Happy Birthday Chelsea!

::There is supposed to be a baby picture here, too, I need to figure out how to scan::

Here I am again, wishing another daughter a happy birthday.. for those of you who don't know, Adi's birthday is December 20th, and Chelsea's is December 21st! Davy calls it our own version of March Madness..

In keeping with Adi's post, I'll try to do 18 things about Chelsea! (try)

*Chelsea loves her phone.. I know most teenagers do, but to me, she seems worse than usual.. She prefers to text, and seldom goes more than a half an hour without texting.. This includes during school.. (she doesn't take it to church) She starts about 7:00am and goes, well, very late..

*Chelsea is currently doing a Kindergarten internship at Sage Creek Elementary (where she went, and where her sisters currently attend) Right now she goes right after school, and is there from 2:30-3:15.. When we get to 2nd semester, she will be there for the entire time for afternoon Kindergarten (in Springville the schedule has A and B days, 4 periods a day, and she will be able to do her internship 3rd and 4th period every day!) She absolutely loves this, and loves her class.. Everyday after school I get the review of how cute the kids are, what they did, and funny stories..

*Chelsea loves babies.. She must get this from her mother.. We are very distracted everywhere we go by cute little squishies (our term for babies) She also loves to go in to BabyGap and Gymboree to look at baby clothes..

*Chelsea is an amazing big sister.. With her big age difference, she almost takes on the junior mom role, but she is super fun, and always good and thinking of something fun to play with the girls..

*Chelsea loves her car.. She got a white 2006 Jeep Liberty this summer that she named "Lilo" (apparently, cars must have names)

*Chelsea loves to do absolutely nothing.. She is often found just sitting, staring.. We tell her she excels in the sitting department..

*Chelsea hates gooey things in bags! Ha! I just had to put this.. Whenever she has to fill out a questionnaire with the question, What do you hate?.. This is her response.. Like if you get fast food and there is some kind of open sauce, etc, and you reach in and get it on your hand.. Does this make sense?

*When Chelsea was born, her hip joint wasn't fully formed, and out of its socket.. She had to wear a Pavlik Harness for her first 2 months until it was in place!

*Chelsea plays piano, and is starting to teach herself guitar..

*Chelsea can run long distances! She has never been a sprinter, more a cross-country gal.. Has been known to head out and run 3-8 miles randomly (definitely one way she is NOT like her mother)

*Chelsea does not have hair extensions.. People are always asking her if she does.. Not like anyone who reads this think she does.. But just for the record.. Its all hers..

*Chelsea loves her Christmas birthday.. even though she pretends she doesn't.. She's never had the problem of those joint Christmas/birthday gifts.. everyone is great about making the distinction..

*Chelsea loves to scrapbook.. Its her newest hobby..

*Chelsea is hilarious.. She has a quirky sense of humor, and is always making Davy and I laugh.. Hard.. She has been known to write satirical, persuasive essays to us.. that is how we know she really wants something!

*Chelsea is a Disney fanatic.. Hmm.. I wonder where she got that? If we are ever on the freeway and she sees a mileage sign to Las Vegas, she always tries to persuade me to keep heading south to Disneyland.. (even if we're driving home from say, Boise)

*Chelsea writes poetry.. it is one of her outlets..

*Chelsea loves to whine.. For real! She thinks its funny.. Sometimes it is! She thinks its funny to pretend to be high maintainance..

*Chelsea is very scatterbrained.. One of the most common questions we hear from her is "What was I going to say?"

What can I say? I tried to be random.. and I think I was successful! Happy 18th Birthday! Holy Cow! Is my daughter that old?