4...

Time goes by so very fast. :0(

Our baby turned 4 today. I am more saddened by that than most people are about themselves turning 40. I was ok with turning 40, no biggie. Ambrelyn turning 4, however, is another story. On one hand I am thrilled because she is so excited to be "BIG", yet I am sad because she is officially a little girl!

It seems like just yesterday that a baby was brought to me in a carrier. A baby that didn't look real because she was SO TINY! This baby slept so much! Too much actually. It didn't take long for me to realize that this tiny baby had to wake up before the world passed her by... literally. 

So, we began waking her up to play, to eat, to exist. She began to come alive! She struggled through her first year and multiple formulas until a new formula was put on the market that she could tolerate with the help of the meds Raglan and Zantac. Her formula had to come in the ready mixed cans because her tiny little system could not handle her formula being shaken.

 Soon we got smiles from her, giggles and the assurance that she finally felt secure in this world and was going to live. Our Ambrelyn was a fighter. She lived in newborn clothes forever! Finally at a year old we could put her into 3-6 month clothing, although they were still a little big! At 14 months she weighed in at a whopping 14 pounds! She was put on Pediasure and began to take off! Walking, running, talking, joking, snuggling. She was real, she was developing normally even if she was still tiny! Tiny is ok though! Once she hit  14 months, she really began to thrive! Life was good!

Our baby who we thought might not make it is now a spunky, adorable loving little girl who is incredibly bright, so sweet and sometimes whiney and yes, still tiny! I'll take it though! I can enjoy still shopping in the toddler section for sweet clothes. Ambrelyn still loves to snuggle and loves to be carried... because she is still tiny that is not a problem. 

It is such a blessing to be Ambrelyn's Momma. Thank you Lord!

Happy Birthday to Ambrelyn Hope, 

our tiny little 4 year old! 

You are so loved!