april 15 - the real b'day!!

i LOVED the hat...she has such a tiny head and it swallowed her!!!

caroline, lily, tikoo, ethan, harrison and mia

rohan, logan and edward

opening her present from the class

dora memory game...she loved it :)

opening a little gift and card from daddy on her real b'day

hello kitty is always a hit

my baby girl

mommy and caroline in the theatre

what a big girl!

love this one b/c you can see popcorn in her teeth

my baby girl officially turned 4 yesterday morning at 12:52am. a day and time i will never forget!!! her birth was unforgettable and the last four years have been magical. thank you, precious girl, for ushering me into motherhood in such an amazing way. you are a treasure and make my heart swell with love and pride. your tender heart, precious smile, loving personality and affectionate ways are gifts from the Lord and i can't wait to see how His plans for your life unfold. i love spending time with you and get sad thinking about how fast the days seem to be flying by as you get older. i have told you many times that you can live with me and daddy forever. you always laugh and say "mommy, i'm going to get married and then you can come help me with my babies at my house". you can bet i will be there whenever you need me, always and forever. here are a few things i want to remember about you as my now 4 year old....

*you are still so tiny...mostly wear 3t things, but a few 2t clothes still fit
*you love anything and everything related to princesses...your fav princess is sleeping beauty
*you love anything and everyting related to ballet - namely angelina ballerina
*you love your ballet class on monday afternoons and can't wait to be "on stage" for your recital soon
*you love school and would go every day if you could - your best friend at school is lily and you also love rohan; your teacher is mrs. perle
*you love kindermusik with miss carol on weds after school
*your favorite color is pink...and yellow b/c that's kaitlin's favorite color, too :)
*you LOVE your family in georgia - nothing gets you more excited than a trip to georgia
*you love dogs and ask me all the time for one - i tell you that you can have one when you can help take care of it
*you absolutely unequivocally love your baby sister more than anything and the feeling is mutual
*you love books and want to take a million to bed with you every night
*you love for daddy to give you "all the kisses" at bedtime - he kisses you real fast all over your face and you laugh like crazy
*you love to hide from daddy when it's his turn to read a book before bed - except you give yourself away when you say "i'm right here daddy"
*you love going to get the mail from the mailbox and always look for a "c" on the envelopes
*you love your buddy rafe - we see him almost every day for lunch and we will be sad when they move away real soon :(
*you love taking baths and especially taking baths with susanna...y'all have so much fun playing together
*you love your swingset and are trying hard to learn how to pump your legs
*you love all our neighbors and run to say "hi" whenever you see them
*you still love sucking your thumb...we're going to work on that :)
*you get up most mornings around 7:30am give or take and go to bed around 8:00 or 8:30pm give or take
*your favorite places to eat are chick-fil-a and moe's
*you love church and would go every day if you could - you love awana on sunday nights
*you love to have toast, fruit and oj for breakfast - you normally want toast with either butter or grape jelly, but not both
*you love chocolate milk
*you love anything social...the more stuff you're doing, the happier you are
*you are just a bit dramatic - okay, very dramatic :) but, you are a girl!
*you are still so affectionate - love to hug, caress and love on anyone; we're really going to need to get control of that before dating
*so many more things, but not enough time or space to list them all
*you are the best daughter and sister we could ever dream of!!!

the pictures are from her little preschool party monday and then on her real b'day yesterday i took her to see the movie "horton hears a who". it was just the two of us. a huge thank you to my awesome friend mandi and rafe for taking care of susanna for me. we had a blast just being together and watching the movie. caroline especially loved the popcorn and her pink lemonade...she literally ate the entire bag of popcorn almost by herself :) she takes after her grammie in her love of popcorn!!