She's 4!

Alette has been looking forward to her birthday for a very long time...and then it snowed and the party we had planned for the day before. She was okay with it, until her birthday came and she kept asking why no one was coming over. Thankfully Pop-pop, Gma Terry, Auntie Lisa, and Grandma all came by to help celebrate. Like every birthday girl, Alette revelled in the attention, loved opening her gifts, and could not wait to eat her cake and ice-cream. And we'll do it all again at her party after christmas.
Unfortunatley (for Alette), turning 4 also meant giving up her soother-which she still used at night. We had been talking about it for several months and reminded her of the inevitable many times throughout December. The night before her birthday she suggested hiding a soother from the Soother Fairy (I had to blame the inevitable on someone other than myself). Oh did she cry! I felt simply awful. Happy birthday, now relinquish your favorite source of comfort! I stayed in her room until she was asleep and she did wake up and come down to our room many, many times, but....it is gone :) The only soother left are the two in Abria's room and thankfully Alette isn't clever enough to realize that she could just sneak in there and grab one. We are breaking Abria of the habit a lot earlier!