just another perfect day

Ha, no really we had one. One absolutely perfect day. Today is Eliza's actual birthday and as such was her 'special' day. We didn't do anything fabulous. We hung out together, had a few friends over, went to Mcd's for lunch, played at the school and had her favorite dinner followed by a walk around the block and cake. What made it absolutely perfect was watching her and realizing how she has grown and become more confident over this year, a big year full of lots of changes. Eliza has had on-again off-again health issues since she was born which have resulted in several hospitalizations. This year she outgrew an anaphylactic allergy to dairy and gained control of her asthma thanks to Singulair. She also had her first birthday party and her first attempt (and failure) with preschool. Today, for the first time ever she played with another little girl at my older kids school and she almost talked on the phone several times today. Really, she's a perfect little four year old girl.