Number Four {4}

It was a BIG weekend!

We started with our Fifth Anniversary on Friday, Lucy's FOURTH Birthday on Saturday, and then Easter on Sunday.

I saw this cake a few different places, and finally hunted it down for the
BIG #4!
I like how it turned out. It was a labor of love, but pretty easy considering I am NOT a cake maker/decorator. The colors are my favorite. So vibrant!

I still can't hardly believe she's four.
She is growing so quickly, she has such a cute personality. Her pre-school teachers tell me that she's funny, like got a good sense of humor and can tell a joke really well-funny. I know. She is. Funny.
She is also sweet as can be, and when she wants to be, she is a lover. The most sweet, tender, gentle ,nurturing, compassionate little girl who can give some good Love.
She thinks her daddy can do everything, he is the tallest, the best, can fix anything. He is her hero. It melts Ben's heart. And she looks at him with the most adoring blue eyes you have ever seen. And I look on with pride and sometimes laugh inside a little. Someday, she is going to break his heart, I just hope it isn't for a really long time. There is a very real meaning to "daddy-daughter" I see it now more than I feel it with my own. It is lovely.

She got a big girl bike from Grampa Ricky and she can ride it like a rock-star!
We had a chill day with just us this year. No big party. I liked it that way, and so did she.
Happy
4th
Birthday
Lucy Ann.
We love you so much sweet girl.

Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday

to our first born.

Our sweet little blonde beauty.

Our sassy little doll babe.

Our little Lucy Lou.

Our sweet and sometimes REALLY sour BIG sister.

Daddy's little girl.

(tightly wrapped around her pinky)

Miss Independent.

The one that I look at and think,

"oh, this is what revenge is."
The one that I look at and think how could my life ever amounted to ANYTHING without you.

She is so many things. Beauty and Grace. Sass and Frass. Laughter and Seriousness-

just like her mama.

She still asks me to tell her about when she was a baby. I tell it to her the same every time.

She likes the part when I say she was kicking inside of me and I knew she was getting ready to come. Then I tell her about getting into the birthing tub and then she came out to meet us. Daddy held her in the pink blanket and we called and told everyone that we had a new baby girl named

"Lucy Ann"

We kissed her on her little button nose and then brought her home. Kona- the dog, sniffed her little face. -She especially likes the part when we pretend to be Kona sniffing her face.

She giggles and says ,"do it again!"

She has so much to live for and experience and we are so proud to be her parents.

We love you Lucy

Happy 3rd Birthday.

Why?

It runs reeeeal deep

these German blood lines....
the other day I caught Lucy saying,
"Gheeze Kisten"
(notice the missing "r" that is how she said it)
I asked her to repeat herself several times to make sure I heard her correctly
I did.
real sassy
{thanks Ben}
she is full of spice and makes us laugh everyday

she even loves {raw} potatoes... a true German no doubt!
stubborn as can be and blonde as they come

speaking of potatoes, we are headed to the land from where the come!
Look out Sea-Town we are making a stop to see you first.
Off we go, see you all when we get back when no doubt I will have some fun Barker stories to tell!