Emily is making her tag into a Marathon... and how fun is that! One of the luckiest days of my life was when the Baird family moved in two doors down the street from us. They brought so much joy into my life. We would even go to each others houses in our PJ's on Christmas morning. Emily was the middle daughter in the family, and was the greatest babysitter EVER! My boys loved her so much that one of them even claimed he was going to marry her someday! AWE! She ended up marrying and started having the sweet babies in this photo, before he even graduated from high school...he never had a chance...sniff, sniff! She lives in Utah now...but, the distance will never stop our great friendship! I adore this girl. We were made to be friends. We like the same things...and have had some of the best talks...we just love each other! She always writes me darling notes when she sends me things....and many have said..."I want to be like you when I grow up"...like she wrote in her story below. This always makes me chuckle...cause there were so many times I wished I could go back 16 years and be her. And it was some of her sweet notes that inspired this project in the first place. Because the notes that friends add to the gifts they send...ARE THE TRUE GIFTS!!! Don't get me wrong...we all love fun surprises and gifts from friends. But, I am not going to say I can value any gift that is purchased...as much as I value this girl and her sweet friendship! And the notes she writes to me... ALWAYS MAKE ME CRY! I love you my sweet Emily!
Here is the note I received with my latest Christmas surprise...
Emily's cute story of friendship...
Leave it to Diane to come up with a darling, thoughtful, amazing project... With every detail done up in glitter and cuteness! Diane has been a part of my life for most of my life - she has been there cheering me on for EVERY big (or small) event in my life... really! I have been completely spoiled along my journey by my sweet friend, Diane. Thank you for always always always thinking of me and making me feel so special. You have endless talents and I love you. If only I could be like you when I grow up! Clearly that will never be since I am the latest of all original TAGS to check in... You would've been the first. (With every detail done up in glitter and cuteness!)
I made a silly marathon out of my TAG I suppose... I knew exactly who I was pinning this project on when I received Diane's DARLING tag in the mail. My sweet friend Camille is going straight to heaven. This girl is A-MAZ-ING. She is a crafty little thing that never stops giving. I once made the mistake of telling Camille how cute a little end table was in her house... the next day I answered the door to find Camille AND the end table. You have to be careful with this girl - she'll give you the shirt off of her back if you tell her it's cute. (Now that could get embarrassing!) Camille is expecting her third sweet baby in a couple of months. When she told me her happy news we cried and hugged and cried and hugged some more - she had been through quite the emotional roller coaster the previous year. This baby news was SO exciting after lots of heartache. For my tag project I decided I wanted to give Camille "dates to survive until" - with the good news came the reality that hosting a baby means a VERY sick mama. (She's like me - we LOOOOVE the babies, but go through 9 months of near death and doubt of survival. Oh you lucky people who don't know what morning/noon/night sickness is!!!) The first "survival date" was Camille's first doctor's appointment. I told her she only needed to make it to that date and to not even think about her actual due date (which seemed like an eternity at the time - being ultra sick is no bueno.) I gave her a little package when she got home with a new shirt for that weird-stage-before-maternity-clothes-fit. (I maybe should've taken a photo... sorry Diane!) Other "survival dates" included her 1/3 of the way through date, her ultrasound visit (I gave her a polaroid camera I found on an auction - she's so vintage and does cute crafty things with stuff like that - another great moment to take a photo... oops), her 1/2 way marker, etc. Little packages accompanied these exciting dates - some dates I just dropped off lunch or a treat. I had SO MUCH FUN thinking of little things for each "survival date." This tag project will continue for a couple of additional months... I cannot WAIT to snuggle that teensy baby when she arrives. THAT will be the best "date" of all for my dear friend. I love you, Camille!
Here's a letter I wrote to her for one of the earlier dates. And a photo of my sweet friend Camille with her two darlings. Can they be any cuter?!?!
To my dear BFF...
Oh Camille... you are a true definition of a BFF. I have never met anyone more genuine and thoughtful and sincere and giving and generous and kind and EVERYTHING GOOD!!! You are an incredible example to me of what a wife, mother, sister and friend should be. Thank you for sacrificing so much time and effort on my behalf. I love you, my family loves you, and heaven above is smiling on your endless giving... This new baby is so incredibly lucky to join your family. I am SO excited and happy for you. Thanks for being my BFF.
xoxo to infinity... Emily
TOTALLY ADORABLE.....best of luck in the final months Camille! xo...D
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