Six years ago today...

Six years ago today, I was quite busy. Growing a family is hard work, people! So to spare you the details, let's just say that after lots of sweating and medication and umm, other stuff, my second child, my little girl, was born:

Here she is, three days later:

And again at two weeks:

And pictured below is that same little girl, who walks and talks and runs and sasses me and loves to color and can be totally sweet one minute and totally rotten the next and is one of the smartest kids in her Kindergarten class. Since her party isn't until Saturday, I ran to town today and got her a rose in a super cool purple vase and a balloon and delivered them to school.

She had a special birthday breakfast this morning - chocolate glazed donuts - and requested her favorite food, taco salad, for dinner tonight. I took her with me to the store last night and let her pick out a special dessert to have tonight after dinner. She picked this purple monstrosity:

Yes, people, that is an oversized Hannah Montana cupcake with purple frosting and sprinkles. That's enough sugar to keep her going until she turns 7 next year.