I cannot believe you are five. You have asked everyday around your birthday, "Am I five?" We stay up late and have cake and ice cream at 10pm. You were born around 10pm so that is why we do it. You are really a wonderful child full of joy. You wake up in the morning (in our bed) with a smile on your face and you go to sleep at night with a smile on your face. Your laugh is contagious and you will do anything to make someone else laugh. I just love your personality. Daddy works 5 very long days and you are such good company. We do everything together. One day I am really going to miss this. We spend hours in Walmart just walking around talking and looking at stuff. I find myself talking to someone when I am alone and the other day I realized it was you. I am so used to you being with me that I still talk out loud to you when your not around. I realize that it may sound a bit crazy, but I am not!!! :) You are in preschool at Cathedral Kiddie Campus and you are so smart!!! Next year you will be going to "big boy school." We talk about that a lot and you always say, "You're gonna miss me when I go to big school, right Mamma? But you will be okay!"
The other day we were riding down the road and you said, "Mommy, I think I am ready to be a big boy and sleep in my own room." We had a long pause of silence and you said, "Well maybe not yet!" I thought to myself, "I will take it!!!!" I will keep you beside me as long as I can, in hopes that when the time comes for you to be independent I can let go knowing I cherished these moments when your greatest pleasure came from just being "where we are". That is what you say when you bring all your toys into the kitchen and play while I cook dinner. "Mommy, you know I just want to be where you are!" My favorite thing to hear!!! :)
You are always playing so kind of sport. So we go to practice once a week and you have a game on Saturdays. Right now you are playing indoor soccer. You are also very competitive!!! I hope that you will continue to love sports. I have always noticed that you are very persistent. You never seem to give up!!! I can only pray that I learn how to develop this characteristic in you. It is so funny to me how you will argue when you know you are right or when you really want something a certain way. Someone said to me the other day, when they heard you making your case about why you should get to do something, "What a little lawyer!!" I laughed because I never really thought of it like that, but I can think of several occasions of you "making your case" about something and I had no choice but give you want you were asking for!!! Then of course, you always say, "Momma, you thought you were right but now you changed your mind. Huh, Momma?" You will say this over and over and over until I respond with a "Yes, Cayden." So I think I agree with the person who said you were a little lawyer.
You fill our house with so much love and laughter. We just really love you. You are such a loving child! You loved to be loved on or what we call "lovin" on! You never let a Mommy & Daddy hug go without you jumping in the middle!!!
I say this every year at your birthday...This may just be my favorite year!! I love you!
