Megan is 14 - where did the time go? Has it really been that long since I had my first little baby?
I wanted to post some baby pictures but am unwilling to attempt the major hunt of non digital photos (my scrapbook/photo jive is sitting in huge rubbermaids while I attempt to get my creative area of the house organized) So current pictures will have to do.
14 things about Megan...
1. She is game for anything...she is is willing to try new things - foods, activities,etc. She goes along with most of our families hair brained ideas (like posing for pictures in a graffiti filled alley in the Haight Ashbury district of SF where we had previously tried to take pictures but were taunted by some homeless men - we walked the neighborhood a bit more and then came back to this photography heaven) and genuinely has fun doing them. She doesn't however do things that she knows are wrong or hurtful.
2. Her room is hardly ever clean (at least as clean as I would like it) but she is a good worker and will help out when asked.
3. She is super creative. She loves to create and has produced some great art. She is also a skilled writer. She has written a children's book and has had some of her poetry published. One of her poems has just recently been accepted for publication (will post about it later) and she won a garnet from a jeweler for me with a Mothers Day poem that she wrote.
4. Megan loves to read - love doesn't even seem to be the right word. She reads huge books in one day and often times she'll be reading 3 books at one time (not sure how she does that - it would drive me crazy) She just finished reading The Host by Stephanie Meyers and is finishing up the unabridged version of Les Miserables.
5. She loves clothes and finds total enjoyment in shopping.
6. She can not make a decision to save her life. When you ask her to make a choice she gets distraught (even when it is a simple decision)
7. She has a happy countenance and is nearly always happy (even when she is doing things she may not love) She occasionally has a "teenage moment" (as she calls them) where she is crying and grumpy but they never last long.
8. Similar to number 7 - she loves to laugh. She can find humor in some of the most difficult situations. She loves a good joke and enjoys (and understands) her dad's sarcasm. She keeps our family smiling.
9. She loves her friends and loves to be social - she is so excited to be 14 and able to go to church dances now.
10. She mumbles when she talks
11. She is a great student and has made the superintendents honor roll (3.85 or higher GPA) every quarter during middle school
12. Her current aspirations (they are always changing) for what she would like to do when she is older are become a writer (see #3 above) or do something in the field of science (although she is not sure what)
13. Her favorite meal is roast beef, mashed potatoes (she could live off mashed potatoes) and grammy rolls. She requests this meal for her birthday every year.
14. She is a wonderful daughter, granddaughter, niece, cousin, sister and friend.
Happy birthday Megan - we all love you!
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