Sweet Sadie is Four!

***DISCLAIMER: I wrote this post in December.  AND I scheduled it to post on Sadie's birthday, December 29.  Yes, I'm a bad blogger for not double checking...and for not posting in two months.  But I totally blame Blogger for not posting this on time. :) ***

I am a bad blogger.  A bad, bad blogger. But my sweet SadieBeth turns four today, and if that isn't a good reason to write, I don't know what is. :)

It's hard to believe she's four...in one way, it seems time has flown and how in the world can she already be FOUR...yet in another part of my brain she's been so grown up and big-girl-acting for so long that I have a hard time believing she's only four. 

That being said, I think I've figured out the curse of the middle child.  When Jackson was 4, I started expecting him to dress himself.  Sadie started doing the same thing at 3, but when she has trouble, I think, "What's the problem? She should be able to do this already!"  ...because I pretty much expect her to do whatever Jackson does. 

Of course, I only take partial blame.  Sadie loves, loves, loves her big brother and does her best to keep up with him in every way, which makes me think she's older than she is.  That, and the fact that "I do it myself" has been a part of her vocabulary practically since birth.

Sadie is sweet, silly, smart (although if you tell her she is, she will reply, "No I'm not!" like it's the craziest thing she's ever heard...I'm not sure why, but we constantly reiterate that smart is GOOD.), loves church and princesses and make-up.  She is a very strong-willed little thing, but she also loves to please people.  She still prefers playing with the boys, but I do hear a few girl names being thrown about these days.

She got her first pedicure this year, and is gradually softening to letting me do fancy-schmancy things to her hair, which is so long and pretty these days.  She also got her first (and second) black eye this year...I'm afraid this might be the first of many, as she prefers looking at the person she's talking to rather than where she's going. She also became a fan of the VHS twirlers, cheerleaders and "Dazzwers," and somehow we're going to have to figure out how she can be all three in a few years. :)

Today she will be going to breakfast with her Aunt Debbie, whose birthday is also today...although she's not turning 4...and we will go somewhere special for dinner. We will have her party in a couple of weeks, after everyone shakes the post-Christmas exhaustion. 

I love you, sweet girl!