I think it is safe to say that my little girl is officially a young lady...
I'm not all that sure that she wasn't five 
like two weeks ago. Somewhere, somehow, I blinked and she is this beautiful fourteen year old.
I hope when she looks back at this pic, she remembers the trip just her and I took, searching the entire mall for "just the right dress". And I hope she remembers the youtube video I watched so that I could get the braiding in the back of her hair just right...or the time I took doing her make up, though it's hard to improve on the beauty that she is.
The things I will remember: the look on her face as I helped her zip this dress up in the dressing room, how proud she was to be able to walk in heels, and most of all...watching her spin around the room with her date when I came in to pick her up... exuding the confidence only a young woman can possess, yet the giddy smile of a girl.
I love you Emily Elizabeth.
