happy birthday ruthie!
oh ruth. when i was pregnant with you i knew you'd be friendly. i had no idea how crazy and entertaining and mischievous you would be. i didn't know about that stompy, floppy run of yours, usually with mouth wide open in a crazed smile. i didn't know you would come programmed knowing exactly how to push every single one your sister's buttons and get wild joy from watching her react. i couldn't have imagined your almost annoying ability to charm your way out of any trouble. i did know that you would love people and they would love you, but had no idea how quickly you would capture people's adoration. i certainly didn't realize you would be so messy or have such a need to apply and spread anything and everything to every surface of your own skin. everyday. i didn't know about the smearing of the frosting or the hummus or the massaging of your own feet with that morning's cream-of-wheat. i didn't know the immense love affair you would have with food; the singing about it from your crib, the talking about being "hummy" at least every 20 minutes, and the immense amount of food you can shove into yor mouth without issue. i didn't realize the frequency of the kind hugs you would give to your sister and how quickly you could unite with her against all the world, including me. i didn't know how intense and determined you would be, nor did i have any clue that you would be able to mimic my voice and yoga positions almost perfectly, the first time. i didn't know how hard you would make us laugh and how so many of the things that i love the most in your father are the very same things i love in you. and i could never have known how much i really do love you, and how through you i would love eve, your dad and life even more than before. so, happy second birthday ruth. i love you and am secretly proud of you for testing me everyday. just as any good daughter should.
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while i was typing the last half of this, you got a chair from the dining table, pushed it over to the counter, climbed up and then ate/destroyed nearly all of the mini ganache-covered chocolate cupcakes waiting for tonight's celebraion. the uneaten/uncrumbled ones you smeared on your belly. all in three minutes.
Monday, November 5, 2007 at 05:05AM
Reader Comments (8)
Happy Birthday Ruthie Roo!! I love you!!
aw. that was my wake up call for 4 days "i'm hummy, want ice cweam". how sweet. i can totally see a spa girl in her future. seaweed wraps, salt scrubs.
I didn't realize Ruthie and Jeremy share a birthday! They were born exactly 30 years apart - but one apparently enjoyed her birthday treats much more than the other! :) So, Happy Birthday to both of you!
me love you Ruthie!!
can't wait for cake tonight!
Please don't eat it before we get there.
Happy Birthday to a sweet, clever and quick girl!
hey katie, my neighbor says she knows you - http://www.ryanandcathymcf.blogspot.com/
her name is cathy mcfarland and she says she was friends with sara and eric. she remembered your maiden name and everything. i think her maiden name is turner.
Hi - (PS the Cathy McFarland is Rick Turner's sister!) How blessed we are to have little Ruthie in the fam. (And so like her mother.... very "into" life!!)
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