D'Lovely #5!

The days of my life go by slowly, I will admit...but the years are flying by. This month my #1 baby girl, Chloe Rose, turned 5! Five? How did we get here?

Last year, Chloe asked for a Barbie cake. This year? A pizza cake. She's becoming more like me every day.
My mom & dad came down the day before to spend some time with Chloe and the rest of us. She loved the Littlest Pet Shop toys they gave her. (I have no pictures of that day...oops.)

On her birthday, my cousin Chrystal and Stanton's dad came (not together!) to a little cake and ice cream party. Chloe made another haul -- more LPS, My Little Pony toys, a computer, money, and a coupon for a girls' day with Chrystal. She loved them all. It was a fun night.

So, Chloe. She's a great kid. Chloe loves: dancing, anything Chinese, pink, being the winner, preschool, Cannon, pizza, hamburgers, coloring, TV, her grandmas, playing games, being my buddy.

I forget how little Chloe is. She went from baby to big sister in a matter of 14 months. Chloe did everything quickly: she crawled at 6 months (before she sat up on her own), climbed stairs at 7 months, walked at 9 1/2 months, talked from as far back as I can really remember. She enjoyed looking at flashcards and watching the Sound of Music, she was doing 24 piece puzzles from the time she was 2, she has always been a learner. Because she's always been so "grown up," I've forgotten how little she really is. This fall we were in Old Navy and she was banging the cart against a shelf. I got upset and shouted, "Chloe, stop that. You are NOT a little child!" My sister, of course, started laughing her head off and I immediately saw the irony. Yes, she is indeed a little child. A perfect, sweet, eager to please little child. A fun, intelligent, kind-hearted oldest child. A ray of sunshine and a joy in my life.