Friday, August 8, 2008

...happy birthday sweetheart...

beautiful claire - the oldest in our brady bunch - turns 17 tomorrow...an important milestone birthday as she has waved goodbye to school friends and hello to her first full time job...

17 years ago, she was a tiny squashed up "ranga" baby in her dads mighty young -but mighty loving - arms...




claire would be horrified and never speak to her wicked step-mother again if i posted just one more "original hair colour" images of her happy youth...so we fast forward to but a few years ago when reason was a word understood...



..."our daughters are our precious of treasures...



...the dearest possessions of our homes...


...and the objects of our most watchful love..."


..."daughter-woman-child-angel of the heart...you are the strength of the future...


...and the beauty of past memories...


...you are love and light and hope...


...you are life's sweetest gift...


...an unbelievable and precious miracle..."


..."it takes courage to grow up and turn out to be who you really are..."

we are so proud of you - the oldest of our brady bunch...




your smile lights up the room and warms our hearts...wishing you an amazing milestone birthday dear sweet claire...

...with all our love...your wicked step-mother and crazy dad..x

4 comments:

Clare Day said...

awww Mike, you havnt changed a bit!! I call Dad's partner Wicked Step Mother too :) they are fun things ti have.....

Anonymous said...

A beautiful photo story guys! It's amazing how fast they grow up hey. Happy 17th Birthday Claire :)your growing up to be a precious young lady.

All our Love,
The Archers
xoxoxoxoxo

Anonymous said...

Hope you had a fantastic birthday Claire. Mike and Kylie blew us away with the awesome shots they took of our beautiful little Claire, who also has brown eyes and blond hair. The passion in their photography of you speaks for itself. Sometimes memories are just not enough, capturing that one unique shot is there forever.

mike and kyles said...

hi vicki, thanks for your lovely words...it was nice to see you and claire again...x

hi deb, claire liked beign called a young lady! lol x

hi clare, mike always says he looks 21...you have just confirmed his boasting! lol...:)