Birthday girl!!!!

Five years!  It is so crazy to me how quickly time passes. Kayden is a firecracker.  Full of energy and emotion.  She has one of the kindest hearts and busiest minds around! She is stubborn beyond belief. That is going to be a very useful skill as she grows up....She is incredibly creative and can twist logic around on you to prove her point more times than not.  She has probably taught me more about myself than I have taught her.  Her giggle is infectious and her eyes sparkle with curiosity and excitement.  She is an amazing observer and she wants to watch until she can do something perfectly herself the first time she tries.  Already she is reading books, determined to keep up with Keeley.  At school she loves to work on maps.  We are in love with this sweet girl!

We got her a reading pillow since she loves to read in bed before she falls asleep.  Hot pink in color because her favorite color is still pink!

  

This year she got glasses and had been doing an amazing job taking care of them and wearing them all the time.  I didn't think she could get any cuter but somehow the glasses do just that!  Dr. Terry said she looked very healthy at her check up - 39.5 lbs (50%) and 44 inches (80%) - tall and skinny!  She is a great eater and she and I have made big strides in the drama in our relationship.  We struggle with sleep still and are working on that (if she wakes up at night she cannot go back to sleep for 3-4 hours).  When we discussed academics, the doctor's response to what Kayden was doing right now was, "Wow.  That's half way through kindergarten curriculum".  So, all in all, great report for my sweet girl.