How can my baby be 4?

She is supposed to be the baby but somehow she just keeps on growing and growing.
Its bittersweet.
Terribly.

She knew and asked for exactly what she wanted.

Party with a few friends(a neighbor and friends who drove down from Logan) and cousin S.

Can you tell finger paint was one of her great gifts?!

Birthday ride with daddy!

When she is the baby:
She has the cutest dimples, the sweetest smile greeting, the easiest temper, the softest arms tight on my neck, the highest pitched voice asking "momma, is today storytime?".

When she is the big 4 year old:
I cant seem to keep her from climbing over the chainlink fence, following big brother down the street to find a friend to play with, sleeping on my floor instead of her own bed but bringing her own pillow and blanket with her, insisting on a booster seat in the car instead of the car seat, telling the exchange student he stinks "like China people" and needs to go home.