Maybe a dancer? Maybe a baker?<\/p>\n Maybe working with kids?<\/p>\n Or maybe a gardener?<\/p>\n Or a scientist?<\/p>\n Whatever it is you decide, Rosie Toes – you are going to be spectacular, I have no doubt. You are determined, smart and incredibly gifted with so many talents, and I just know your first year as a teenager is going to be a great adventure.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" My dearest Addikins – Today you are finally an “official” teenager. It is a little surreal that you are no longer considered “a little kid,” I mean…you are a teenager…on your way to high school, driving, and ALL THE THINGS! … Continue reading ![\"IMG_9929\"](\"http:\/\/barelycontrolledchaos.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_9929.jpg\")
<\/a>And while I love watching you grow up into this amazing young woman full of wonder and love, a tiny part of me still wants to go back to when you were a baby in my arms instead of having to fight you to hold all the cute babies now.<\/p>\n<\/a>While you still LOVE kitties with all of your being, your idea of what you want to be “when you grow up” has changed from being a “vegetarian veterinarian” (what you used to tell everyone – but you really only wanted to help cats) and it continues to change each week.<\/a><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>Love you with all my heart, Addikins. Happy 13!
\n-Mama<\/p>\n