Happy Birthday Elsie Rose

I can't believe my baby girl is two. I know every Mom would say this about your kid...there is just something special about Elsie and I think that anyone who has met her...or just come in contact with her, can tell that. This little one started out life pretty rough. She was very colicky for the first 4 months of her life, which made it very hard for everyone in the family. But now we know why things were so bad for her. Due to her Mild CP, we now know that her muscles in her mouth were just not strong enough to eat, and the muscles in her body had no way of controlling themselves, so she was very uncomfortable for the first little while.

But man, she went from the saddest baby you ever met, to the smiliest happiest little girl in the world. Elsie waves and smiles to anyone she sees. She makes friends every day in the stores or anywhere we are. Her smile is contagious, and you can't help but smile back. She has such love for life. This little girl has such a special spirit. It chokes me up to think about it. I have never seen someone so little, with the struggles she deals with, have such determination and patience. She has made leaps and bounds since last year. I remember last year for her birthday she could barely sit up and we were still trying to figure out why it was so hard for her to control her body. She has made such great progress and I owe that to her amazing therapists, who also think she is pretty special. Anyway, Elsie is the sunshine in our lives. She is so eager to see everyone in the morning, goes crazy for Dad when he gets back from shift. We couldn't live our lives without this little one. Happy Birthday Elsie Rose, Cricket, our little sunshine!

So big!
It was past 8:00 last night when we took these, and she was so tired and giddy...she thought Daddy was the funniest guy in the world...which he is...but even funnier than normal!
She loves that Dad of hers!