Happy Birthday to My Sister

Oh blogosphere, how I miss thee. . .  Work is quite insane these days.  And, as usual, life outside of work is crazy busy as well!  I can't believe I've been so slack with posting, but it's just been that nuts! 

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Monday is my baby sister's 27th birthday.  Just as I've done before for my mom and my Gma, I'm honoring my sister with 27 things I love about her. . . .

Jenn, Brian and Ellie

1 - Jenn, you were the best playmate a girl could've ever wanted.  Whether it was playing dress-up in momma's clothes and heels or playing house in our playhouse in the back yard, riding bikes around and around and around the neighborhood or raking "homes" into the leaves in the front yard.  You were so much fun to play with as a little girl!
2 - You were the best "P-nut" ever
3 - Your big brown eyes and soft curls as a baby always did make my heart melt. 
4 - Your big heart for Benjamin in your daycare class at school.  He was a special needs child that you had such a sweet relationship with; I always thought it was so neat how you were always the one to help him wash his hands, help him eat his lunch, and take care of him.
5 - "Miss Yinn's"
6 - Your funny questions throughout life:  "Are all silverados silver?"  "Chickens aren't birds. . . .  are chickens birds?"  "RIP. . .  yep, he was a Really Important Person."
7 - Your not-so-futile attempts of reading your summer reading books every year at the beach.  Remember the picture of you "reading" your book, only the book was upside down?
8 - You were a fantastic cheerleader!  I always thought it was so neat how you'd be so high up, jumping and flipping without a care in the world.
9 - Christmas Eves, laying in bed together watching Scrooge until the wee hours of the morning because neither of us could think of sleeping. 
10 - Sneaking into the living room on Christmas mornings WAAAAAYYY too early to see what Santa left us, only to slip back into bed until a more acceptable hour to wake our parents.  We kept that a secret for years! 
11 - Sweet Mama's, Crab Daddy's, and SSI in general
12 - Island Townhouses C-9
13 - Homecomings '98 and '00
14 - How sad I was when you left for college.  I missed you terribly!  I don't know that I ever really told you just how much I missed you!
15 - You coming up to Athens for the Indigo Concert one year for your birthday
16 - The back porch on Senora Place. . . .ahhhhh, the memories!
17 - Your incredibly beautiful wedding day
18 - Driving to Birmingham and sitting in the restaurant with our family the night Brian proposed.  You had no idea we were all there.  That was so much fun!
19 - Finding out you were pregnant and helping you get something together to give to Momma to surprise her!  Wow, wasn't she surprised!?!?! 
20 - Ellie Grace's birth.  What a gift to let me be in the room during that amazing miracle!
21 - You let me be such an obnoxiously proud aunt, and you always welcome me into your home to love on her and spoil her rotten!  Don't you and Brian ever wish we'd just leave y'all alone?  Wait. . . don't answer that!
22 - UGA Games Galore!
23 - Growing up with the Kononen's, Wilson's, Crews boys, and the like!
24 - How excited you were for me when Tim and I got engaged.  I'll never forget your smile when you walked through the door to see us right after we got home!
25 - King & Prince
26 - Growing as women together ~ becoming better women, wives, you being an incredible mother, and me hoping for such an opportunity
27 - YOU are my baby SISSER and I love you with ALL of my heart!

Happy Happy birthday, Jennifer! May this next year be your best one yet!