Happy fourth birthday Ellie.

Ellie reminds us almost daily and sometimes many times in a day that she is growing up. And she sure is!

It seems that Ellie has grown up a whole year in the last month. Almost overnight, she became fully potty-trained (after more than a year of working with her, she finally decided she wanted to do it!). Now, when she gets up in the morning, she takes care of her bathroom needs on her own, then heads back into her room to pick out her clothes for the day. Almost invariably, she is dressed in pink and she does a not-too-bad job of matching too! Then she comes out all proud of that days’ clothing pick and gets up to the table for breakfast. What a joy it is to have a child who can do so much for herself without constant supervision. But it is also bittersweet to see how, already, time is rushing by and our little girl is already growing up to be so big.