Happy 6th Birthday Sweet Emma!

Posted on by Stephanie Karp


I am very grateful to be celebrating 6 years of knowing my beautiful daughter Emma.

I am very grateful for celebrating 6 years of being a mom to this very special little girl.

I am very grateful that Emma is just as beautiful inside as she is outside.

I am very grateful that Emma had such a happy day today, from the minute she woke up she was enthusiastic about turning 6. Can we harness this forever?

I am very grateful for baking Emma’s birthday cake with her on her last night of being 5.

I am very grateful for saying goodnight to her that night by saying “Listen close to me. Emma I will never say these words to you again! Good night my 5 year old Emma.” And she said “But you’ll say Goodnight my 6 and 7 and 8 and 9 year old Emma!” G-d willing yes yes yes yes yes yes yes …

I am very grateful for friends and family to celebrate with today all day and more celebrations to come over the weekend.

I am very grateful that Emma was so cooperative this morning and after school for two separate 10 minute photo sessions where I got these two shots in addition to many others.

I am grateful that because I got these amazing shots today, I pretty much relaxed about the camera for the rest of today’s celebration and wasn’t a crazy loony with the camera as is usual.

I am very grateful for taking time last night to set up breakfast place settings for Emma and Eden with birthday decor and with fun art projects set up for Emma at her spot. I heard her wake up super early this morning and by the time I got downstairs she was almost done making a mosaic art project.

I am very grateful that the things I feel anxious about are blips on my screen of life, despite how upsetting and frustrating they seem at the time.

I am very grateful to be finding out information that I didn’t know I needed to know and to also realize that so many things are out of my control.

I am very grateful for the ability to raise my hands up in the air and just give in to the powers that be.

I am very grateful that Emma is a wonderful and caring big sister to Eden.

I am very grateful that G-d gave me exactly the children I was meant to have and will continue to do so.

I am very grateful for Eden’s happiness at having her new ‘big girl bed’ and for Emma’s happiness for her and desire to squeeze into bed with her for the past couple of nights and share sleep.

I am very grateful for my family of four — for all that I have, all that I am and all that is yet to be!!

Happy Birthday my dear sweet Emma. You have filled my life with joy and I look forward to a life time of loving you and our (growing) family!

24 thoughts on “Happy 6th Birthday Sweet Emma!”

  14. Happy Birthday sweet Emma!!

    We are thinking of you and feel so lucky to have gotten to know you at 5 and look forward to many visits with you being the “big 6”!

    Another beautiful post Steph, you are so gifted with words and taking pictures.

    Big Hugs,
    Carolyn and Henry

  15. Happy Birthday sweet Emma!!

    We are thinking of you and feel so lucky to have gotten to know you at 5 and look forward to many visits with you being the “big 6”!

    Another beautiful post Steph, you are so gifted with words and taking pictures.

    Big Hugs,
    Carolyn and Henry

  16. Happy Birthday Emma!

    Ok – obviously it has been a while since I have visited but now I am caught up – CONGRATULATIONS! I am so super excited for you and your family! I can’t wait to follow along – it will a wild ride but certainly worth every minute!

    Kim

  17. Happy Birthday Emma!

    Ok – obviously it has been a while since I have visited but now I am caught up – CONGRATULATIONS! I am so super excited for you and your family! I can’t wait to follow along – it will a wild ride but certainly worth every minute!

    Kim

  18. Happy Birthday Emma!

    Ok – obviously it has been a while since I have visited but now I am caught up – CONGRATULATIONS! I am so super excited for you and your family! I can’t wait to follow along – it will a wild ride but certainly worth every minute!

    Kim

  19. Oh, I also wanted to say that Colene seems like such a great lady! We (Two Hearts) have been chatting with her a lot lately (our raffle this month benefits their Bikes and Beds program) and she is great.

  20. Oh, I also wanted to say that Colene seems like such a great lady! We (Two Hearts) have been chatting with her a lot lately (our raffle this month benefits their Bikes and Beds program) and she is great.

  21. Oh, I also wanted to say that Colene seems like such a great lady! We (Two Hearts) have been chatting with her a lot lately (our raffle this month benefits their Bikes and Beds program) and she is great.

  22. I love this post. Not just because of the beautiful photos, but of the gratefulness you share. Everything in life is precious…so precious.

    Happy birthday sweet Emma! May your sixth year be full of fun, love and all the good things about being a kid.

  23. I love this post. Not just because of the beautiful photos, but of the gratefulness you share. Everything in life is precious…so precious.

    Happy birthday sweet Emma! May your sixth year be full of fun, love and all the good things about being a kid.

  24. I love this post. Not just because of the beautiful photos, but of the gratefulness you share. Everything in life is precious…so precious.

    Happy birthday sweet Emma! May your sixth year be full of fun, love and all the good things about being a kid.

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