Happy birthday, darling Dorothy

 Dorothy is TEN today. I call fake news on that, though, because I am certain she was JUST born the other day when I was a fresh-faced 34, and we already HAD a baby the day we brought her home (eighteen month-old Cooper).  Or AT LEAST she is still a toddler sized bay, right?

I still think of her as a 5 year-old with impossibly tiny teeth (seriously, that turned out to be a THING and she just spent 18 months in a palate expander and will wear a retainer forever).

BUT. 

None of those versions is current, and she is DOUBLE DIGITS today.

Happily, her birthday list was still VERY little kid. She still has the giant Frozen Kidcraft castle she got for Hanukkah YEARS ago, and lately, she is really into decorating it for Calico Critters, who use it as an apartment building. So, we got lots of doll furniture and supplies, plus some American girl stuff. And today, we are going: to lunch, to get our nails done, to Kendra Scott to make jewelry, and to shop for whatever she wants. Ben is working from home to facilitate this (Dorothy is skipping school), but we have to take Minnie for some of these celebrations (not nails and Kendra Scott because she is 2– saving those for nap time), so we will see how that goes and how many Easter dresses Minnie comes home with.

Here are 10 pics of my favorite Dorothies in honor of a whole decade of fabulous:

If you want to read more about Dorothy (AND WHO DOESN’T?), here you go:

Birth Story

First Birthday

Second Birthday

Third Birthday

Fourth Birthday

Fifth Birthday

Sixth Birthday

Seventh Birthday

Eighth Birthday

Ninth Birthday