last friday, the girls (lucy and josephine) and I went through videos on my phone. lots of them were of hadley and burns and I told josephine that she and hadley were almost the same age and would be the best of friends if they met. since then, not a day has passed that we haven’t talked about how awesome hadley is. we even sent her a video message on morning inviting hads to come to visit us in paris (lauren, we are still waiting on our reply...)

it must have been then that I realized why I’m so partial to josephine. not only does she have a huge personality that constantly cracks me up, she’s like my british/french version of hadley (sounds almost better-- but nothing can beat HT!!) and for any that know me, you know that hadley tate are two words that pour out of my mouth as frequently as possible.

so it’s no wonder that my heart melts when josephine tells me everyday that I’m her very best friend in the whole world and that she wants to be a babysitter for my children when she grows up. and how she tells me to have a nice day every single morning as I walk out the door. and when she excitedly sprints towards me when I go pick her up for lunch and kisses me goodbye when I drop her off after. and when she interrupts dinner conversation to get my attention and to tell me she dreamt about the man I’m going to marry. and how you can change her entire mood by lifting your hands off the steering wheel and pretending to be on a roller coaster. and how she’s drawn me more flowers to hang on my walls than marie antoinette’s gardens. and how she likes to carry my pillow around with her like I do. and how she has so much love for her younger brother and is almost ready to be a mom herself. and yet she still a silly 4 year old that moons me while dancing in the kitchen. and that laugh. it all kills me.

tonight after ponie club, josephine came up to my room and snuggled into my lap just wanting to hang out with me and be held and loved on. she does that a lot. I love how affectionate these children are. I told her the story of the song heavenly day and what it means to me and hadley and how much I missed her every day.

how old josephine seems, just being six months older than hadley makes me sad to realize how much hadley might change in this next year while I’m gone. I’m looking forward to christmas and just wanted you to know I was thinking about you, my sweet little hadley! ps look at how cute and big she’s gotten! she looks like a little fashion blogger in her leopard pants and middle part. I miss you too burner!