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Cyrus, today, you are four years old. Its hard to believe its been 1,460 days since I first laid eyes on you! Sometimes the days are long, but the years are fast, or at least they have been! I'm so proud to call you my son! You are so bright, handsome, kind, helpful, giving, loving, wild, strong willed, and happy. You have your days, like all of us, but mostly you light up my world like nothing I've ever known! Your stubbornness is something I love about you, even when I say I hate it. Its wonderful to know that you know EXACTLY what you want, and won't give up until you achieve the results YOU want! I hope you never lose that trait.

You are so helpful, anytime you see me doing something you jump right in to lend a hand, even when I say I'm all set. You love doing dishes, pouring the laundry soap into the dispenser and turning it on (at least I know you'll be a man who knows how to do laundry, don't say I never taught you, I have this post to prove you wrong!), your favorite thing to do is throw the laundry from the washer into the dryer- you think its a very fun game. You love vacuuming, and spraying everything with lysol. I really hope you'll always be helpful, although I'm thinking your teenage years may be a tad different.

Outside is your favorite place to be. You'd sleep out there if I allowed it! Your at peace when you are outside, its like a sanctuary for you. You notice things like the shape of leaves, to the glistening micah in rocks.

TV sometimes gets the best of you. You're absolutely obsessed with Caillou (still, always have been), Jake and the Neverland Pirates, and Mickey Mouse most of all! You are obsessed with Frozen, the movie, and we've planned one spectacular party for you! You really wanted to be Princess Anna at your party, but changed your mine and decided to just be YOU! I hope nobody ever makes you feel like you can't do what you feel is right, even if that means you wearing a princess dress. Don't let others influence you into thinking your wrong, for wanting to try out something new. Unless that something new isn't healthy, like drugs or under age drinking. Be smart in your choices, please!

You love wearing mismatch socks, I swear its just to drive me nuts! You hate underwear (I don't blame you!), but its just something in life that you have to do! Actually all in all you still hate clothes...you strip down the moment we walk through the door- it drives Daddy bonkers. We really need to work on this! You always say you cannot wait for warmer weather so you can wear less and less clothes. I hope you don't move far away and become a nudist. ;o)

Your favorite color is safety yellow, read that again, not just yellow, SAFETY yellow! You will make sure people understand that, it cracks me up! Your favorite song right now is Let it Go from the Frozen movie. Your favorite thing to eat is mac&cheese! Your favorite ice cream is mint chip, and you love hot fudge! Your favorite book to read is Frog&Toad adventures. You absolutely LOVE doing look&find books, you can't get enough, we have 6, and you just got the Frozen one today and I'm pretty certain you already have that one memorized!

You adore all of our animals, especially Grey! They really do put up with a lot from you! You say you're going to be a doctor when you grow up, but perhaps you'll be a veterinarian? I hope you'll be a photographer... ;o)

You can write your name really well these days, and can identify pretty much all the letters when you see them. You've also surprised me with your ability to identify numbers! I wouldn't be surprised if you started understanding the things Daddy and I spell to one another when we don't want you to hear, okay maybe I'd be a little surprised if you understood. I'm telling you, you are one smart cookie! I hope you love school, and learning! Its important to learn, remember that. There is always, and I mean always something to learn!

You keep telling me how much you want to go to Disney.We'll start saving our pennies, I've never been and can't wait to share that experience with you.

You will probably end up being an only child, and honestly I'm really okay with that. I love it just being you, and give I hope when you're older you will be okay with it too. Although some days I feel like we're making the wrong choice by not giving you siblings, because after all, family is everything. You will always have us, and I hope you always come to us in times of need, happiness, sadness, fear, really any time!

I can't wait to see what you accomplish in this next year of your life. We love you to the moon and back, and hope you know just how much you really are loved, by everyone in your life!

Happy FOURTH Birthday, Cyrus Jay!