Eight years ago I went to see one of my best friends' new babies and got a fun surprise - she had the same color red hair as me! The rest of her kids have dark hair, so it's been a running joke that this little girl was supposed to be my daughter, but got sent to my friends' family instead! Since then I have treated her as kind of a surrogate daughter and we have a pretty special bond. A lot of times she sits with me at church and over the years we've done lots of special friend dates and a couple sleepovers. Recently she accidentally called my future daughter her sister, and I'm pretty sure that's how she'll treat her, especially if my daughter has the same red hair!
A couple of weeks ago she was baptized and I think I teared up almost as much as my friend, her real mom! It's been amazing to be such a big part of her life and to be there for this important milestone in her life. I'm already looking forward to sharing many more milestons with her.
Playing in the pool
I love kisses!
Watching movies
In a corn maze
One of our sleepovers
Hanging out on my birthday
A trip to the zoo
A "family" picture on the 4th of July
Her baptism day!
4 comments:
So sweet!
This was just the sweetest blog! Loved seeing all the pictures. I think my favorite one was the first with the two of you in the pool. Such fun memories the two of you share!
What a blessed little girl "our" Bekah is!! Can't wait for baby "sister"!
When we first moved into the ward I totally thought she was yours!! Very sweet post.
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