Catherine is 5!

Catherine Elizabeth, the apple of our eye, is 5 years old.

Unbelievable! Where has the time gone?

Here's a little bit about Catherine (Cate):
-She loves to play dress up
-She loves to draw and color
-She loves to play Barbies
-She is growing like a weed
-She is learning freestyle, breaststroke and backstroke at swim lessons.
-She is very loyal and sticks by her friends thru thick or thin
-She prefers to play with only girls ("boys are naughty!")
-She is learning how to stand up for herself
-Her favorite cartoon is Tom & Jerry
-Her favorite food is a tie between mac-n-cheese and Princess soup
-She prefers skim milk over whole
-Her favorite juice is apple
-She has "big ears", and listens to everything!
-She is learning to share with her brother
-She likes to make up silly rhymes
-She is reading 3- and 4-letter words
-She can count to 200
-Her favorite animal is a giraffe
-Her favorite colors are pink and purple
-She likes to cook
-She has an amazing memory and remembers even the smallest details

Happy Birthday, SweetGirl, Jellybean, Ladybug, Pumpkin, Stinker! You may have a lot of nicknames, but one thing is clear: you are our favorite girl in the whole wide world!
We love you to the moon 1,000,000, 7,000, 93, 93, 93, 400, 50, 2 billion times around the world and back. Can you beat that? :)