Cohen turns 11!

A tad late on Cohen's birthday post!  Our oldest baby turned 11 and I can't even believe it.  I feel like she is just changing so much every day and just growing up so fast.  The fact that middle school is right around the corner just blows my mind and makes me want to cry.  Our little girl is just growing up, but we couldn't be more proud of who she is.  Cohen is so smart, funny, and so talented.  She makes us very proud!  Don't get me wrong though, she is 11 and she has that little pre-teen sass that can make us lose our minds too.  She has always been strong willed and is her own worst critic.  I know a lot of that will work to her favor as she grows but may not always be the best for her and her mama!!   I do love her with all I have though and I know God has big things planned for this girl.  She is going to go far and I pray she keeps herself focused in the right direction and know that she can do anything she puts her mind too.  I also pray she keeps God first in her life and knows that His plan for her is by far greater than anything else.

Last picture with my 10 year old!

We celebrated Cohen's birthday in February.  Her actual day fell during the week so of course she was at school, but her Daddy and I made sure we went to eat lunch with her and took pizza for her and a few of her sweet friends.  If you have to go to school on your birthday you at least can make it as fun as possible!  We enjoyed our lunch entertainment with these girls too!

At the end of the day I came back to celebrate one more time with Cohen's class.  I tried not to think that this would be the last time I would get to celebrate her birthday at school.  That's one of the hardest things about 5th grade because you know this is it for the fun stuff we parents get to do with them at school.

That night Cohen got to celebrate with Bebe's cheesecake...her favorite!  

For Cohen's birthday party she wanted to do what she did last year which was take a few friends to Rush in Athens and then eat at Barbarito's afterwards.  We were working around Kate's basketball schedule and winter break too but we got it in and they had a blast.  Rush is always a fun place for them.  They love the dodgeball!  And who doesn't love Barbarito's...clearly its a favorite in our house!

We came back to our house for cake.  I loved her birthday cake and thought it turned out so cute!  Dill's did her cake and they did a great job!

 It was a special day for her, both her actual birthday and on the day of her party.  I'm so thankful for her sweet friends and I hope these friendships keep going on into middle school!

At 11 here's a little of what Miss Cohen is into:

• Her iPod!  We still haven't given in to cell phone and I want to prolong that as long as I can. But she loves to be on her iPod texting, watching YouTube, Tik Tok, and other games!
• Baton-she is still twirling away and loves the sport!  I'm so proud to say she is officially a middle school majorette!  She had try-outs just a few weeks ago and she is ready to twirl this fall.  She is also in the middle of her competition season and we are busy with that.
• She's definitely our dramatic child! (both good and bad)
• She loves to hang out and go places with friends.  She is always having friends over to our house or going to a friends' house.  She's our little socialite!

She is going to be a great big sister again to this new baby and she is so glad to be getting a sister.  I'm counting on her to be a big help!  I know she's going to be a little mama for sure!

 

One thing she got for her birthday was her 2nd hold pierced.  This happened over her winter break which was right after her party.   Savannah came along with us and ended up having hers pierced too!  These 2 were able to be support for each other!

Coco had already got to celebrate a little early with Grannie, Papa, Aunt Vicki, and Aunt Danette.  She loves all the birthday celebrations she can have for sure!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO OUR COCO!  WE LOVE YOU SO!