five.

Blakely Ann, today you are five. I cannot believe you are f-i-v-e. That is totally crazy. 38 pounds and 42.25" tall.

You will soon be a Kinder! 

 You love deeply.

You love your people a lot! 

You love Zizi A. LOT.

You love your sister A. LOT.

 You are sensitive, timid, and shy in public.

You are headstrong, confident, and hyper at home.

 You are very opinionated through all of the daily decisions in life. 

You know: clothes, food, activities...

 You are extremely dependent on others when it comes to playing, but very independent when it comes to working on a task.

 Today we celebrate you Blakely and the 5 years of joy you have brought to us all who love you.

 Today you got to dress just how you wanted, wear your hair just like you wanted, and got to pick just what we did. First things first, Toys R Us!

 Out of the entire toy store you picked a Rapunzel Barbie (and named her Rapunzel Barbie.) and a Mermaid Barbie (named Rapunzel Mermaid Barbie).

 You picked Urban Cookhouse so you could have a peanut butter fluff (pretty much the only thing we can get you to eat).

 You are full of life girl. There is no in-between with you. You are either extremely up, or not at all!

 You are silly. You think you are so funny and will laugh and laugh at yourself.

I pray you will always just laugh at yourself like this, and not care what others think.

 You are unyielding when you get something in your head.

I pray you will be able to transfer this characteristic into an unyielding faith.

 You wanted Doodles for an after lunch treat, so off to Doodles we went!

  You love singing. You will sing so loudly in the car and around the house. Nobody else is allowed to sing when you do & you will remind us all of that!

You, sweet girl dream of princesses. You love them all. You love Ariel, Elsa, Rapunzel and fairies the most. I love watching your imagination. 

 You were so wanting an Ariel cake this year and thanks to Kaki, you got your wish!

 Like I said before, you love your baby sister. You love her so so much.

You are very inquisitive. You ask questions all day long. It sometimes frightens me to see how sponge like your brain is these days. You watch my every. single. move. and copy me often. What a great overwhelming responsibility it is to be your Mommy.

Sometimes I see a 15 year old girl in you. You are wise beyond your years my sweet girl. Your memory is like no one else. 

You remember vividly things from when you were 2 and tell me stories often. 

If something was given to you by someone, you never forget what it was and who gave it to you. 

It is truly amazing. 

I love you. You are and always will be my buddy G.

I love you this much too sweet angel. Actually, I love you to the moon and back.

You love nature. Flowers, sunshine, animals, and even some insects (except ants).

You love your brother most of the time. The two of you typically do really well together. He watches you like crazy and loves to mimic everything you do!

 I truly cannot believe you will be walking through the halls of an elementary school in just a few short months!

Blakely Ann, 

I love you and all your spunky, sassiness. 

I am so blessed to have you as my little girl. 

I love you with all of my heart.