I shed more than a few tears as I put this post together.
Five years ago today, at about 3pm, my gorgeous girl started her journey on this earth.
Her birth was peaceful, she is amazing and I can’t imagine my life without her.
When she tells me she loves me I tell her ‘I love you more’, she then says “I love you the most’.
I wish I could go back in time and just cuddle a baby version of her one more time….
Just hours old
Battling chronic reflux, at six weeks the only way to get her to sleep for more than 20 minutes during the day was to put her on her tummy! I watched her the WHOLE time.
She has never loved food, but I persisted because having something solid in her tummy helped settle her tummy after she vomited about 15 times a day.
She had a taste for newspapers, just like her mum
Peek a boo!
My favourite photo of my girl and I!
She didn’t even start to get hair until she was 2 years old!
GORGEOUS even when she was sad
Her favourite activity was going for a bike ride with dad!
At three years old she was already wise beyond her years.
Playing doctors was her favourite thing at three years old!
The morning of her 4th birthday with her little Buzz brother
Waiting for her cake to come out!!
I love the look on her face when she sees her princess cake – just gorgeous.
Celebrating with her school friends!
Growing up so fast – she loves to scooter to school!
Gorgeous birthday girl who is SO excited she is now 5 and told the supermarket check out chick that today is ‘actually my birthday’.
If you’re anything like me there are days when you’ve had enough of battling with young children, the tantrums, the fights, the questions – but we have such an important role to play.
We grew them inside our bodies for nine months, and now for our lifetime we must nurture their souls, teach them the ways of the world and most importantly give them unconditional love.
Happy birthday princess – I love you to the moon and back!
My favourite blogging day – Wordless Wednesday with Trish at My Little Drummer Boys
Ai at Sakura Haruka
Bree @ Twinkle in the Eye
Have a laugh on me 
March 27, 2013 at 6:34 am
Such a beautiful post, and what a gorgeous little princess. Happy birthday to your little girl, and happy “birth” day to you too. Beautiful photos.
March 27, 2013 at 2:02 pm
She sure is my wee princess Ana 🙂
March 27, 2013 at 6:51 am
Gorgeous photos!! Happy birthday to your beautiful Miss 5. I love the 5 birthday cake! 🙂
March 27, 2013 at 2:03 pm
Thanks Thea, the cake was the easiest one yet and she loved it!
March 27, 2013 at 6:52 am
She’s an absolute doll Em! Happy big 5 Birthday Maddi xx
March 27, 2013 at 2:04 pm
And she has the biggest heart also! 🙂 Em x
March 27, 2013 at 7:32 am
How could you not love that cheeky faced little imp. Happy Birthday Maddi. May it be a lovely day for the whole family. 😉
March 27, 2013 at 2:04 pm
So far so far muma – off to dinner tonight which is AWESOME as no dishes,cooking etc! YIPPEE x
March 27, 2013 at 8:49 am
happy sweet birthday to your little darling.. i can see she gets her beautiful smiles from you!!
Ai @ Sakura Haruka
March 27, 2013 at 2:05 pm
What a lovely thing to say – thanks Ai, everything thinks she looks like her dad 🙂
March 27, 2013 at 10:49 am
Happy birthday – what lovely photos you have posted ! I hope she had a lovely day.
Enjoy the long weekend !
Me
March 27, 2013 at 2:06 pm
Thanks L, I was taking a trip down memory lane looking at them, ah the memories! I hope it stays dry for us xx
March 27, 2013 at 10:54 am
Happy Birthday to your beautiful girl. Happy birthing day to you too Em!! March is a great month for birthdays!!
March 27, 2013 at 2:07 pm
Yes there are lots of March babies around! 🙂
March 27, 2013 at 11:01 am
Lovely Em. My boy is 5 in October, not ready for that at all! xx
March 27, 2013 at 2:07 pm
And he’s your youngest? Will be hard seeing your baby grow up and head to school I bet!! Em
March 27, 2013 at 3:11 pm
Yep my youngest 😦
March 27, 2013 at 11:35 am
Aren’t they easy to love! And it goes so very quickly… she is beautiful.
March 27, 2013 at 2:08 pm
It truly feels like it was just yesterday we celebrated her 4th birthday! x
March 27, 2013 at 12:38 pm
Don’t they just fill every space in our hearts! Happy birthday to your smiling girl 🙂
March 27, 2013 at 2:08 pm
What a lovely way to put it Kate, and yes, they find every available nook and cranny!
March 27, 2013 at 12:52 pm
And a big congrats to you as the mum who also was reborn five years ago. Lovely photos, the baby ones are totally edible.
