To Ella-With Love on Your 4th Birthday

Ella Hope.

You are 4!  You have grown leaps and bounds this year, literally and figuratively.  You are mere inches shorter than Jack, and I think you might weigh more, because you are solid and all muscle! 
You are beautiful and have the best smile around! You keep a tan better than any other member of our family. 

You love your brothers, but you are partial to Jack. He’s your best friend, and y’all talk about getting married often haha!  Olli thinks you hung the moon and tries to get your attention every chance he gets. I pray the three of you will always be sweet friends.

You are adventurous and daring but still anxious about new things until you figure them out. And then when you do? Look out world! 
You are smart, but you like to pretend you’re perplexed often. 

You love to pretend, and you love to sing. Watching you create crazy buildings with legos and seeing you take care of your babies and hearing you sing worship songs all make my momma-heart smile. 

You give the best hugs, but you don’t give them freely. You make people work for them ❤️

Ella Hope, you are wild and lovely and curious and loving. 
You are YOU! And I know God has big, huge, wonderful things in store for you. 
Don’t ever lose that sparkle, my love. 

Happy 4th birthday, sweet girl! 
We love you big!

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  1. MomJune 30, 2018 at 11:39 AM

    We love her, too! She can be a wild child, but she is precious and we believe she will do great things in her life.

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