 year old daughters, I am in awe of your girls. They look so confident, so beautiful. It is awesome and challenging raising young women in today’s world. Thank you for your blog. I love the stories and pictures, reminding me that we artful, home-loving Mommies are not alone.
Kind Regards and Happy Birthday Jane,
Lori, Mommy of Sara & Kelly
Happy Birthday, Jane!
She was so sweet when we met you guys that I was almost surprised — even with my oldest only being two years younger, you get into that thing of thinking anyone who’s 5 minutes older than your own kid is probably all worldly and experienced. So, when I met Jane, I was really, really struck by her sweetness. Anyway, wishing her a birthday filled with all sorts of marvelousness. (And I would totally pack a bag for Hogwarts, too.)
Happy birthday, lovely Jane!!!
tell jane that i am “almost a vegetarian too”!!!!!!!! 🙂
happy birthday sweet jane!!
Happy Birthday Jane!
happy birthday to your sweet jane. she’s half way to graduation! yikes!
Happy Birthday Jane – you sound like a fabulous girl.
Happy 9th birthday Jane! She’s a cutie!
happy birthday, jane. you sound like a really neat person! have a great day!
I just wanted to to tell you that you sound like an amazing woman, a loving mother, and wife, and I only wish that there were more women like you in my everyday life!
Happy Birthday to your lovely girl. She sounds just like my oldest girl who will be 9 in Feb. Except she is incredibly neat! I hope she had a special day!
yeah…you might want to add this one to the list of “What Jane is”
*she is absolutely stunningly beautiful!
Lucky Fatty, he has all those pretty girls!
Happy Birthday Jane!
It’s so fun watching kids develop their own “style”. Even if sometimes the combos make you cringe, because there are also times you think “hmm, why didn’t I think of that!”.
a big happy b-day to the 9 year old. whoohoo. and i love messy rooms and pizza, too!
What a beautiful girl!
what a beautiful face–her joy just radiates.
Happy, happy birthday Jane! You are such a cutie pie! Now go and get yourself another piece of birthday cake before it’s gone!
Happy Day Jane!
happy birthday, dear jane! sometimes i wish i were still 9 at the height of my horse-loving days. 🙂
Happy Birthday Jane!
oh man, do i remember nine. it’s the first age i really REALLY remember being. it’s also the year i think of as the last year i was a little kid. i even thought of it that way then. double digits loomed so large and old in my imagination.
happy birthday, jane.
happy birthday to jane! i too am “mostly a vegetarian”. good words. he he.
Day late, but happy birthday Jane. You sound like such a fun girl. You obviously have a very fun mum, so the apple didn’t fall that far from the tree.
Happy Belated Birthday.
Happy birthday! I enjoyed reading about Jane so much! My daughter wants to become an artist too 🙂
Happy 9th birthday Jane!
Wow Erin…what a fantastic mother you are…She is just gorgeous and looks so so so grown up. I love her t-shirt idea. 🙂
Happy birthday Jane! I love Harry Potter too! I want to read all of them again. I hope her dreams of becoming an artist when she grows up come true!
Happy Birthday! I love the name Jane and Harry Potter is my favorite as well. (I have an excuse, my son-who also turns 9 in a few months!) And did anyone ever tell Jane that she and Harry have the same eyes? I mean really, the resemblance is uncanny. 🙂