{4}

{four years young}

my baby girl is four. 

i don't remember the others being this hard, but i assume its cause she is my baby. 

yesterday i took every single opportunity, and then some, to ask her how old she was just so i could hear her say "free" (in her sweet little voice). 

at one point my middle child thought something was wrong with mommy and said, "mommy, you already asked her that a bunch of times....". Ha, yes mommy was in denial yesterday. 

i suppose the idea of growing up is always gonna be a bit harder with this little cupcake. 

guess we should have another. (just kidding babe, i can just picture your face right now)

a little bit about my riley roo...

♥ she is a mama's girl....still. (i am loving this one)

♥ she has energy for days and can often times be found wrestling her big sisters

♥ she always wins

♥ I am convinced God threw in a little extra joy when He made her. It is infectious. 

♥ she laughs all the time, about anything and everything. 

♥ if you get her laughing hard enough she will always cover her mouth and fall over, unable to contain herself. 

♥ she loves school and does not give mommy too much grief at drop off (like someone else does...)

♥ she can ride a scooter like its her job. 

♥ she eats it all the time while riding her scooter, and i mean bad and isn't hardly phased at all. 

♥ she is one tough cookie

♥ she loves to play make believe with her sisters and usually ends up being the student of teacher chloe

♥ she sleeps with about a million stuffed animals and two blankets but isn't super particular about which ones. 

♥ i can usually get her to take an hour nap most days. (this keeps me sane)

♥ she loves to be carried. why do i even work out my arms? 

♥ she is lactose intolerant, which we didn't find out till a few months ago. (which explains the daily tummy aches and tears of pain...sorry baby)

♥ her favorite foods are all things dairy. yep not good at all. we have had to make some adjustments. 

♥ she is now hyper sensitive with this whole lactose thing and is sure to notify all that, "i can't have dairwee...does this have dairwee??" 

♥ she loves to sing along to mama's worship songs in the car and it makes my ♥ happy

♥ her big sisters think she is just about the cutest thing and can't get enough of her (most of the time)

♥ mommy and daddy literally cannot get enough of her. sometimes i just wanna eat her...i know some of you mamas can relate...my hubby thinks i am weird. 

we ♥ you riley girl so much!!