Happy Birthday dear little Lady Bug!

Today my little Lady Bug turns 4. She is growing up so fast. {{boo hoo}}

I remember back to when I found out I was pregnant with her. I was scared to death. Just about 1 year to maybe 1 1/2 years prior is when we delivered a stillborn. I was so worried about this pregnancy and did not want to suffer what we went through before. I was a freak at the ObGyn office. I called probably 3 times a week - every week - until delivery! I joked with the nurses that they would be so thrilled when I finally delivered so I wouldn't be stopping by (the office was on my way home from work, lucky for me!) every afternoon just to listen to her heart beat!

She definitely is the princess of our home, but she can rough house with her brothers like nobody else can! She can convince those boys to play tea party or "mom and dad" at the drop of a hat! Her brothers take such good care of her that it melts my heart every time!

She loves to cook.

She also loves to play with her dolls, have tea parties and play dress up!

WE ALL LOVE YOU SO MUCH LITTLE GIRL (whoops, I mean BIG GIRL!)

My guess is that there is something magical about turning four. I remember my sister telling me how my nephew was just sure he wouldn't have chubby cheeks anymore when he turned four. In fact, he spent all day on his fourth birthday telling everyone he wasn't four yet. When my sister finally asked him about it at the end of the day he squeezed his cute, chubby little cheeks and said "I still have these!"

Lady Bug has been telling me all the things that are miraculously going to change when she turns four. She won't be naughty anymore. She won't have to suck her fingers at night. She will be as tall as her brothers, or maybe taller. She will like Brussels sprouts.

So why is it that she and my nephew were so sure the world would flip upside down when they turned four? I am not sure, but it sure is cute!!! I hope Lady Bug isn't too disappointed when all these things don't magically happen today.