March 29th, 2008 by Kateastrophe

So um, like, today is, like, Hannah’s birthday ‘n stuff!!! So as is my tradition, Hannah gets an embarrassing photo montage birthday post! YAAAAYY!

For some reason I have more pictures of Hannah than I have of ANYONE ELSE IN THE WORLD. So watch out. It’s gonna be hilarious and disturbing. And Hannah dear? Trust me. This is going to be as painful for me as it is for you.

So where do I begin . . . well for sure with this picture!!

I’m a bug!

Hannah and I have known each other since we were about ten years old. We attended the same elementary school (where we were not friends. AT ALL.), the same junior high (where we were not friends, AT ALL) and then finally became friends in high school and finally grew to be like sisters during college and have remained that way happily ever after.

Hannah is by far one of the most beautiful, most hilarious people I’ve ever met. Hers hasn’t been an easy life and she’s accepted it and moved on with grace, humility and power. She has overcome more in her short lifetime than most even dream of facing. We’ve been there for each other through almost every important life milestone. I’ve turned to Hannah in my darkest hours and she has also turned to me in hers. Sometimes she’d miraculously show up in the moment I needed her most, just sensing that I needed someone to talk to. She’s lectured me and been disappointed in me when I’m making bad decisions but loved me anyway. She’s helped me laugh when all I wanted to do was cry and been such an amazing friend.

We had a rough go for a few years and it nearly tore us apart. Stupid petty differences and lack of vision clouded our views and we almost called it a day. Yet something pulled us back together and for that I am eternally grateful. I think almost losing each other caused us to form a bond stronger than either of us imagined might form.

Um, remember that one time I almost pushed you off this sailboat over a boy?

I’ve learned so much from Hannah.

I’ve learned to not take myself so seriously and that there is always something to laugh at.

We taught each other how not to dress for success.

Who do you think had more to learn? *hanging head in shame*

She taught me to recognize a fashion forward hairstyle when I saw it.

Duck tails are cool, no?

She showed me how to be all “Vogue.”

ha cha cha!

Nothing says “hott” like Mickey Mouse ears and some peyos.

She taught me strength in motherhood.

She taught me how to wrestle and not give up (and eventually helped me find her wrestling Achilles heel, which you should all note is simply taking off her socks because he hates the feeling of her bare feet on carpet. Hahaha)

We have shared more than one home, more than one love interest, more than a thousand pairs of shoes and outfits and even a wedding dress, and I wouldn’t have it any other way.

However, I hate you just a little for being so stinkin’ gorgeous. OK, maybe I hate you a lot for that.

Also, I hope it’s OK that I’m posting this

And don’t kill me for this one

Or this one

And just know if I HAD the picture of you in the cape with the red striped underwear OVER your jeans, holding that GIANT squash, in front of our fake “waterfall” at The Colony, I’d totally post it too. Because I’m cool like that.

Hannah, I don’t know what my world would be like without you. Thank you for the joy, laughter and love you have brought into my life.

Thank you for always being you and sharing your life with me. I love you more than words could ever express and I hope you have the most amazing birthday and I expect to be celebrating about eighty more with you, kthanxbai.

Um, just for the record, we don’t surf. Hahaha.