Someone is turning THIRTEEN years old today!!! That's right. My little Sarah Bear isn't so little anymore. She has magically turned into a full-grown, just-about-taller-than-her-mom-and-dad, teenager.
I thought it would be fun to take a peek at her through the years. I wish I would have thought about this earlier, so that I could have dug out photos from the few missing years in this group. I can't exactly pull out old albums at 1:00am, to take photos of older pics taken before the digital days.
{2001 - 2 years old}
{2003 - 4 years old}
{2004 - 5 years old}
{2005 - 6 years old}
{2006 - 7 years old}
{2007 - 8 years old}
{2008 - 9 years old}
{2009 - 10 years old}
{2010 - 11 years old}
{2011 - 12 years old, taken from sarah's camera}
{2012 - 13 years old}
Happy, happy birthday Sarah Bear! I feel like you've already been in "teenager" mode for a while now. You might have accidently skipped right over "tween", and went straight to teen. LOL. You are so much like me, it's scary. Which is why we end up butting heads on a daily basis. But we are also both wildly funny and have a great sense of humor. We fight hard, but we love and laugh even more. Our dad and I cannot be prouder of you, and we love you to pieces!
Happy Birthday Sarah Bear, gorgeous girl, congrats mum!
Posted by: jodie | June 20, 2012 at 03:00 AM
HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY SARAH!
I hope you have the BEST year ever!
To Mom- we certainly cannot blink anymore because our girlies are growing and maturing SO so fast. My DD just turned 15 and while I am in awe of this sweet beautiful young lady, I am doing alot of reflecting lately. I guess we better buck-up, the teenage years are here. LOL!
Don't even get me started on driving...ha!
Here is PA they have to wait til 16 1/2 for license, but I will probably be making that 17...My DD has dance friends that are 15 and are DRIVING now.....(that is in another state), and that makes my head spin in a million different ways...
Again- HAPPY BIRTHDAY SARAH. You are truly a BEAUTIFUL young lady.
Smiles from PA!
Posted by: Janet | June 20, 2012 at 04:38 AM
Happy Birthday to the BEAUTIFUL Sarah!! hope her day is WONDERFUL!!!
Posted by: Diana Waite | June 20, 2012 at 12:59 PM
As we have watched her grow, she has transformed into a lovely young lady before out eyes. She's a jewel. A funny sense of humor, headstrong, and quietly smart.It has been so great to see her blossom. And what she is is because of you and Joe. Great parents make great kids.
Posted by: John Vonhof (papa) | June 20, 2012 at 07:00 PM
Happy birthday Sarah! My oldest turned 13 on Monday. Crazy, isn't it? You gave me a great idea to take a pic from each year and scrap a layout of her! Thank you!
Posted by: scrappychick | June 20, 2012 at 08:58 PM
A very happy (belated) birthday to Sarah! And congrats to you, Laura, for making it this far, again ;-)! It is so fun to watch our kids grow and I loved your Sarah timeline above! I wonder how my soon-to-be teen would feel about something similar to celebrate our 13 lucky years with her in our lives...
Anyway, I hope you had a fun day and continue to share your lovely family with us!!!
Posted by: Ruth G | June 21, 2012 at 05:51 AM
A happy belated birthday wish to Sarah! We see layouts that span different ages, and now seeing these pictures, we see the progress. You're beautiful Sarah! I kind of see that real spunk around year 5 starting to show up in your eyes. Enjoy being 13; you only have a year to do it.
Posted by: Sandra A | June 21, 2012 at 01:04 PM
Happy 13th Sarah!! What a beautiful set of pictures, I love the sparkling eyes and gorgeous smile each year, even toothless!! They do grow up fast don't they! Enjoy being a teenager and go easy on your mom, she's AMAZING!!
Hope all is well with you laura and family.
Sending hugs and prayers!
Posted by: dawn | June 22, 2012 at 02:55 AM
The 7 year old photo is my fave!
Happy late birthday!
Posted by: {vicki} | June 26, 2012 at 06:32 AM