#SelahShalom Turns FIVE! Happy Birthday, Selah!

A Little Life Overview

YEAR 5, 2015-2016 Diverging from brother, becoming her own girl, mac n cheese, roast chicken and broccoli, Ha'Penny Montessori School, pool time with neighbors, Addison, after school trips to the park, cheered while watching mommy graduate fro Georgetown, back to Pittsburgh, bunk beds becoming ships and forts, room sharing with Brother, dinosaur obsessed, fishing, camping, trips to the Strip District for Pho, Pre-school at Nana's, books and movies, not my little girl- boy clothes please!, friends with everyone, ponytails, Sundays with MiMi and Pap, happy with a bit of temper. 2016: A Year In Review

YEAR 4, 2014-2015 How To Train Your Dragon, dinosaurs, riding bikes, that hilarious helmet, singing - aways singing in the back of the car, Pittsburgh to Maryland to Virginia, Jewish preschool, Ha'penney Montessori School, swimming, first metro, time in DC, camping, first movie theater experiences, catfish, let's play dinosaurs, let's play i'm a kitty, friends: Annabel, Kaitlin, Addie, NICO, Caleb, Nadia. Landon at Nana's. kitties, fishing, "nico nico nico" 2015: A Year In Review

YEAR 3, 2013-2014 Octonauts, BUNNY, long blonde curly hair, carbs, first music interests (drums and guitar - I WANNA BE A ROCK STAR), dinosaurs, first ice-skate, first move into a new place, spring/summer part-time daycare, winter McDonalds Tuesdays, Friends: Miles, Julia, "G", Piper, "Potato," Riley, Mitchell, Landon, LuLu, Brady, Lucy, cousin-friends, brother - friend, Open the Eyes of My Heart, Lord, Kids Club, first Christmas concert, first week away with Grandma and PaPa in Lancaster, Candyland, first camping experience, Miss Kayla, How To Train Your Dragon, potty trained, summer swimming (and jumping in with or without floaties), Natural History Museum, 2013 Family Fun, Uncle David and Meatball, twirling to Game of Thrones theme song, first trip to the beach, FROZEN!

YEAR 2, 2012-2013: the bunny - as a nickname and a sleep aid, Thomas the Train, Tuesday park or McDonalds, tortured/roughed up/pushed along by Beast of Burden Brother, the BOB stroller, first Cucumber Falls, trains in West Park, the ducks, Friends: Miles, Julia, Piper, LuLu, "G," cousin-friends, first train ride, numbers over letters, balls and trucks, first hikes with Pap, Play Space

YEAR 1, 2011-2012: breastfed and swaddled for seven months, bottle-struggles at first until MISS KAYLA, walked before 1, Zoo Booh, grew a bottle and cow milk addiction, carbs over veggies, black beans, Super Why, Play Space, Best Friends: "G" & LuLu, sound machine, led worship with mommy (in carrier), music calmed, dada - first word, the swaddle - oh god where's the swaddle!?, most kissable face ever

BIRTH: September 26, 2011: two weeks post due, hours before induction. 9:17AM, 9 pounds, 21&3/4 inches long, perfectly pink, terrific nurser, swaddle-necessary, flower and butterfly themed nursery, born at Mercy Hospital, Midwives: Emily/Kathy via a perfect, medication-free VBAC. More here on The birth story