Happy Birthday Ceili Marie!!

Our baby girl has turned FOUR!!! She has gone from being our sweet baby girl to being our sweet, fun-loving, energetic, smart, full of personality, beautiful little girl! She has brought so much joy to our life over the past four years and we are so proud and honored to have her as OUR little girl!

At four years old, Ceili can spell and write her own name, my name ("Holly" & "Mommy"), "Daddy," "Nana," and "Oma" from memory! She can recognize and write almost all of the letters and numbers, and she can count up to 40! She loves to draw, paint and work in her preschool workbooks! She loves playing boardgames, such as Candy Land, Chutes & Ladders, Memory and The ABC Game! She loves to play dress up (at least 3 times each day!) and loves to put make-up on! At the same time, though, she loves to play outside in the dirt, searching for worms!! She is such a girly girl, but a tomboy at the same time...and I LOVE it!! She loves to talk...to everyone about everything! I am sure this comes as no surprise to those who know Justin and I...she was doomed to love to talk, having a Mommy AND Daddy who love to talk!! I just love listening to her talk...she has such neat conversations with people these days! She likes to play with her barbies, baby dolls, animal figurines, ride her big girl bike (with training wheels), spend time with family and play with her friends! She loves to do all of her activites...dance class (& dance camps this summer!), soccer league, preschool, swim lessons, and she is begging me to let her take karate! As much as she likes to keep busy, she also likes to just relax at home and just hang out! She gets so excited when I tell her we are able to just stay at home ALL day, with nothing to do! She has numerous nicknames...Ceili Beili, Sunshine, Munchkie, Munchkaroon, Blue Eyes, My #1 Girl, Coo-Coo (she calls me Moo-Moo instead of Mommy, so I call her Coo-Coo instead of Ceili), C-Lo, Miss Priss, Sissy and Tater Tot! I am sure there are more, but that's what I can think of right now! She also loves to give people nicknames...Nana is Ninny or Nanny, Papaw is Pappy, Mommy is Moo-Moo or Ma-Mo, Daddy is Diddy, Keaton is Kotton, Auntie Mamie is Mames, & Mrs. Rippy is Ms. Rips! She is just full of so much personality these days!

We had a Candy Land Birthday Party for Miss Ceili this year and had soooo much fun!! There are plenty of pictures from her party coming soon...but until then, enjoy these pictures I took of the kids one evening as well as a "preview" of her party!