starting young.

i'm still lucky to sleep in my childhood bedroom whenever i go home (although it's partially an office now).

i always find a little pile on my bed of things my mom has collected for me to see:

newspaper clippings, articles, books, old childhood things she's come across, etc. 

when i went home for thanksgiving, i walked into my room & saw this:

i instantly knew what it was and it made me SO happy.

when i was a toddler, i insisted on wearing necklaces...at all times.

can a love for baubles & jewelry start so young?

oh yes, yes it can.

i wore these beaded necklaces everywhere.

i'm positive there's a picture of me wearing the one above with only a diaper on...but i couldn't find it.

you can see below, though, how no toddler outfit of mine was without a little accessory. 

how sweet is it that my mom would string these beads onto shoelaces & string for me?

she said she was always afraid i'd choke on them...but i just had to have them...so she made them extra long.

i've told andy to get ready for a chubby little girl obsessed with baubles & beads

{he's convinced we're having a girl}...

just like her momma.

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