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[rivka]

Three years, three hours, and ten (or so) minutes ago, Alexandra Calvert Wald came into the world and everything changed forever.

As I've done for her previous birthdays, I put together a photo montage of the past year.














Happy birthday, Alex! We love you!

Comments

[hobbitbabe.livejournal.com]

Oh, I'd forgotten Alex paddling bow to my stern!

Happy birthday, little girl!

[(Anonymous)]

So big! Happy birthday, Alex!

[telerib.livejournal.com]

So big! Happy birthday, Alex!

[janetmiles.livejournal.com]

Happy birthday, Alex!

[wcg.livejournal.com]

It has indeed been a memorable year. Wow.

Good luck with the kiddy party tomorrow. I'm sure that's going to be an adventure.

[roadnotes.livejournal.com]

Happy birthday! Congratulations to you all!

[guruwench.livejournal.com]

Happy birthday, Alex! Such a wonderful little girl - with equally wonderful parents.

:)

[huladavid.livejournal.com]

The second photo from bottom, I see a hint of what Alex'll look like when she's older and sitting in a coffeeshop talking with her friends.

[geminigirl]

There's quite a difference between the early third year photos and the most recent ones. Wow.

[bosssio.livejournal.com]

happy happy birthday, Alex!

And happy happy birth day to mama and papa!!!

[aquaeri.livejournal.com]

I can understand why you'd be proud of such a fabulous child.

[ruisseau.livejournal.com]

Happy birthday Alex! :)

[mjlayman.livejournal.com]

Happy Birthday to Alex! The dentist has a giant child for teaching?

[rivka.livejournal.com]

That was at the Children's Museum of Memphis. They had a whole "town" with different play areas: a dentist's office, a gas station, a complete miniature grocery store, a fire station with a full-size fire truck.

[mjlayman.livejournal.com]

Neat! I think I would have gone with the firetruck.

[rivka.livejournal.com]

We did almost everything (I don't recall the gas station having much appeal), but Alex's favorite was the grocery store. It was sponsored by Kroger, and really was note-perfect in all the details: mini shopping carts made of metal rather than plastic, real grocery shelving installed lower down and closer together than usual, real (empty) product boxes on the shelves, realistic produce and meat, and - this was cool - real scanners at the checkstands. You tended to wind up with little kids shopping and bigger kids working check-out.

The thing I noticed most about the mini grocery store was that the kids were all so serious and intent. They weren't goofing off, piling up packages or bumping shopping carts - they were totally absorbed in acting out the grocery shopping experience.

[mjlayman.livejournal.com]

Oh, real scanners! The kids must have had a lot of fun!

[juthwara.livejournal.com]

Happy birthday Alex! I can't believe how quickly the time has passed.

[ex-serenejo.livejournal.com]

That kid's got a million-watt smile.

[thette.livejournal.com]

Happy birthday, Alex!

[lissamc.livejournal.com]

What a cutie!

[green-knight.livejournal.com]

Wow has she grown up. What a wonderful chronicle you're keeping - may you have many more occasions just as joyful as this.

[annaoj.livejournal.com]

happy birthday, Alex!

[geekymary.livejournal.com]

What a sweetheart! Happy birthday!

[writingortyping.livejournal.com]

awww - happy birthday, Alex!!

[treadpath.livejournal.com]

Yay! Happy Birthday, Alex!!! :D

[pameladean]

Happy Alex's birthday to all of you.

P.

[baldanders.livejournal.com]

Happy birthday, Alex!

[jenett]

Very happy Alex's birthday indeed.

[tendyl.livejournal.com]

Happy Birthday cutie pie!

[iamjw.livejournal.com]

Happy Birthday Alex!!!!!

[kip-w.livejournal.com]

Happy birthday, Big Girl Alex!