And then she was four!

Another trip around the sun and we wake up to a 4 year old this morning! It really is unbelievable how fast time flies when you get to watch your LO grow.

And grow she has!

My little dinosaur loving, horseback riding, rock collecting, pine cone hoarding, truck and car enthusiast is simply flourishing. She likes to help around the house, set the table, clean up her toys and I even caught her cleaning the shower walls the other day! She has tried more foods at her age than I had at 20, but if she could live on Eggo waffles, sausages, apples and cheese alone – she would!

She has always been, and still is, our unicorn child.

She continues to have more empathy in her little finger than kids twice her age, but hearing her ability to express it now (verbally) has made it that much more amazing. I absolutely love her goofiness, her ear to ear smile, and her infectious laugh (even when it comes out as an evil sounding cackle at times).

Her “joie de vivre” is admirable.

If you ask her who her best friends are she will say Mommy and Daddy, and that makes my heart melt. She completes me and makes me a much better person today than I ever was before. I may not be a perfect Mom, but I am always trying to be the best Mom that I can be – for her.

Everyone comments on how independent she is and they are right. She is stubborn, opinionated, and clearly knows what she wants and when she wants it, but we were fortunately spared from dreaded terrible-twos and the year of the threenager as well. Who knows what’s in store, but hopefully we get a pass on the fournado too!

She remains my sun, my moon and my favorite of all the stars… and even though she is 3 going on 14, she will always be my little one.