I have been so blessed in my life. Countless blessings have been poured upon me. Lots of which I probably don't even know about. But I can say the biggest blessing I have received and am so thankful for every single day is the blessing I received straight from Heaven 7 years ago today. It made me a mom! I can remember so clearly when sweet Heavenly angels put one of Heavenly Father's strongest, sweetest spirits directly into my arms.
I hope we all feel this way about our children but I really don't know what I did to deserve Heavenly Father to entrust me with one of his best spirits. I guess he knew I needed her. Oh my sweet Haylee bug is so special and our whole family just loves her to pieces!
Haylee is so caring about others. In kindergarten there was a girl who was struggling. She came from a rough home life but Haylee loved this little girl. I have to be honest I was a little nervous about how much Haylee played with this little girl and how much time she spent with her. I was in the wrong. Of course, let Haylee teach me a lesson. At conferences her teacher told me with tears in hey eyes that Haylee is this girl's little angel. This little girl has started to blossom and her happiness level has changed drastically because of Haylee. Haylee always helped this girl with projects in school and reading. She would stay with her until her work was done. Her teacher continued to tell me that this little girl loved school because she got to spend time with Haylee.
Haylee has a memory like you would not believe. When she was two and a half I started reading her the articles of faith. Before she turned 3 she knew 11 articles of faith from straight memory. I would say what is number 7 or any number and she would repeat it back to me word for word. We had a fun summer doing that every night before bed together. I was amazed!
Haylee loves to pray for others. I love hearing her prayers because they kind of inspire me and remind me what prayers are all about. Sometimes when my faith is too weak I can rely on hers. The faith of a child is exactly what ours should be like. Often her prayers include her cousins. I'm pretty sure her cousins are her favorite people. She is happiest when her cousins are around!
This girl is soooo creative. I loved having her home before she started school because I loved all the games and things she came up with. Most mondays she would play sharing time. She always had smoothie shops in the bathtub, have hair bow stands, for every holiday she throws parties in her room with our family and they seriously are so fun. She decorates her whole room for us, has goodies bags, games, and music. Of course there are the standard games of shoe store, library, house, and ice cream stands. Last year at Christmas she came up with this fun idea to have a Christmas party for her friends. She wanted to go Christmas caroling with them. So we loaded up about 6 or 7 of her friends and went caroling around the neighborhood in the snow. It was so much fun and she planned the whole thing. I love how she is so kind to Hunter and always makes sure he is included. Hunter definitely misses her when she is at school. Even though he loves to tease her she is pretty patient with him.
We've moved a lot and she easily makes friends wherever she goes. She loves her friends and spending time with them. She misses them when we move. I'm always so proud of her for jumping right in and trying new things. She has done art classes, gymnastics, tap and ballet, hip hop, soccer, basketball, and now she is in her school choir.
I wish I knew how to be the perfect mom for her, I hope she will always know how much I love her and pray for help from the spirit every single night! Happy Birthday my cute heart girl! We love you!
