My Eden Barbara Anne.

I tell her that we are the only girls so we have got to stick together.  The boys outnumber the girls in this  house.  Even the dog has a wenis…..a gross red one that likes to pop out every few months and make me vomit in my mouth.  I shudder just thinking about it.  Blech…..

She has is my sweetest of sweethearts and one of those kids with a kind old soul.  She is shockingly thoughtful for a three old and this makes me so proud.  She gives her last cookie to her brother when the thought would never cross his mind and she knows it.  She nearly smothers her little brother on a daily basis with hugs because she just “loves him the most.”

Her favorite thing to pass out are “surprise hugs”.  When you least expect it, you will see a tiny lightbulb go off over her head and she will just come racing over and hug you with all of her might.  These are my favorite kind of hugs, a close second is the “holding hug” which involves standing up and holding them along with a super squeeze.

She is my wearer of bows and all things girly.  She loves her accessories and most importantly lip gloss, ahem, chap stick.  One of her favorite people around, my niece Manny Moo, gave her a tiny tub of pink lip gloss that she carried around and slept with until she deemed it the perfect time to use it.   Movie time.  We were getting ready to go to the theatre and as I am yelling at everyone to put their shoes on, go to the bathroom, get ready or we are not going and there will be no popcorn!  I turned around and here she was, all ready to go…..with just the right amount of lip gloss.

She is named for my mother (Barbara Anne) who is one of the most amazing people that ever walked this earth and one of my very best friends.  I talk to my parents every day, usually multiple times a day.  My mother is a saint with 7 kids and 17 grandkids.  She selflessly ALWAYS puts us first and has for her entire life.  She is amazing and I love, love, love her.  If my Eden Barbara Anne turns out anything like the original Barbara Anne, she will be set for life.  I realize how lucky I am to have both of them in my life.  What could be better than one Barbara Anne?!?!  How about two?

Miss Eden has one obsession and it is slowly taking over.  Minnie freaking Mouse.  When she grows up she wants to be Minnie Mouse.  She has been Minnie Mouse for the past 2 Halloweens.  After we say our prayers at night and she blesses people, Minnie many times is the first one.  She would prefer to only wear clothes and pj’s with Minnie on but since laundry is not my strong suit, sometimes she has to wear clothes that do not involve Minnie.  These days always start out a bit rocky but she comes around.  We have yet to take her to Disneyworld mostly because I feel that she may stroke out if she ever got the opportunity to come face to face with the real live thing.  Someday we will get them there, after we rob a bank and get a prescription for extra strength valium.

She also has an obsession with cheese (who doesn’t).  She prefers Munster cheese which she refers to as “flat cheese”.  She will only eat the kind from the deli and don’t you dare try and give her a piece of cheddar and tell her that since it is flat it is the same thing.  My dad learned this lesson the hard way.  He could not for the life of him figure out why the half an inch chunk of cheddar he cut from the block was not cutting it.  He said it was flat after all…..not even in the ballpark Papa. So close but no cigar.

This is actually a photo I snapped of her after I broke it to her that we were indeed out of flat cheese.

So this is my partner in crime….my wearer of tacky bows and lover of dairy products.  She is a mini-me and I love it.  As I say, “Eden Barbara Anne, mommy could not love you more if I tried.”  Boy is that the truth.  You are my dream come true Eden.  I.  LOVE.  YOU.