March 22, 2009

At Last

We waited 12 years for Shailey to become "babysitting material"... and we made it! This past year Shailey has really matured into a beautiful and responsible young lady. She is definitely capable of not only watching Emma and Jonas, but also cooking, cleaning, bathing, playing, and putting them to bed too. We are lucky parents! She is definitely in the "pre-teen/wannabe teenager" phase. I think I share her CRUSH on David Archuleta :).



12 Reasons we LOVE Shailey:
1) she is fun
2) she is smart
3) she is a leader
4) she is musical
5) she is creative
6) she has a great laugh and sense of humor (she was born with a terrific sense of humor... a sign of intelligence :)
7) she has a testimony and knows what she believes
8) she is a chatterbox and always wants to share stories with us
9) she is photogenic
10) she is a reader
11) she is athletic
12) she is old enough to babysit!
Happy Birthday Shaleilah!

4 comments:

Jennifer Napierski said...

Happy Babysitter... I mean Birthday Shailey. Can you tell that us Mom's only have one thing on our mind when we hear someone has turned 12!!!

mali said...

And she is so darn cute! Happy Birthday Shailey!

Kristine Van Buskirk said...

Happy Birthday Shailey! Love you soooo much! I wish we lived closer so you could babysit for us too. :) And teach Kirra some tricks. We're trying to teach her, but I think this is a LONG road. LOL Kisses for my Shailey!

Lisa Brown said...

Sad! She's too grown up- a total teenager or soon to be. Where did time go??? She looks beautiful! and not the awkward beehive stage at all. Shailey's always been beautiful!