I'm not quite sure how it happened, but you are now FIVE. Five?! It seems like yesterday your daddy and I were headed to the hospital, bright and early, to meet you ...
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| All 8 lbs. 8 oz. of beautiful YOU! |
And yet, here you are, beautiful, funny, head-strong ... among a thousand other things!
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| All five fingers! |
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| So excited to be FIVE. |
There are so many moments I try to take mental notes of in an effort to not forget how many smiles you bring to those around you, especially me ...
Like how you picked out the bedtime story tonight and could choose any book, and mommy promised to read it (since it was your birthday) and you chose '"Twas the Night Before Christmas."
Or, how first thing this morning after you had just come downstairs after waking up, you sat down on the coffee table and looked at me with bright eyes saying, "Mommy, yesterday my toes couldn't touch the floor! But, now that I'm five, look at them!"
Or, there was yesterday, when your brother spilled his cup of goldfish on the floor and Emma came over right away to help pick them up, and you followed behind. I thanked both of you for helping and you just looked at me and said, "I just wanted to eat some."
You make me smile every day, and also challenge me by showing me that the same way I parent to your siblings, isn't always going to work for you, too ;)
You are independent, and know what you like -- Ninja Turles, Spiderman and Shopkins, to name a few. You have your own sense of style, and love wearing your hair in "shaky ponies" (two ponies and you shake your head back and forth to make them fly around).
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| TMNT shirt and "rainbow cake" as requested. |
You are mommy's little helper. You love to help me clean the windows, unload the dryer and set the table. You were given the option the other day to stay and play at home with Emma and your friends, or go to Target with me, and you chose me. You have no idea how that warmed my heart. In the car you said from the backseat, "Mommy, I don't want you to go anywhere without me again, OK?"
I admire so many things about you and the little person you have become, and continue to become.
I love how you do your own thing, and don't care what others think. I pray this stays with you as you enter kindergarten this fall. That you remain confident, strong-willed and a good friend to others.
I love how a little frog ice pack and bandaid can fix the worst (most non-existent) owies. How your favorite PJs are daddy's over-sized T-shirts. How much you love the color green, your stuffed animal (beany baby) "Tigey," and your "little owl blankey."
You are sensitive, yet determined. You take great pride in the artwork you make -- if it were up to you, I would frame each and every one of them and hang them on every wall of the house. But, the fridge for a couple of weeks at a time is almost the same in your book.
You love Jesus and reading your Bible. When you're scared, we tell you that you aren't alone and that Jesus is in your heart. I pray you never forget that.
You look up to your big sister in a number of ways, but also love being a big sister to your siblings.
All of these things are what makes you so beautifully YOU. I wouldn't change a thing, and wouldn't trade being your mama, even for just a second, for anything.
You are my most favorite five-year-old on the planet, and I am so incredibly thankful to have had you enter my world five years ago.
I love you so very much. Happy Birthday!
Love,
Mom
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