I went to bed last night in 2011 and woke up in the 80s!!

What can I say?  Abby has a unique style.  She has always marched to the beat of her own drum and it is one of the things that I love the most about her.  So I wasn't totally shocked when this is what she was wearing when she came downstairs for church this morning...

You have to appreciate the shoes...

Yes, those are sequins.

She had the whole pink jeans and black skirt thing going on.

Here's the back of the outfit...

All she needed was a can of Aqua Net and a side ponytail!!

That's my sweet, sweet Abby!

I just don't understand....mismatched socks???

First it started off with wearing flip flops that did not match.  For example, she might wear an orange flip flop on her left foot but a green flip flop on the right foot.   

We have now progressed to the same thing but with socks.

Here are Anna's feet before leaving for school this morning.  Notice anything odd?

It's not like the girl doesn't have any socks that match...here's the proof!!

These are socks that I just matched this morning.  But...here's how she would prefer to have them

In fact, she has asked me to not match her socks anymore because she prefers to wear them all mixed up. I don't know if she is just being lazy or being creative :-).

I just don't understand....I guess I am getting old!  It could always be worse...no use in fighting over mismatched socks...right???

Taller than me...how can it be??

The girls had their annual physicals today and my life as I know it was changed forever.  The visit started as normal with the girls being weighed and measured.  Then it happened.  The nurse told us that she was FIVE foot TWO and a HALF inches tall.  Which is exactly 1 and half inches taller than ME!

At 12, she is officially taller then me.  How did that happen?  Look at how little and cute she was at her baptism back in 1999.

Look how little she was...sleeping right through the excitement

And here she is the tallest of the four cousins, but still a little one.

She's getting older and growing up.

She may be getting taller then me, but I will always be her momma!