Fake Birthday

So today was my daughter's "fake" birthday.  What do you do when your daughter's birthday is the week of your business trip? Her "real" birthday is the 25th.  Luckily this year she can't read a calendar so we pulled it off fabulous.  On Friday, her teachers happily celebrated her day early for me so I could bring in the snack and I even read my new book (Mommy's High Heel Shoes) to her class which was adorable.  I picked her up from school and we had a special mommy/daughter shopping trip.  We ran to the grocery store to get last minute things for her birthday party, picked out tinkerbelle plates and went to buy her soccer cleats.  She wore her birthday tiara the whole time smiling from ear to ear as strangers wished her a happy birthday.

So here is my little girl just a day old- almost 4 years ago.  How does the time fly by so quickly?  She is still my snuggly buddy and sweet girl, but everyday she is getting so grown up.  Sometimes I get all teared up looking at these pictures.  I've also recently gone through some of the baby clothes and have given some to friends.  For some reason, I can't give them all away. 

So I feel good about making her birthday a special one, even though we did it a few days early.  I think her real birthday is going to be harder for me.  Maybe I'll put my calendar away this week.....