Today, my baby is FOUR years old. We have kept another person alive and smiling for four years! It always feels crazy and impossible when I think about my kids’ ages. I look back over the last (long and sometimes very hard) four years, and I wonder how it could seem those years had gone so fast? But they did, and here we are at FOUR!

She is sweet and sassy, brilliant and beautiful. She provides endless hours of entertainment at the breakfast, lunch and dinner tables. I especially love the show she puts on at dinner. I swear she has 5 times more expressions than most people. She is curious and strong “like Daddy” as she tells me. She loves her Everett. She wakes up smiling almost every morning. She wants to do everything by herself, thank you! We just love love love her.

Here’s a collection of pictures I have taken of her since her last trip around the sun. I was sad to see four come, I wanted her to stay three forever, but I cannot wait to see how she grows in this next year. Sassafras…