On this day 17 years ago this sweet little one was born when I was 17 years old. My Aunt Cindy asked me, while she was still pregnant, if I would be her new child's godmother. I felt honored and of course accepted the responsibility, whatever that was. In my mind, I took this title as a way to keep a special relationship with one of my cousins, spoil her a bit and take her on all sorts of adventures. Over the years we went to cider mills, had ice cream dates, hiked nature trails, traveled to see our grandparents, went to numerous parks, attended parades, had sleepovers, took several trips to Henry Ford Museum, Detroit and Columbus Zoos and Tigers baseball games, we went to Greektown, took the people mover around Detroit, went to the Detroit Institute of Art, she has visited me on Ohio, we've had Panera and Ocean Breeze lunch dates and of course this year she joined Ryan and I out west for 2 weeks. It is truly amazing how quickly time goes by…
Card game of 31 after a delicious dinner. Em was the winner!
17 years we have sat in this kitchen for birthday pics!
This year's birthday crew.
Mother and daughter birthday girls sharing a laugh :)
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