Thursday, April 12, 2012

Happy Birthday Mackenzie

It's hard to believe that my baby girl is 11 years old already. It seems like just yesterday I was trying push her big ol' head out. Honestly, she was small and had a perfect little head. But, I did have to push for over 2 hrs. The stubborn little monkey was stuck in the birth canal and wasn't budging. Well, I showed her who was boss. She was born at 5:04 pm on April 9th. She weighed in a whopping 7 lbs. 9oz. and was 18 inches long. I just remember seeing her head full of dark black hair. She had so much hair I could stick little barrettes in it.
She's definitely changed a lot since then. Now she's a beautiful pre-teen girl complete with a diva attitude and huge generous heart. Kenzie has blessed my life in several ways. She lights up the room when she walks in smiling. Her willingness to help and please makes me proud. She has shown tremendous discipline in her school work and sport. I don't think Mackenzie knows the word defeat or can't. She continues to push herself and accomplish the goals she sets. Sometimes she is her own worse critic. She'll beat her self up over little imperfections and tiny slip ups. Then she'll refocus her energy and try again. It's this 'never say never' attitude that has gotten her so far in gymnastics.
When I think of Kenzie I automatically think, gymnast. Most people who know her do too. She is so much more than a gymnast and flexible.
Mackenzie is:
Compassionate, determined, self-motivating, self-disciplining, courageous, silly, athletic, responsible, dedicated, righteous, faithful, loving, loyal, beautiful, cheerful, humorous, crazy, sweet, sincere, helpful, reliable, and my best-friend and daughter.
Every day I am thankful to have been blessed with her as my daughter. I don't know what I've done to deserve her but, I'll take it. I love you  Macaroni noodle.

Does she really think I'd let her do that!

I surprised Kenz with flowers.
She loves bright colors. When I saw these I had to get them for her.

Singing happy birthday to her.
Sawyer  actually sang it too.


2 comments:

mom said...

Beautiful young lady! What impressed me was when I mentioned to her it was only one year till she was in YW's and she said and then I can go to the temple and do baptisms for the dead. Already realizing what a blessing that will be.
She is all you mentioned and more. Love you, Kenzie. What a great start to my grandchildren.

Genevre said...

What a great example she must be for her brothers. I wish my kids had the "can do " attitude. It is something we lack :( She has accomplished so much, I bet she has a great future!