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52 Portraits | Week 23 You are one tired girl after a very busy weekend that had you dressing up, sprinkling rose petals and dancing the night away as the sweetest little flower girl for your Oncle Seb's wedding.

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To say you have a silly streak in you would be the understatement of the century -- you love making other people laugh and smile!

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52 Portraits | Week 21 Having felt trapped by my own shyness for most of my childhood, it makes my heart so happy to watch you excitedly skip over to other children at the park with your sweet little greeting..."Hi, I'm Neve. Want to play with me?"

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When a little girl pushed you at the park today, you simply said "Hey, don't push me, that's not nice" and kept playing while your papa and I looked on, so proud of the confident, problem-solving girl you are becoming.

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I hope you always remember that the best gifts are not material things, but memorable experiences and exciting adventures with the ones your love - like your papa's surprise Mother's Day road trip to the Toronto Zoo that has left all of us with so many wonderful memories of a perfect day.

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A few hours after tucking you into bed, we walked into our room to find you had crawled out of your bed and into ours, curled up and sound asleep on my pillow.

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I spied on your post-bath dance party with papa yesterday, watching while you spun around and giggled your heart out, so thankful to have both of you in my life.

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After being away from you to shoot a family session last night, you bounded into my room this morning and announced "Maman, I'm so proud of you for taking nice pictures of the family. And I had a great sleep!" - I don't think you could get any sweeter.

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As we looked through your "First 5 Years" memory book, you exclaimed "there's me in your tummy!" while pointing to a maternity photo that I still remember pasting on that first page so long ago, wondering who you would be.