The Patience Of A 4 Year Old

 Lexi Jade has got to be the most patient, good natured little girl I have ever met. There are days where I feel like all I do is tell her to wait for something else. Medicine time consumes me for at least an hour every morning. She asks for juice, I say I'm getting it. 10 minutes later she asks if its ready yet, I say oh no, I forgot, let me get it! 10 minutes later she asks where I put it, oh sweetie let me make it right now as we speak and bam, 30 minutes later, we have juice! The process starts all over again in the evening. She is usually dancing while she waits... or riding her balance bike through the house. Never a sigh or complaint, just happy and joyful! There are days when I feel spread so thin and I know she has once again gotten the short end of the stick and yet every day, she makes me feel like the best mom in the world. 

She is growing up right before my eyes! 

She loves school and dance and riding her bike more than any other activity. She would be fine doing just those 3 things every day! 

 She has the greatest giggle I have ever heard and when you hear it you can't help but giggle too.

 She loves nature, bugs and creepy crawly things don't scare her. She got a Hermit Crab recently, (first pet) and she holds it like its a toy. No worries about it pinching or crawling or anything else... just calm as can be. The crab escaped the cage one night and was lost for 2 days!!! Last night it appeared in the kitchen at around midnight! So glad!!! Can you imagine?? YUCK

 It's been a very long year and there have been more changes and more adjustments than I ever thought her little self could handle. But she has handled it like an absolute star! 

The only thing we continue to work on is her fear of me leaving. She needs to know where I am at all times. If I leave the room and she suddenly doesn't see me, she panics. Crying big and out loud instantly. We are getting close to being over it. The rule is to call out for me in the 4 main areas of the house one at a time. I try to just tell her every move I make so that there is no anxiety but if I should forget, she has been very good lately about following the search rule. I tell her several times a day that I will never ever ever leave her and that if Ivy should have to go back to the hospital for something, that I will be bringing her with me no matter what. She has done amazing but she has clearly had all she can handle.  

God made our little girl for our family! We are so in love with our Lexi Jade. (Auntie Kim and Quincie, I know you are missing her... these pics are for you)