Our World Cup Baby

Unbeknownst to her, this little cutie has officially turned four years old. We are waiting until her Daddy gets back to celebrate together but meanwhile I've had a few days to quietly reflect on how much I love this 35 lbs of pure moxie.
Aly has discovered her Aunt Ashley's extensive collection of heels and is in love. She is determined to break her ankle in the name of fashion. I'm just glad it's someone else's shoes for once since many times over the last few months when we were rushing into the car to go pick up Kenna and Kohen from school, Aly would come clip clopping out of the house sporting a pair of my heels, ready to go. Frankly, she wears them more -and better- than I do.

Aly loves attention and will do pretty much anything for a laugh. For instance, she once inserted "eyeball" into a song she and her siblings were singing. It got a positive response and ever since then she has to try out "eyeball" on everyone, like "row, row, row your eyeball, gently down the stream"- even though "eyeball" was pretty much a one hit wonder, she is determined to continue trying.

You probably didn't know this but Aly is our World Cup Baby. In the Spring of 2005 Nathan and I put ourselves in the lotto draw for tickets to the World Cup in Germany. Millions do for every World Cup so after the 3 or so rounds of draws we didn't get any tickets. We were really bummed. Until out of the blue we found out that they decided to do one last draw and we GOT TICKETS!!!! And not just any tickets, good tickets. One of the games we were the eighth row, center of the field! We were shocked and ecstatic. Which, coincidentally, is a lot like how we felt 2 weeks later when we discovered I was pregnant with #3, due during the time we were scheduled to be in Germany. Not gonna lie, it took a while to get over the disappointment that I wouldn't be going to Europe. The morning sickness didn't help.

We ended up selling the tickets on Ebay and helping pay for the delivery of our third. We watched the games at home while snuggling up our newest edition, and we were truly happy. So that is why every World Cup holds extra special meaning for Nathan and I, reminding us of the testimony we later gained about trusting the Lord's timing and how humbled we were and are, to have such an amazing little girl sent to our family.