Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Thirty-one Years Ago...

My parents' lives were changed forever. My father reminded me of this with a text message this morning...

"This day, several decades ago, a child was born. Now I sit here wondering how on earth she ended up in Colorado? Oh well, you didn't turn out so bad. Good thing you took after me! Happy 50th birthday. Oh wait... that would be me. You're just a punk kid! Love you, Dad"

My parents were high school sweethearts who got married right out of high school and had me at the ripe old age of 19. Here I am, now 31, expecting my first child. I can't imagine how freaked out they must have been at that age! I can certainly tell you that I'm shaking in my boots.

So... thirty-one years ago, my parents welcomed this into their lives.
It's amazing how life comes full circle. And, just because it's my birthday and I can... here are a few more pics rocking some amazing hair styles in the early years.

^Pretty darn proud of that outfit if I do say so myself...
^I look exactly like one of my brothers in this pic.
^This is the face of a 10 year-old pissed off about her Annie hair-do.
^Fast forward to days after my 30th birthday...

Have a fabulous day, everyone! I know I'm going to try!

Abbie

24 comments:

Erin {House of Turquoise} said...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! I hope you have an awesome day celebrating! These pics were so fun...thanks for sharing them!

Anonymous said...

Happy Birthday! These pics are awesome!! pretty sure I rocked the Annie perm at some point too :)

Emily (The Culinary Couple) said...

Happy birthday to you!

Kristen said...

Happy Birthday! What cute picutres, I espicially love your caption on that last one ;-)

Patience said...

Happy Birthday. I hope your day is wonderful. I love the text from your dad..too sweet.

Amy Jo said...

Happy Birthday! I hope your day is awesome!

Cara said...

Happy birthday!!! Loved this whole post -- have a fantastic celebration :)!

Adrienne said...

Happy Birthday!! Those pics are so cute!! Priceless!! : )

LauraAnn said...

Happy Birthday! I hope you have a fabulous day today!

USCEmily said...

Happy birthday, Abbie! I hope it's a fabulous day :-)

southern daze said...

Happy, Happy, HAPPY Birthday!!!! I hope your day is filled with all of your favorite things. Any big plans?

Victoria said...

Happy Birthday!! Hope it was a good one!

julia::ordinarysaturdays said...

Happy birthday!

Leigh said...

Happy birthday!!

Tara Vorhes said...

Happy, Happy, Happy Birthday to you!!!!

Hope you had an awesome day and that 31 is filled with all kinds of amazingness!

Shaina said...

Happy birthday! I have to say that one photo of you - with the big bow headband and the big square-collared floral dress - I think I have an almost identical school photo. It's almost eerie!!!

Shannon said...

Happy Birthday! Hope you got a new pair of suspenders!

sera said...

happy birthday!!!! it's so awesome that you posted all those pics.

sera said...

happy birthday!!!! it's so awesome that you posted all those pics.

USCEmily said...

Happy birthday, Abbie! I hope it's a fabulous day :-)

CaraBella said...

Happy birthday!!! Loved this whole post -- have a fantastic celebration :)!

Kristen said...

Happy Birthday! What cute picutres, I espicially love your caption on that last one ;-)

sjhouser said...

Happy Birthday! These pics are awesome!! pretty sure I rocked the Annie perm at some point too :)

Erin said...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! I hope you have an awesome day celebrating! These pics were so fun...thanks for sharing them!

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