She has officially made it to 4!!!!!

Happy Birthday to my sweet Jillian!!!!! I CANNOT believe she is 4!!!! It does not seem possible that 4 years have gone by!!! I need time to stand still!!

On this birthday morning, she wanted pancakes!!! Here they are "helping me make pancakes."

AKA eating the batter!!!

I wanted a pretty smile and this is what I got....

Close enough....

She got to open ONE present this morning....

Can you guess which new leotard she is going to wear to the Little Gym today???

That wasn't tough, was it??? Pink is her favorite color. (Oh yea, this is her silly face.)

At 4 years old, Jillian is a spitfire. She is as smart as a whip, acts like me, talks like me, bosses like me and calls herself the "little mommy." Yet, as much as she sounds like me, she has a lot of Bryan too. She is very athletic and as we saw at the Great Wolf, she has Bryan's competitive edge and no-fear attitude.

She is still a very good eater. She loves fruit (especially apples and strawberries) and vegtables (corn and green beans are the favs) and will eat a variety of meat. Poppy has brain-washed both of my kids and her favorite snack is CheezeIts!

She is still a champion napper (really, she is better than Rocco) however, for the past several months, she has been a mess at night time. Lots of tantrums and tears BUT we may have turned a corner in the last couple of days. Bryan has convinced Jillian the 4 year olds sleep ALL night in their beds and for the past two nights, she has done it without any tears or tantrums. Will it last????

She loves anything to do with Bible stories. We have several Veggie Tales movies and she watches them obsessively. We also have several CDs that we listen to in the car and currently she is OBSESSED with a CD on the story of Daniel and the Lions. The entire 45 minute CD has songs and stories telling about Daniel. She thinks it is awesome.

Her favorite thing to do with Mommy is watch episodes of Glee. Mommy has to tape Glee and only lets Jillian watch the singing and dancing parts so this is a lot of work for Mommy. BUT watching JP sing her favorite song - the Rolling Stones "You Can't Always Get What You Want" is the HIGHLIGHT of my day!!!! She sings the song using her Dolly Parton accent and it is awesome!!!!

Although she talks a big game, I am not sure how B3's arrival will affect her. My girl likes the spotlight on her, you know what I'm saying. But she is very excited to wear clothes that the baby is going to wear too. It's all about the clothes people!!!

I am so blessed to have her!! I enjoy watching her grow every moment. The next year should be very exciting.