Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Four Years Old





















Our sweet Rebecca girl is four years old today.  It's so hard to believe that four years have passed since we welcomed Rebecca Lee Cisneros into the world at 7:56 a.m. on Friday, February 9, 2007, weighing 6 lbs, 15 1/2 ounces (she would have been 7 lbs if she hadn't peed all over the scale just before they weighed her) and being 19 inches long. 

Those sweet baby and toddler days passed so quickly, and I know that the time of her being a preschooler will pass even more quickly.  It is hard for me to not be nostalgic and to wish that she wasn't growing up so rapidly, but at the same time, I'm so overwhelmingly grateful that she is here and is growing up in all the ways that we want her to do so.

At four years old, Rebecca weighs approximately 27 to 28 pounds (exact stats to come at her well-child checkup but at the pediatrician's office two weeks ago, she weighed almost 29 lbs with all her clothes and shoes on).  She wears a size 8 shoe and has narrow, thin feet.  In clothes, she is finally wearing size 2Ts in most things but can wear some 3s if they are in the Kid Girl section (rather than the baby/toddler section).  Even then, we still have to take up all her pants to fit in the waist, because she's so tiny. 

Rebecca has a zest for life!  She wakes up most mornings and is excited to start her day.  Her personality is incredibly sweet, but funny, teasing, and precocious.  She loves her "faminy."  Our dogs are adored (with maybe a little preference for Sydney, who can do no wrong in Rebecca's mind), as are the dogs of Grammy, Grandma, and Auntie Theresa.  Her favorite things to watch on television are the Fresh Beat Band and the Upside Down Show.  She loves the Disney Princesses but won't watch most of their movies - only Cinderella and, now, Tangled.  Villains of any sort scare her and she refuses to watch them.  The most beloved of Rebecca's toys are her Zhu Zhu Pet hamsters, with her American Girl dolls close behind.  Playing dress-up, cooking in her play kitchen, and doing art projects are her favorite pastimes.  She also has an alter ego of Spidergirl, and we are a "Spider faminy."  When I get ready each day, Rebecca gets out her makeup brushes and puts on her makeup (not real) along with me.  Dresses remain her favorite thing to wear, although when it is cold, she consents to pants or leggings with her casual dresses.  Every night, she likes to have a series of books read to her.  Her favorites are the Jesus Storybook Bible, the Skippyjon Jones series, and the Llama Llama series, as well as a book we bought in Paris titled Antoinette and Moi. 

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