Our Hailey Bailey is now FIFTEEN and simply as a lot a pleasure to be round as ever. I swear this lady is sunshine personified. She has a pure tendency to seek out the great in any scenario and I hope she is aware of how a lot I genuinely get pleasure from getting to hang around together with her. She’s so enjoyable.
Hailey at 15. Okay, The place do I start? She’s a self-motivated lady with excessive requirements. She is pushed to get good grades however is studying to steadiness it properly to keep away from perfectionist tendencies. She’s extremely responsible- a type of people who in case you ask to do one thing you may belief along with your complete coronary heart that she’ll get it carried out. She’s sincere and has a powerful ethical code.
She is aggressive in board video games and on the soccer area and basketball court docket. She’s devoted to her piano enjoying and idea classes. She appreciates an organized room with seasonal decor accents. Her mini Hyland cow in a soccer helmet simply made his method onto her shelf and she or he has a fall candle on her candle hotter. She loves a comfortable really feel as a lot as her mama!
Whereas this stuff may offer you some perception into what she’s like, the true story is that this lady’s coronary heart. She’s a powerful delicate sort that I love. She will be able to choose up on others’ feelings simply and feels deeply however doesn’t journey the up and down curler coaster of emotion (like her mother may tend to do). She’s emotionally deep, however regular. And type.
She has character that individuals are drawn to. She is just a little giggly when her nerves get one of the best of her however her quiet confidence in who she is and her sincerity wins folks over.
So sure, she has a giant coronary heart. She is nice. However, however, if she helps you to near her, you’ll get to see her spicy facet, too. Her fast wit and sass typically catch me off guard and make me chuckle. It’s been enjoyable to observe that facet develop as she makes her method via the teenager years.
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My position as her mother is such a blessing and I really like seeing her appreciation after I make her a grilled cheese and tomato soup, however my position can also be shifting. At 15 years previous I’m transitioning to extra of a training position and fewer of a dictator. I’m honored after I get to assist her with in-text citations and take pride after I can shock her by knocking out folding her laundry occasionally. Nevertheless, I’m noticing how succesful she is an increasing number of every day. This lady can deal with herself. She’s disciplined and accountable and does each whereas additionally having fun with life.
With my shifting position, the road between authority determine and good friend is blurring in a great way. She nonetheless wants our steerage however hardly ever our self-discipline. Standing extra beside her and fewer in entrance paving the way in which is bittersweet, however how does the saying go? The position of a guardian is to work your self out of a job?
This birthday was further particular as a result of it was her GOLDEN birthday, turning 15 on the fifteenth. I leaned into the theme and had a lot enjoyable placing collectively a couple of particular touches. The day itself fell on a Tuesday so there was nonetheless piano to attend and a few faculty work to do, however we celebrated huge.
The day began out with biscuits, eggs, and a visit to the DMV. I had instructed her that lots of people don’t cross on the primary go and simply to offer it her finest, and boy was it thrilling when she walked out of the testing room to listen to “congratulations” from the person behind the counter. We wasted no time and she or he drove us all residence from the DMV!
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AT residence she took a biology take a look at earlier than we headed to piano. After piano classes she talked about eager to drive. She’s pushed with David many instances, however by no means simply with me however I figured there must be a primary time for every thing so we went for it. She did so effectively!
We squeezed an escape room journey into the afternoon, the place we didn’t escape and all agreed we like the opposite escape room place higher (ha!), however it was a enjoyable journey nonetheless.
We got here residence to marinated rooster and noodles and tres leches cake (her request) earlier than diving into playing cards and presents. This lady was doted upon by household and acquired a number of presents that fully lit her up and had her excited. Then got here the final reward from David and me…
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When she opened that field, her legislation actually dropped. Her eyes bought large and tears welled up. So naturally, so did mine. And there it was, her first telephone, catching her fully abruptly!
Once I inform you this lady has by no means requested for a telephone or questioned when she’d get one, I imply it. In a transfer that in all probability deserves its personal submit, David and I made a decision it felt like the proper time, and getting to drag of this as a whole shock is a reminiscence that can stick to me.
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We positive do love you, kiddo. Greater than you’ll ever know <3
Some Hailey favorites at 15:
- meals: burger, Italian subs, floor beef taco bowls, grilled cheese and tomato soup
- songs: Higher Me for You, Ought to Have Been a Cowboy, The Experience, Finished For, Purchase a Boy a Baseball
- books: I Seize the Fort, Anne of Inexperienced Gables
- motion pictures: I’m undecided if she has a fav? She loves repeating traditional consolation motion pictures, like Disney princess motion pictures, Again to the Future, Nationwide Treasure, and the Harry Potters
- reveals: we’re loving watching Gilmore Ladies collectively (each time via the sequence for each of us)
- hobbies: junk journaling, studying to crochet
- accomplishments: she revealed her first ebook!, she made JV basketball, she continues to degree up in music idea, she’s getting all A’s, however principally she’s a fantastic particular person <3
