Kindergarten 5.5 yrs old

My first born child, you have grown up soooo much this year. You have shown me what love is from the first day you were born. You came out screaming, so emotional and wanting to be heard. And you are still that little girl. You still crave attention, but love taking on the big sister role. You adore mothering Iris, getting her out of her crib in the morning, changing her diaper, choosing what she will wear for the day, sharing your dolls with her. She repeats EVERY word you say. It is so fun watching the two of you grow, all the while wondering and hoping all throughout your lives you will remain close and nurture one another. You still don't like sleeping alone, always have to be with mom or dad for sleep, but once you're out for the night, you're out. At school this year you are writing your name, counting to twenty, reading three and four letter words, and growing each and every day. You enjoy school, never put up a fight to go. Are head of the class, just today one of your teachers pulled me aside to tell me how well mannered you and Eli are at school. You make parenting a joy (most of the time) 

Your favorite things are pedicures, LOL surprise dolls, nightmare before Christmas movie, going to Disneyland (soaring over California is your favorite ride), going to grandma robins , being with your cousins. 

Thank you for choosing me to be your mom, for teaching me what love is all about. I cannot wait to watch you shine Deborah jean alexander 

EARS

My sweet little lady, you got the courage and finally decided to get your ears PIERCED!!! You and mom were on the way to the mall to get moms eyebrows waxed, and en route you blurted out, "mom, let's go get my ears pierced" I instantly text your dad to meet us at the Claire's in Victoria gardens mall. He was on his way but decided he didn't want to be a part of the sadness when you discovered it would be a painful process. I always wanted to do your ears while you were a baby but your dad insisted we wait till you were old enough to say you wanted them.

You excitedly chose your earring ( white pearls) and sat up in the stool. You squeezed the teddy bear and off we went. First ear success. Insert TEARS of sadness. You asked the girl to not to the second ear, you were done. Mom held you close and we got it done. One shopkins toy later and you forgot all about the pain. We bought an extra pair of earring (unicorn) for your birthday party. And lthough you keep saying you don't want to put them in, I think because you don't quite understand changing the earrings doesn't mean getting them re-pierced. So proud of you Debs, you're becoming a little girl so fast. It's been an utter joy to watch you blossom 

3 years old, and super late to blog about it

Eli, you're THREEEEEEE!!!! You call it free, but in November we celebrated you with a fabulous cars themed birthday party. You had a face painter, a bounce house, a shaved ice truck come to the house, and cars themed cookies made JUST for you. It was so awesoem to see you so happy making a DAY all about you. You got a TON of Star Wars and cars gifts, and you loved every second!!! 

At three years old, you truly are a gem. I don't know if it's possible to sun you up in a blog. You go to school three days a week with Deborah at Montessori academy in Rancho Cucamonga. You LOVE riding bikes, playing with monster trucks, motorcycles, train tracks, and hot wheels. You are super good at your colors, your letters and playing with tools.  You love to go in the spa at night with mommy and daddy. You love being a big brother, every morning when iris wakes up you say, "good morning baby girl" and give her a BIG brother smooch. You love to squeeze her super hard. You are a TOTAL bear in the mornings, hard to put down at night because you truly like to play allllll day and alllll night. Naps are harder and harder to get you to do these days because you know Deborah doesn't nap and well, you don't wanna do it if DJ isn't doing it 😂. You weigh the same as your sister, 42 pounds and you are 41" tall. You still wear diapers for night time because you sleep hard, but you are beginning to wake up dry or wake up in the middle of the night to pee. Your favorite movies to watch are cars and Star Wars Levi chronicles . You LOVE to play dress up in costumes, mostly darth vadar. 

I absolutely adore being your mother. You really are a perfect child, complain never, hug always, smile all day, and play so well with others. Thank you for being born, for choosing me & allowing me to be your mom!!! The world is lucky to have you in it ELI alexander ❤