Taylie turns 5!

Oh my little baby girl...I don't even know where to start!

You have changed so much since last year but yet your very essence has stayed exactly the same.

• I just love your reaction when you discover new things, it pretty much rocks your world.
• You love to help do anything that I will let you help with, unless I ask you first, then you act like I am trying to re-start the institution of slavery/child labor. One of your favorite things to help with is cooking.
• You have always loved music, and you are STILL a huge Taylor Swift fan and can pick her music out anywhere. But for some reason, you heard this one song JUST ONE TIME and you love it. That doesn't seem so bad until I actually listened to the lyrics and found it to be horribly inappropriate, for adults as well as children. You hate being cut off cold turkey from anything. It is for your own good, trust me. Just because Nicki Minaj has pink hair and you think that is awe.some. doesn't mean she is a good influence.
  
• You are loving your second year of preschool and have totally won the hearts of your teachers. But that doesn't surprise me, you have always had this type of gravitational pull that just sucks people in and they have to love you with no choice.
• Grandma is your best friend and you want to play with her every minute of every day.
  
• You have developed an even bigger gift for theatrics. I didn't think it was possible, but it has exploded into a huge part of who you are. A.HUGE.PART. You are known for it, and it is epic. Just the other night you called up your grandpa and the conversation went like this: "Grandpa! *sniffle sniffle* I am STUCK here in the house with nobody to visit me because dad is at work with the car and I am just STUCK HERE and I can't go anywhere! *sniffle sniffle* STUCK HERE! UGH!" I about died laughing and Grandpa came right over. :)
• You are the best sister I could have ever hoped to have for my other kids. You just love them so much. More times than I can count I have come around the corner to see you playing with Jack and make him laugh hysterically and you are usually saying something like "Who's the best sister? I'm the best sister! Yes, and you are a cute little baby yes you are, and you love to giggle, yes you do...." and you use that cute little baby voice and tickle him and make him giggle. You can make him giggle and laugh in ways that nobody else can. I am convinced you have the spirit of a pure angel living in your sweet little body.
• I love how when you see jet wash left over from a plane in the sky you see it and tell me that there are angels flying next to us while we drive.
• One of my favorite moments from you this year was when you tried on my bra, sighed, and looked at me and in the most serious voice said "Mom, I think I need bigger boobs." I pretty much croaked.

Tay, I can't even tell you how lucky your brothers are to have you as their sister and that we are so lucky to have you in our family. There are not enough words to express how lucky I am that you are mine!

Love, Mom