HAPPY BIRTHDAY DIANA ! ! ! (TEN YEARS OLD)

It’s hard to believe that our beautiful grand daughter Diana is already 10 years old! I can remember the day Chris and Laura told us they were expecting. Laura was already 6 months along when she was told by the doctor they were going to have a baby. There were circumstances that did not lead anybody to believe that she was pregnant. She wasn’t even showing that much. So needless to say, we didn’t have a very long wait. Diana Crystal Sprankle was born on August 19, 1998 in Layton, UT. I keep telling myself that God gave her to me as a belated birthday present one week after my birthday. I have given birth to three children but was never really witness to another’s birth until Diana was born. Both Ashley and myself were there for the blessed event, along with Laura’s mother, Marsha. In case any of you didn’t know this, Chris and Laura named her after Princess Di because of the geneology and us finding out that we, the Spencer’s come down the same lines as Princess Di. Diana was so pink and beautiful. And she has flooded our lives with so much joy. It has been so special to have a grand daughter like her. As far as her Grammy is concerned, she is a perfect little girl. I love to hear her laugh and giggle. Her eyes are so big and are a beautiful combination of colors. They sparkle, and people are always commenting on how beautiful her eyes are. She loves us all and has wrapped us around her little finger. We try not to spoil her too much, but c’mon! Who doesn’t spoil their grandchildren a little bit. Most of you have probably seen this poem I wrote about Dad and him reading a “Winnie The Pooh” story to her on Easter Sunday, April 15, 2001, the same day he passed away 6 years later. Hopefully you can click on it to make it big enough to read if you haven’t read it yet. When Diana was trying to learn how to crawl, Ashley and I made up words to go with the music, “I Believe I Can Fly”. Some of the words were, “I believe I can crawl, I believe I can touch the wall. I think about it every night and day, bend my legs and crawl away”. You would have to of heard us singing it to appreciate it, and we had a lot of fun doing it. One of the things I remember about Diana is that when she was about three years old, we had Great Grandma Sprankle's 3 great grand daughter's pictures taken. Diana was having a fit and would not sit to have her pictures taken with Dezi and Kasha who were just babies (we had brought 2 or 3 outfits for each of the girls to wear),....... that is until Aunt Sylkie, Aunt Suesie and I showed her a pretty little pink dress we had brought for the pictures. Once the photographer took pictures of her in the dress, she let us change her in the other outfits without a problem. Ever since then, she loves to get her pictures taken. Diana, we want to wish you a very HAPPY BIRTHDAY. We all love you so much! Grammy