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"a portrait of each of my children, once each week, in 2018"

Jaden: You have been your own worst critic in  your third year of AAU basketball, struggling to see the positives in your own play and trying to feel comfortable in the role you have within your team. We see it as growing pains, as you sure are growing in so many ways lately. But after the first game in your last tournament of 2018, Daddy and I had a very serious heart to heart with you in the car on the way to game two. And of all the things we said to you, I'm not quite sure what stuck, but your attitude did a complete 180, and you remained positive and had fun in your remaining two games that day. We're falling deeper and deeper into these pre-teen years, and we're all learning to navigate them together.

Brandon: You love to push Kaitlyn in her stroller, brush her hair after baths, and be the first to greet her in her crib in the mornings. Many times you hear her wake up before we do, and you rush to be by her side so that she doesn't feel alone for even a minute. You're so good to her, buddy. She's so lucky you're hers.

Kaitlyn: You have been so funny lately! You're learning how your own voice works, but instead of quiet little babble, you love to squeal, shriek and yell! It's the cutest thing and so uniquely you. You are definitely wanting to be heard in this house of craziness!