Caroline's 5th Birthday!

5th Birthday Eve! Last sleep before she is a whole hand.... 

Balloon fairy came! Love this sweet birthday tradition! 

Birthday breakfast. Platter of powdered donuts. Her favorite! 

Sweet baby was sick on her birthday. Running high fever so we didn't get to have much family over to celebrate as planned. She was so upset that she couldn't go to school and celebrate with her friends so I tried to make the day as special as possible. Her birthday party was the next weekend but we celebrated the day away! We rolled her hair to get her all dressed up for a day of fun! 

5! How can it be. Wearing the dress her mommy and aunt wore when they were little girls. 

Special delivery! Part of her big girl room!!! 

Got to go pick out a few birthday hippies! 

Lunch at Shoal Creek with Poppy, Lollie, and Aunt Megs! 

And then dinner at Superior Grille (Birthday Girl's choice) with Granmommy and Grandaddy! 

And a cake celebration when we got home! 

Ice cream with the cousins a few days later after she was fever free!!!! 

It was a special day celebrating her precious life. She changed my world 5 years ago. I became aware of a love that is so deep it hurts. Praising God every day for the gift of Caroline Catherine Cease. These past 5 years have been full of the richest love and precious memories. Holding on tight because it's all going by so fast and I never want it to end! 

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