Happy Birthday, M'dear.

Today is my tiny man's 5th birthday. I can hardly believe it. I was going to post a few pictures of him from the past few years superquick but I got sucked right into Picassa and sat here watching him grow up on film (well, the digital equivalent) for the past hour or so.







Darlin'- even though as I type this you are throwing a holy fit because Daddy made you turn off the Wii- I love you more than anything from this here planet to a galaxy far, far away. Your Pepere once told me that all of the things that drove him crazy when I was your age are the character traits that he admires in me now, and I can see the same thing happening with you. You learned a new word yesterday-tenacious- and that is you. As you put it "Because I say please and please and please no matter how many times you say 'no', and I don't give up. I'm tenacious. Me and my Daddy both". You are the most stubborn, frustrating, wonderful person and I love being your mother.

Happy Birthday, baby.