A gift page made with love
Once upon your wonderful day
Every page of your story so far has been our favourite chapter — here is to all the ones still to come.
Every good story starts with a character who makes you want to keep reading. Ours started the day you arrived, and we have not been able to put it down since. You are the most interesting person we know, Lily. The world got considerably more magical when you showed up in it. Happy birthday — let's see what the next chapter brings.
Your storybook chapters
Every chapter keeps getting better
The training wheels came off
You fell twice, got back up twice, and the third time you just... went. Down the whole street without stopping, without looking back. That was the moment we understood who you were going to be.
Baking disasters and family legends
The cake that came out completely flat and tasted of something we still cannot identify. The cookies that somehow burnt on the outside and were raw in the middle simultaneously. We ate every single one. We would do it again.
Goodnight stories that grew
You used to ask for one more story every night. Then you started telling us the endings before we got there. Then you started changing them. Then you started writing your own. That progression is one of our favourite things we have ever watched happen.
Our moments
Every photo tells a story
Main-character qualities
All the reasons your story inspires everyone
The imagination that turns a cardboard box into an entire afternoon of adventure
How seriously you take the things that matter to you — completely and without embarrassment
Your laugh, which is the best sound in any room you are in
The kindness you show without being asked and without keeping score
We are so proud of every single page. Keep writing the good ones. We will be right here for all of them.