On the eve of turning 5...

So here we are... it's the night before Harry turns 5.

This time last year, pretty much everything revolved around Harry's new little sister Ainsley. She's had a recent birthday of her own, with many incredible milestones, but this is Harry's time...

This year we've got plenty of firsts:

• First (and likely only) sibling arrives
• Becoming a Genie at Abra
• Registering for Kindergarten
• First Soccer Team (and last Little Gym Class)
• First "real" concert with Mommy - The Dead at Verizon Center!
  

In addition to all of these, Harry continues to grow like a weed, learn tons of new things seemingly every day, and is about that close to reading (sometimes it seems like he already can, and he's just stringing us along!)

He's becoming an incredible big brother to Ainsley, offering advice and encouragement from his own experiences, and is having even more fun re-discovering all of his old toys that he forgot about!

As for the coming year, Spring is for Harry's new Soccer team (with Daddy as Asst Coach Kevin), Summer is for vacations, which we'll be spending some more time at the beach with family as always, and Fall will be for Kindergarten and the big yellow bus, which I for one can comfortably say I'm truly not ready for.

His many circles of friends continue to grow and to overlap as we expand furhter into the fabric of Alexandria. Soccer friends will become pool friends which will become Kindergarten friends. As we all know, the more friendly faces the better!

He's a wonderful boy who continues to make us all an extremely proud and happy family!

Happy Birthday Harry!!