I have to give another birthday shoutout to Ms. Harper Shaw - my favorite (now) four-year-old. I love her sass, confidence and devotion to somersaults in her living room.
Harper arrived a good few weeks earlier in 2012, giving us all a scare, but she is one tough cookie. I also think she just wanted to be born during the Olympics.
Four years later, her mother talks about how much she loves gymnastics and the endless amount of energy she has for doing it in the living room. I've been told she makes sure to focus on a variety of skills, including forward rolls, backward rolls, bear walk, bunny hop and crab walk. She's also become resourceful in turning the couch arm into a balance beam and cushions into mats.
She's been told it takes a lot of practice and hard work to get to the Olympics and she's taken that to heart to practice constantly. Kristin, you need to make sure you save those videos because they'll be great footage for NBC in 2028!
And at that time, I'll be able to gloat that I always new she'd be an Olympian because I predicted it the day she was born here in my London blog.
Harper, I hope you have a wonderful birthday! And I demand you stop growing right now! You'll be a teenager before I ever get the chance to meet you in person.
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