March 27, 2013 at 2:09 pm
I sure have changed since having children, best thing I’ve done yet 🙂 xx
March 27, 2013 at 12:54 pm
Happy birthday to her. March is a good month for 5 year olds-my son celebrated his earlier in the month. She looks like she had a great day
March 27, 2013 at 2:09 pm
Don’t they seem to grown up now?! She did have a lovely day with her new school mates! x
March 27, 2013 at 1:26 pm
Wonderful photos. She is just beautiful. Goes to fast doesn’t it.
March 27, 2013 at 2:10 pm
Totally biased I know but yep she’s beautiful, both inside and out!
March 27, 2013 at 1:35 pm
Beautiful post Emily. Ah, they grow so fast. I have a 5 yo party coming up soon too. Where does the time go? Your little one is a cutie 🙂
March 27, 2013 at 2:11 pm
I’m going to try and soak in each milestone with my boys because soon they’ll be 5 and I’ll be left with teenagers! 🙂
March 27, 2013 at 2:05 pm
Hey my little girl would only EVER sleep on her tummy. She screamed any other way. I had so many bossy grannies trying to tell me how bad it was for the baby when I took her out in the pram like that – what could I say except “Yes, I know they’re not supposed to lie on their tummy because of SIDS but she hasn’t read the book yet!”
March 27, 2013 at 2:12 pm
Ditto Janet, mine ALL slept on their tummies from when they had enough head strength, they wouldn’t sleep any other way. Much to everyone’s disgust and tsk tsk, but I just tuned them out! Love what you said to all those ‘know it alls” xx
March 27, 2013 at 2:14 pm
she is just adorable. She sure was one cue little bubba. My youngest will be five in a couple of weeks. Such a fabulous age.
March 27, 2013 at 2:16 pm
I agree I love this age, my youngest is 1.5 going on 5 and is beyond busy!
March 27, 2013 at 2:31 pm
oooh!!!! We just watched her grow up in a flash!!!! Love the photos!! Happy Birthday – my daughter is 4 in August.. no idea where the time went!
March 27, 2013 at 9:07 pm
It’s funny because at the time, when you’re knee-deep in shit you wonder if it’ll ever end, and then they’re all grown up and you wonder where the time went?! xx
March 27, 2013 at 2:35 pm
Oh what gorgeous pics!!! I
Happy Birthday to your precious little girl:)
love being a mum too, my children are everything xx
March 27, 2013 at 9:08 pm
Thanks for stopping by, they sure make life worth living right? 🙂
March 27, 2013 at 3:59 pm
What a lovely story told by your photos. Happy birthday to your little one.
March 27, 2013 at 9:08 pm
She had a lovely and busy day and is now fast asleep!
March 27, 2013 at 5:02 pm
How lovely that you have taken the time to look back and reflect on all your wonderful memories together! Such beautiful piccies! Hope she has had a wonderful wonderful day!
March 27, 2013 at 9:09 pm
I really enjoyed it Zita, I spent an hour looking at photos, such great memories, thanks for visit! Emily 🙂
March 27, 2013 at 8:26 pm
Oh wow I loved this walk back down memory lane. It’s funny I can see all members of your family in her at different ages x
March 27, 2013 at 9:09 pm
Really that is cool, because it’s hard when you’re family to see your family in your children. xxx 🙂
March 27, 2013 at 8:50 pm
I just did a search on WordPress on 5th Birthday, and came across your post. How is this for coincidence. My little girl was born on the 27th, just after 3PM. She suffered from relux, and would not sleep during the day, if we were lucky, 20 minutes, but on meds she did sleep well during the night. She was a very fussy eater (only very recently started eating well). At 2 years she had almost no hair, just a few curls.
March 27, 2013 at 9:10 pm
Wow that is a coincidence, my daughter also suffered from chronic reflux and once on medication did sleep at night, in an elevated cot, but RARELY during the day, nice to ‘meet’ you. Emily
March 27, 2013 at 9:47 pm
She is adorable and oh what a cutie pie bubba.
March 27, 2013 at 9:51 pm
My heart melts looking at all those old photos Trish! x
March 27, 2013 at 10:19 pm
She is a gorgeous girl Em, looking so grown up at 5 🙂
March 27, 2013 at 11:29 pm
Amazing to take that journey in photos with you from birth to now! It seems like your birthday too! 🙂
March 28, 2013 at 8:32 pm
New life and five year old life are both a thing to behold. How precious are these little babes in our lives.
Have a great Easter
Carolyn
March 28, 2013 at 8:36 pm
You too, have a great weekend off, I hope!