Kaiya is now five years old and I don't know where the time has gone. I get teary eyed thinking about my little girl growing up. I really regret not keeping a better record of her milestones and I want to make up for it now. Geoff and I were up last night trying to remember as much as we could about Kaiya up untill now. I hope she will enjoy reading these things when she is older.

You were born on July 29th at 3:04am your labour was a fast 5 hours.We had your name picked out before we met you.
When you came out it fit perfectly.
Kaiya you were our little GIRL! You were a very girly looking baby from the day you were born.
You were a happy baby, but weren’t much for sleeping at night. That drove mom a little crazy at times.
You are very generous... When a friend is over you often look for something they can take home.
You love to sneak into mom and dads bed. And when you need to go to the bathroom in the night you insist on waking mom up to tell her were you are going.
You are so loving; always saying I love you.
You give the best hugs and kisses.
You have beautiful curly hair. Although when it get knoty you say “I wish I was a boy”
You love the color Pink and Purple.
You like treats, but you don't need them you often turn down candy just because.
You like to eat healthy things (broccoli)
You won’t eat any candies that are green. No matter what.
You love doing crafts. You have the gift of creativity.
You have always been the peacemaker in our home.
You didn’t cut your first tooth until you were 11 months.
you took your first steps at 11 months
You have an amazing imagination.
When you where about two you use to say “whadee” for love you.
When you would see something cute you would say "so toot".
You love to shop with Mom. Now, at age five you love to pick things up and say" Oh mom isn't this so cute, we should get it"
You love to cuddle. We call you our cuddle bug.
For some reason when you were about two you were deathly afraid of black boots. When Auntie Robyn lived with us she had a pair and you would scream if they got close to you. It came in handy if we didn’t want you touching something, all we had to do was put the boots in front of it.
You called Auntie Robyn Ra Ra for a long time.
You called chips "piches"
You are very motherly. You want to take care of any kid who is younger than you.
You can’t help yourself you love to pick us any kid that's smaller than you, even if they don’t ask you to.
You love to sing and make up new songs.
You are a beautiful dancer.
Your favorite song was Madonna`s time goes by and you had all her moves down from when you were 2 and a half.
You love to sing "i'm trying to be like jesus",
you memorized it and sang it in Grandma Sommerfeldts Relief Society lesson when you were 3-ish.
When you say "I love you" we ask how much and you say "all the way around my back"
You love to abbreviate people’s names. like Gram, Gramp, Rob, Mand...
You love school (kindergarten) You make friends very easily.
Your fav thing to do is going to hotels and swim with your family.
You love having sleepovers at grandmas.
"Have you heard the good news?" "The twins are back."
"She's coming down the hallway wearing my shoe."
You traveled to Australia with Mom, Grandma and Grandpa when you were 18 months to visit Auntie Mandy.
You are very spiritual.
You are an amazing example of faith to your family.
When ever something is missing you say a prayer and ask to find it, you do this on your own and always have your prayers answered.
You already have a great love for the scriptures.
You love to open the scriptures and tell your own scripture stories.
You love to have family Home evening.
When you were 2-ish you told us that you were going to find a boy and get married in the Temple
You love to cook and bake with mom.
You are a wonderful cleaner. When you want to be.
You are a great big sister to Jager and Cooper.
You and Jager fight, but you will almost always be the one to say I'm sorry and make things better.
You love to talk on the phone already...
At age Five you told me you want to be a Doctor, nurse, singer and a MOM when you grow up.
Your fav toy right now is babies and stuffies (snacks the bear) (age 5)
You got your ears pierced at age 3.
Your first stuffed animal was plopper (stuffed dog). It was the first thing your dad brought when we found out we were expecting a baby.
You love your Daddy but you are always on Mommy's side for some reason.
When you were about 2 or 3 you loved going under blankets and pretending that you were in a car driving to the store.
You have an amazing memory.
You Love to be outside.
At the park you love the swings.
from a very young age you were always facinated with animals like cats and dogs,
You learned to ride your bike without training wheels a bit before you turned 5
You love to color and draw.
Your first drawings were little circular swirls.
You love to make presents for people when they are sick.
You are a very neat printer at age 5
When you were 4 you cracked your tooth in half and had to be put under to have it pulled out.
When we are having a bad day, you like to say "Let`s start the day over".
"everyone take deep breaths"
We have to pretend to go to sleep and really start the day over.
When you where 3 you went through a rough time going to bed. We had to put a gate up in front of your room.
When you were 3 you were diagnosed with petit maul seizures and have been on medication since.
You have to get your blood taken every few months and you absolutley hate needles, the only way we can get you to co-operate is to put "magic cream" on your hand, and it has to be done at the hospital as an outpatient because you fight off all of the regular lab workers.
When you were 3 we thought we lost you.
You were suppose to be napping. I went to check in on you and you weren`t there. I called for you but got no answer. I started yelling. After a while of yelling at the top of my lungs. I got scared and called dad, he was scared and called 911 to call and help me as he rushed home. Uncle Drew and Grandma Sommerfeldt came over and helped look for you too (he sped accross town). We looked all over the house and couldn't find you anywhere. Right as the police showed up we checked our room one more time. I put my hand on the bottom of our bed and felt a leg. You had snuck into my bed. You were asleep under the covers, laying flat at the very foot of the bed. You didn`t wake up for another hour after the whole ordeal and had no idea you scared us to death. I thought someone had taken you. I have never been so scared.
Kaiya you have given us so many happy, funny, and crazy memories we love you more than can ever be expressed. We look forward to many more memories.