When I moved to Leesburg almost 8 years ago, I had one very small child and one on the way. We are pretty social people, but we had just moved from a townhouse to a single family home and were really enjoying having a yard. We didn't meet many people right out of the gate other than our immediate neighbors. A couple years went by and my oldest daughter made a new friend (a boy, no doubt-- my girls are not girly girls to my dismay) across the street. The two of them were inseparable for a while. Hannah would come home from playing at their house and talk about her friend's big sister. They played school and she learned this and that. This was her role model and I knew she was a great kid, so I couldn't complain! Fast forward a couple years and boys and girls don't play the same things anymore. I can remember Hannah would come home and ask why he didn't want to play with her anymore-- then the next day he would come over and she would forget that she was "mad" at him. And somewhere along the way his "big sister" grew up. She graduated from elementary school and went on to middle school. In fact, this is her year to become an official teenager. I hadn't noticed how much she had grown up and changed from the little girl that I remembered Hannah "playing" with until I looked at these photos today. I think mom and dad are going to need a very large shotgun! What a beautiful young lady she has become and what a special time for photos! Enjoy :)

BTW-- I haven't forgotten about the little boy finds on Etsy... tomorrow!