Happy Birthday Miss Kate!! The BIG 5!

At 12:38pm exactly FIVE years ago, Justin and I met our little Angel.

Like most expecting moms I prayed for a lot of things over the course of the 9 months leading up to her arrival. I prayed for her health, a safe delivery, an easy temperament like her dad, beautiful brown eyes like her dad, olive skin tone like her dad and a heart of gold. I'm sure there were other things that I thought about but I was consumed with 'will she born full term?', 'what will she look like?' , 'will she have Justin's curly hair?', 'will she have hair at all?', 'how much will she weigh?', 'will she be a sweetheart?' or 'will she be one of those high maintenance little girls that makes you want to scream?'. Being a girl myself and being around a lot of girls in my lifetime I knew that there were a lot of different types of girl personalities. I just wanted her to be sweet yet strong. Five years ago, God answered our prayers and He answered our questions: Yes I would deliver her full term (she was due Oct. 10, I had her Oct. 8), She looked just liked her dad as a newborn (Identical!), No, she did not have Justin's curly hair and still does not have curly hair (she got my hair-the only thing of mine she got!), Yes...she had more hair than should be allowed for a newborn to have, She weighed 7lbs 8oz, Yes...she is a true sweetheart. She was a super easy going baby and five years later she is still very easy to please. When people ask me about Kate the easiest response I can give is:
Kate makes being a mom really easy. I can take her anywhere, we can do anything together, and she is just a pure joy to be around. And while I would love to take credit for her sweet disposition and tender heart and headstrong nature, I have discovered over the past five years that a lot of these characteristics are innate...she was born to do something special.

Only time will tell what that will be. She has a love of animals that is so fascinating even to Justin and I who grew up loving animals ourselves. She even treats her stuffed animals like they are real..giving them baths and shots and wrapping them up in blankets to put them to sleep. So maybe she'll be an animal rescuer. She gets very worked up to trash laying around on the ground and always wants to tell people not to litter...so maybe she'll be an activist of some sort. More recently, since she's been learning a lot about the Bible in school, she's been fascinated with Angels and God sending Angels to help people who need it. So maybe she'll do mission work. She comes home every afternoon and tells Wesley what she learned in kindergarten and then attempts to get him to pay attention to her lessons. I tell her that maybe one day she'll be a teacher. She looked up at me the other day and said I don't want to be a teacher....I just want to be a Mommy. I guess in five years, she is just as pleased with me as I am with her. She makes being a mom very easy!
Thank you Kate for Blessing our lives five years ago...you are my Angel!