Happy 3rd Birthday, Tobes!!

To my little boy who has decided to skip 3 and just go straight to 6 (or 7, depending on who asks)

To my little boy whose mind is blown by the idea that God made the rain AND dinosaurs,

To my little boy who has taken to back-flipping off couches and falling on the ground just to get laughs,

To my little boy who loves to negotiate ANYTHING ("maybe I need to put this shirt away first" before naptime),

To my little boy who will defend his sister's honor, like the time he freaked out at me because I didn't give her the yogurt tube she wanted,

To my little boy who is happiest when all 4 of us are together, no matter what we are or aren't doing,

To my little boy who completed our family more perfectly than I could have ever hoped for...

To my handsome, smart, funny little man - Happy 3rd Birthday, Tobin!!

Just a few hours after he was born.

Princess meets her baby brother for the first time.

Sweet little 1 year old Tobes!

2 year old Tobes!

My blue-eyed baby! (taken April 2013)

Happy Birthday, Tobes!

Happy 6th Birthday, Princess!!

To my little girl who I have to start to admit just isn't that little anymore,

To my little girl who speaks fluent French, as long as you don't ask her about it (apparently she can understand conversations between her two Francophone teachers, yet can't tell me the days of the week!),

To my little girl who won almost all of her competitions at her first Feis, but is too modest to brag about it (though that doesn't stop me...),

To my little girl who makes sure to thank Jesus for "all her family and all her friends" in her prayers, and loves the people in her life so much she would do anything for them,

To my little girl who reassures me that even though she's getting bigger, I can still call her "my little girl",

To my little girl who made me a mommy and in 6 years has taught me more about myself than I knew in the previous 24...

To my smart, beautiful, wonderful Princess - Happy 6th Birthday!!

Princess - 1 day old.

1 year old, running down the Hill of Tara in Ireland

2 years old in Victoria, BC and full of 'tude ;)

Me and my beautiful 3 year old!

Photogenic 4-year-old

I am amazed at how young she looks here! Just taken last year (by Eye For It Photography)

Princess and I on Sunday. We went on a Mommy-Daughter date! Out to lunch and then to the spa for manis/pedis!!