FIVE YEARS OLD!

GEEZ.....Where did FIVE years go? I am so in a state of shock that I have a FIVE year old daughter. It seems like just yesterday, I was in the backseat of my car as daddy drove us home from the hospital, watching you sleep and hold my finger and sobbing listening to the song  "I loved her first"....
From the day you were born sweet Peyton, real life began for me. I learned what it meant to love unconditionally, to put myself last when need be, to function without sleep, to give you more when I felt like giving up and to smile and put on a brave face even when I was scared and wanted to cry. In the FIVE years of your life, daddy and I have been through so much. We have built a family 1,000,000 times better than we even imagined! Each and every day you make us so very proud to be called your mom and dad, and at each step of the way we are blown away by you! You have taught me so much more than I will ever, ever dream of teaching you. You are a true gift from God and each day that I am blessed with you in my life, is a pretty gosh darn good day! A little bit about you at FIVE years old....

-You are tall and skinny (not sure where that came from)
-You can count way past 30
-You can write many short words by sounding them out- Just yesterday you and I worked with the chalk outside and you wrote (all by yourself) mom, dad, cat, dog, ball, bat, hat and a few others.
-You are nervous about starting kindergarten, but so excited.
-You have a heart of gold and love EVERYONE! You get so sad if you meet another child and they do not want to immediately play with you. You are SO outgoing.
-You are very sad that you have not lost a tooth yet and you tell me "I am still a baby because I haven't lost a tooth like my friends":(
-You dream of the day daddy will take you to work with him. Mommy was the same way with papa Johns-I always wanted to do what he was doing!
-You LOVE God with a very fierce love- I'm talking fierce. Just today when you had told mommy a little "fib" because you were afraid to get in trouble, when I spoke to you in terms of Jesus watching and being disappointed that you would lie, you quickly apologized and said you never wanted to make Jesus sad.
-You are an AMAZING ballet dancer, and start jazz this weekend also!
-You LOVE LOVE LOVE sports...ANY SPORTS!! You clearly get it from your daddy!
-You tell me you can't wait to be a mommy someday and I just know that when you do become a mommy, you will be 10x the mommy I dream of being!

You light up our world and challenge us each day! I am so proud to say I am your mommy and I could never even put into words how very much I love you!!! You will always be..."MY BIGGEST BEST FRIEND!"