Birthday Extravaganza!

Today is Lindy Lou's fourth birthday. Remember this tiny bundle? What happened!?! It seems like yesterday. Ahh. Don't get me wrong, I am happy for her, that she is growing up and getting independent. But I have also been fighting off tears of nostalgia all day. She was such a (gulp) good baby. She was such a (sigh) doll. And fun too (waa). You know (sniff), all of those things are still true. She is still so good. And so cute. And fun. Hang on....I better get some tissue before I finish this.

We had ourselves a blast today. She opened tons of gifts. We met Matt for lunch and she got a fried ice cream the size of her head! She got to pick her cake out at Walmart (please don't pass out...I didn't make her cake. I know. I am just waiting for the angry mob outside my door. BUT RELAX. We are going to have a friend party some day (why nail down a date on these things) and I WILL make her a cake for that. Or at least carefully remove all packaging from the Sara Lee number I'll pick up in the freezer aisle. Just kidding (no I'm not).


There are way too many things that I love about this child to name here. She is a fierce defender of what she thinks is right. And she is also so funny and full of hilarity that not a day goes by without much laughter. She is just one of those kids that can be a little out of control at times, yet she manages to be charming and darling at the same time.

Matt and I got her the Pretty Pretty Princess game. We fell in love with this game before we had kids. We babysat for my brother Tom's kids, Nate and Erin when Lindy was but a twinkle in my eye. The object of the game is to get all of your color of jewelry AND the princess crown. Those two little kids were so dang cute playing that game that I vowed then and there that if I ever had kids I would get them that game the MINUTE they were old enough to play it. She got it today. She smoked Matt and I to become the first ever Blatter Champion of Pretty Pretty Princess. Fitting.