FOUR!

My beautiful, smart, funny, headstrong, sweet, and sassy girl turned four on the 1st of July. It's been a crazy month and am just now getting around to posting about her birthday. First of all I have to say that I cant believe this little girl has been lighting my life for four years already.  I feel so lucky to have such an amazing child, who shows me everyday the way to have passion for life in a way that can only be demonstrated by the spunky little four year old that she is.  The last few months she has been revelling in the fact that she was turning four, with comments such as "maybe I will try that when Im four", or "I will be able to do that by myself when I'm four", and now that she IS four I love seeing how she has taken a genuine interest and bravery in doing those things that she feels are adequate for a four year old. 

I made her dress with her help in picking the fabric...(she liked the pink and blue floral) I had to improvize and use the blue knit for the body of the dress because I didnt have enough floral to do the entire thing. She was definitely "in like" with the dress. She humored me.  I had to break my rule of letting her wear whatever she wants...she probably would have worn her swimsuit the whole day, but I insisted she put the dress on atleast for a little bit since there is a good 5 hrs labor in that thing.

Her party was a blast, filled with family, friends, pool and "slip and slide" fun, pinata beating and of course birthday cup cakes.

the gang.