My 6-year old

Six years ago on a very rainy Sunday, Kyrie Aislinn entered our lives. She did not come without aplomb...she did a 180 and flipped her body around after her head had come out so that she could see the voices above her. We should have known right then that she was going to be a firecracker.

She has been preparing for her birthday for well over a month now. She has put in requests for foods, gifts, friends she would like to see. She demands to be celebrated. Her love language is gifts and so I have packed away things she needed (e.g. school supplies, new underwear, second-hand clothes I bought months ago that are fall/winter) so that she could have plenty of gifts on her birthday. She had a sushi lunch with just her daddy on Saturday and she has requested shrimp, rice, and noodle soup on her birthday. She asked for a pumpkin pie instead of cake. (We are having that with her godparents on Friday night and so today she pushed it and asked for an apple pie for tomorrow.)

She already found her hidden birthday balloons and she has requested to be visited by friends both far and near (our little empress).

She brings joy, verve, and celebration into our lives. And I'm so grateful for her.