Birthday Girl

My now 4 year old when she was a mere 12 hours old. Take a peek at her hair-- it'll explain her nickname mentioned below!

Well, not only do I now have a 4 MONTH old, I now also have a 4 YEAR old. Miss Peach is no longer three-- she is this many--picture a little girl holding up four fingers.

Although, I feel she should still be this many-- I think she's 2 weeks in this picture. Isn't she so cute? This little girl was such a good baby-- slept through the night at 8 wks (would've done it earlier if I didn't have to wake her up to eat), never fussed much, smiled and cooed with the cutest little face! Oh, I cherish those days when it was just the three of us. Not that I don't love my life now, but life then just seemed so un-chaotic. So easy-going. But I was also living in a constant state of euphoria-- I couldn't help it, I was totally in love with this sweet thing-and I still am!

We had a full busy day yesterday, with special meals, presents and cake of course! Here's my sweet Peach in her classic photo pose with her eyes half open (or closed-- depends on how you see it)! Of course Brownie had to be in every part of it. They are often treated like twins (being exactly 13 months apart, I get asked at least once per outing if they are twins); they were the first two of the children to be treated like twins-- although, I think Bug is starting to put her two cents in though, because she's demanding it be considered triplet status around here. Anyway, here's the twins blowing out candles on Peach's cake.

Ohhhh, Mama, I can't wait for the cake!!!! By the way, this cake frosting is so super delicious! Do you like fudge? Thought so! Well, then you need to make this frosting!

I love my new jammies! They're so pretty!

Look, there's monkeys on there! This is exciting because her other nickname is Monkey (due to her spiky orange-tinted hair at birth--see picture at top of page).

What more could a girl want than a special birthday sundae and a nice group of servers to sing a song!

Happy Birthday to my gorgeous, nurturing, sweet, kind, responsible, loving, good-doer, smiley, fantastic, first-born babe. I'm so in love with you, and I have been since I first knew you! You melt my heart at least once a day-- I can't thank you enough for all that you've taught me. I hope you get to experience all the blessings in life-- especially that of being a mommy. It is the most precious blessing! I love you,

-MAMA XO XO XO XO XO