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Happy Birthday Hannah!!!! (PICTURE: Even as a little kid, Hannah was able to fill big shoes.)

Minus a couple years in my teens, I have always been immensely proud of my sister. She is without a doubt the smartest, kindest, funniest person I have ever known. One of the things I hold to be unshakable in this world is that if my sister puts her mind to something, it will get done.*

Today is Hannah's birthday and I'm trying to pinpoint the exact moment when she went from being the most adorable little kid ever, to a beautiful, hard working, HOME OWNING woman. I made a video to help me wrap my head around it.

Love you, Hannah!

* The rare exception was when Hannah took kickboxing lessons to try and fight me (hence the line about a few years in my teens) and only proceeded to embarrass herself every time I would catch her leg and then give her a taste of her own medicine (if her medicine was stronger and swifter and actually hurt). Posted by Benjamin at 3:00 AM amazing blogger's mom said...

You made me cry and laugh so early in the morning. It seems like yesterday that I brought Hannah home to her 2 big brothers!

November 22, 2009 at 5:02 AM 
I am so glad the real star of that video was the Mona Lisa Hannah. Love you!

November 22, 2009 at 5:48 AM the proud papa said...

I am so proud of my 3 great kids. We should have had more. Happy B'day to my wonderful sweet, smart, beautiful and caring daughter.

November 22, 2009 at 6:21 AM 
i love the mona lisa pictures. what age was that? 8? 9? we should so compare awkward pictures at various ages, hannah. hope you had a great birthday!

November 22, 2009 at 3:52 PM