Better late then never....

seems to be the theme for Hailey's 6th Birthday.

She finally got her birthday party last week...a small group of 6 girls, here at the house.

I am sad...my little girl is growing up...I didn't know she would be my last typical baby...I feel like I lost a lot of the fun stuff from ages 3-5 as I was bombarded with trying to make Hudson o.k.

I have lost and gained so much....all at once.

Hailey is  gift. 

She is all those *little girl* things when you think of a girl.

She has been working so hard to not suck her thumb.

In a way....I really don't care (except for the thought of the huge ortho bill that will linger in our future)

When I see her suck...I still see my baby...and I want to hold onto that.

I have pressured her to stop...just because the dentisit has told me she really needs to.

Deep down....could care less...other than I don't want her doing it in her teens! 

The other day we were driving home from church and she was tired and it was a typical sucking thumb moment. I looked in my mirror and noticed she was in ready position...I asked if she was sucking her arm and she said "no...just smelling my arm." 

She sucks her thumb and the other arm lays across her face and she smells it...weird, but just one of those things she has done since she started her thumb sucking.

I know I have said this beofore, but she is a great mommy and mommies helper!

She is a little nurses assistant...and she is a nurse.

I love her caring, mommy ways...and so does Hudson!

So my baby girl got her Wizard of Oz party, and her piniata with lots of candy, and the girls made shrinky dink oz charm bracelets. She deserved a great party. She has become so understnding and flexible because of Hudson. She never pitched a fit, or cried, or got angry because we had to postpose the party.

She was just happy to have the party, her pinata and her friends!

Best Friends since birth! ;)