So I came across this one while perusing through our photos of your earlier years and I kind of like this picture because it depicts me as one of my many fine samplings of "mom of the year" poses...never being the conformist, it has been alot of fun making up the rules to what being a good mom means for our relationship (maybe not as many freshly baked cookies or the white picket fences)...but my version of what being a great mom means. Our relationship is a testament to that. Plus, having misplaced the instruction manual when you were born, I can honestly say...it has worked out quite nicely by default! Yep, this picture of me with your peers portraits me on my best behavior--of course only when the teacher was watching, wink.. :) in this case a picture isn't worth a thousand words...and anyways, how did I actually get past the parents policing the parking lot?? Yep, definitely not the idealistic version of June Cleaver...but the modern day version of Leslie Hopkins, Alexis's mom. Because of you, being a mom has exceeded my expectations exponentially. Because of who you are, I feel blessed in every sense of the word to have been chosen to be your mom. Because of you, many others have been inspired to have bitty bees of their own!
Thank you Bitty for always enjoying me for being me and not being the daughter who wishes her mom was just a little "cooler". I am a much better version of myself, because of you.
Happy Birthday to the Love of My Life
BTW Elinor and Sofia...remember that one sleepover for Lex's birthday when we all went knockin? .....yeah....THAT definitely was not a "June Cleaver" moment! Sorry Eli!! :)
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