Birthday eve...4 years old

Tonight marks Sidney's 4th Birthday eve. Four years ago, we went to bed as a family of 3. And now, despite our FOUR years of rather sleepless nights, we still love her to pieces. 

Two of us have learned to sleep through her mellow night time 'requests', but the lovely father of the family still gets up each night and gives in to her "turn my stuff on" request. That "stuff" she is referring to includes a ceiling fan, box fan, noise maker, dream lite, etc. We have our reasons for not leaving it all on throughout the night, that's for another post. 

Back to birthday eve: 

tonight as I snuggled with our 3 year old one more night before she turns 4, we laughed and giggled as she told me stories. This girl is something else; she's imaginative, fun and downright funny. Much different than the "pissed off" baby pictured below. 

Oh she was one tough baby. Not much made her happy. Good thing she was so preciously adorable (and even better that this mama happens to do well with cranky babies). 

 Sweet loving Sidney, look at how little you were! To go back 4 years, it brings happy tears to my eyes. 

We are so very blessed to have you in our lives. 

As per tradition, I have taken tomorrow off from work and it'll be a day for me/Sidney to do whatever her little heart desires. And I cannot wait!