When Lucy Turned Five...

 I'm not sure how life is getting away from me so easily lately, but it is.  Almost two months ago our sweet youngest daughter had a birthday.  

Lucy turned FIVE!

 Lucy received a lot of nice presents.  Unfortunately, she ended up without a birthday cake...poor last-born, always getting the shaft!

There's a little right-of-passage our family has continued.  When I turned five, I got my ears pierced.  When my sister, Sandy, turned five, she got her ears pierced.  Same with Amana.  Same with Anlynn.  And now, the same with Lucy on her fifth birthday!

She was a little nervous to get things started, but put on a brave face.

Here she is with her beautiful, pink studs!

Five Fun Facts about Lucy at Five:

Lucy still takes Sunday afternoon naps with me.

She has trouble with the "K" and "G" sounds, but she's working hard and can make them when we slow her down.

We spend time at the library together each week while Anlynn is at dance.

She gives me tiger-kisses and Lige high-fives at bedtime...along with hugs and kisses.

She often asks to "do a project," which usually involves scissors and glue, a mess and a surprisingly good final product.  :)

Happy Birthday to our spunky, silly, snuggly Lucy girl.  We love you so much!

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Lucy turning five was pretty hard on this mama's heart.  She's the baby...and she's five now and we have no more babies.  I've been stuffing these kinds of thoughts to the side.  We haven't officially decided that we will not have any more children, but it's sure looking that way.  I have enjoyed the season of raising littles so much, even when the days were so, so hard.  I knew I always wanted to be a wife and a mom.  I am those things, and I'm so grateful.  But now that I'm not "the lady who is pregnant AGAIN", I'm floundering a bit.  Now I'm the mom who will have teenagers for the next sixteen years.  If that doesn't sober a soul, I'm not sure what will!  

I've been avoiding the sad feelings...but one of these days I'm going to have to let myself feel them and prepare to move forward.  There's a lot of fun ahead, I just need to be willing to embrace it!