4-Year-Old

Four years ago today, this wonderful little girl entered our lives.  This birthday for some reason is hitting me really hard.  I can’t believe she’s four!  Next thing you know she’s going to be all grown up.

One of the best things about the last year and a half has been seeing how awesome Carina is as a big sister.  She loves taking care of her baby brother and sister.  She and Eleanor especially have started having some really cool sister moments.  Carina has started to be in charge of holding Eleanor’s hand while we’re walking to the car, and they often give each other the best hugs.

She’s still my cautious little girl.  I see so much of myself in her sometimes – in the way she’s scared to jump into the swimming pool without holding on to our hands; the way she plays with all the boys at her school; her love of volcanos; her earnest thought about the world around her.

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how I cannot tell her enough how much I love her.  My life became so much better the day she made me a mom.