It’s All a Blur

April 14, 2008 @ 7:20 pm | Filed under: Family, Photos

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It doesn’t seem possible.

How could two years have passed since

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this day?

I know, it really is sobering.

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This calls for extreme doses of chocolate.

Carpe cake, my dear. Old time is still a-flying.

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  1. Jessica says:

    Happy Birthday to your little one!! She is so cute!

  2. patience says:

    Happy birthday to darling Rilla! She is too adorable for words. All the photos are beautiful.

  3. Mamalion says:

    Oh my goodness! It’s been 2 years? Wow, time does fly. And I didn’t realize Rilla was born on my 2nd dd’s birthday. She’s 15 today.

  4. Allison Fouse says:

    Funny. I just had a similar revelation a couple of days ago. =) TWO. It’s a big little number.

  5. Anika Q says:

    I love her expression in the last one!

  6. Kim says:

    I hope she had a wonderful birthday!

  7. Penny in VT says:

    Happy Birthday to your little one! Time really does fly, doesn’t it?

    “Carpe Cake” - I love that! Think I’ll bake a cake in her honor and share it with my not-so-littles today:)

  8. Christine M says:

    Happy Birthday to Rilla! Wow - she’s getting so big - and so beautiful.

  9. Sarah N. says:

    Happy Birthday! She’s beautiful! My youngest just turned 1 and I’ve been marveling over time flying too!

  10. KC says:

    How’d that happen? Happy Birthday to your sweet girl!

  11. WendyinVA says:

    Wow… I’m working on a time-stopping machine here. I couldn’t get it done in time for 14yodd’s birthday, but hope to have it finished by 2yodd’s 3rd birthday in August. LOL Happy birthday, Rilla! :)

  12. Love2learn Mom says:

    Happy Birthday Rilla!!!

  13. Rachel29 says:

    Happy Birthday to your little cutie. She is *just* beautiful!
    My youngest is 8 and it’s killing me. I really want another baby. They grow TOO FAST!

    Oh, and ‘Old time is still a-flying’ is from my late great, great, great (keep going a while) grandfather Sir Robert Herrick. I’m sure you knew that though, Lissa (that it was Robert Herrick, I mean). I have lots of his poetry. My mother, God rest her soul, was Melissa Herrick (of the very same Herricks) and my son, Andrew’s, middle name is Herrick.

    There are pics of Sir Robert in the old family homein NY. Can I say that I am really happy his giant English schnoz got filtered out over the generations? In the words of Monty Python he would have been one to benefit from “Blessed are the big noses!” :-)

    ~Peace,
    Rachel

  14. Meredith says:

    Happy Birthday to a fair and bonny lass, just like her mama :))

  15. Amy says:

    Happy Birthday Rilla!

  16. Mary Beth P says:

    Time does fly! She is so precious! Happy Birthday to her!

  17. Joy says:

    I forget that she was born 4 days shy of Sarah’s birthday! Wow!!! Sarah is *14* on Friday…so I get what you’re saying a little *too* well.

  18. Marsha says:

    HAPPY 2ND BIRTHDAY!!!

    Some days may seem long, but the years still fly by.

  19. Amanda says:

    How adorable! Time certainly does fly… I cannot believe that number 4 will be here in only a matter of weeks! Happy Birthday to your adorable daughter!

  20. Beck says:

    Our babies nearly share a birthday! She has such a beautiful, serious expression - I hope her birthday was a delight.

  21. Beth says:

    Oh, that face!

    Happy Birthday :-)

  22. Heather Lewis says:

    Oh what a sweetie. My youngest just turned 5 and I’m so amazed how long has past since that day.

  23. Sandra Dodd says:

    That middle photo is wonderful. Did your husband take it? I had a hard time taking my eyes away from it!

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