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Happy birthday to my favorite person on the face of the earth! You are our everything ❤️ I love you something fierce!
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Being your mom is the single greatest joy of my life. Thank you for the best thing to wake up to eagerly single morning. Happy Mother’s Day ❤️ Also I love your ability to embrace lazy days!
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Happy birthday to the wildest, most strong-willed most daring, cutest, funniest, smartest, and loveliest 3 year old I know. Even from afar you have brought me so much joy and laughter. I hope you have the happiest birthday ever and I am counting down the days till we get to eat all the ice cream together again. Love you forever and always ❤️
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My ❤️ is full! South Africa 🇿🇦 is so good to us!! Sunshine and lots of love!!
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Nine years ago today.... How I ever got so lucky to be your mom, I'll never know. All I know is that no one can ever take away the fact that my life's most euphoric moment of becoming a mother happened because of you, and only you. I will never forget the moment we locked eyes for the first time, and the rush of love and emotions I felt for you. I am sorry I'm hardest on you, you are the oldest, so I guess I expect more of you - but it is unfair - I am going to try my hardest to always remember that. Just so you know - I look at you and I think you are the kindest (I swear you have a heart made of gold), sweetest, gentlest, smartest, most forgiving, and coolest little human on planet earth. Don't let anyone ever take that away from you. You make me happy, always - just for simply existing. Happy NINTH birthday Ian Keith. I love you, forever and always. ❤️
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Seven years ago today.... How I ever got so lucky to be your mom, I'll never know. It was a Divine set up - a beautifully orchestrated collision, of something so breathtaking I can hardly describe it. Just know, if there were millions of babies to chose from, and I had my pick, I'd chose you - over and over. Happy birthday Hayleigh Elizabeth. You are kind, you are strong, you are beautiful, and you have a wild adventurous spirit that keeps me on my toes daily!! Always stay true to yourself! I love you something fierce. #cookkids #hayleighlove
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Last few hours of being 6. My heart can’t really stand it - these adventures (and challenges) are so bittersweet!! Forever grateful for my girl ❤️
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How do I have a 2nd and 4th grader? Where did time go? Happy first day of school to these two awesome kiddos - I know I know it summer - but we have big South Africa travel plans at the end of the year - and well who wants so to do any kind of school when oupa and ouma are officially retired?!? #cookkids
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Today we did this thing - we got our ears pierced (with a needle, no gross guns for us) Hayleigh has been begging for several weeks now and since it has never left her mind we did it - I have waited this long because I wanted it to be her decision not mine. She was a champ - my 6 years old pretty much put me to shame when it came to the needle part 🤣 I nervously giggled over everything!! She never even shed one tear 😱 I’m so proud of her and super excited for all the earring fun to come! #lcookgirls
