Where have the last 6years gone???

So tomorrow at 1:03pm will mark my daughter's 6th Birthday - she went to bed very excited tonight and I get just as excited for the kid's birthdays and other celebrations. I love to set up a surprise for them to wake up to, I love to give them their favourite dinner for tea that night and we always do a birthday cake on the night of the birthday when the party isn't the same day. I don't have to spend mega amounts of dollars - as I tend to buy a lot of smaller things for her. This year she will get hair accessories, some lip balm, clothes and a desk and chair - seeing as though she will be in year 1 this year and is starting to be more responsible for her things. Her chosen dinner - which has been the same for the last 3years is spaghetti and meatballs - so easy, we will have a birthday cake tomorrow night as her party isn't til Monday.  I think we may visit the beach, but as far as plans for the day go, we have none as the forecast is rain.
Six years ago I was induced and had no idea what laid ahead. I have my birth story on this blog a little further down, but we had the shock of our lives when our little (or big at 9pd3oz) was born critically ill. She showed us and the doctors that she was a fighter right from the start and it shows today with her determination, her love for life and her desire to do great things. At nearly 6 she says she wants to be a "clown doctor" cos she wants to make people better by making them laugh. Her laughter is contagious - especially when she gets her evil laugh happening. She is a protective big sister and has been from the moment she became a big sister - she calls Charlie "buddy" when she is trying to explain something to him. She can stir like the best of them - father has trained her well. She has the biggest heart, just wants to make friends with others and is crushed quite easily and whilst I would love to toughen her up, I don't want her to change....compassion is a trait that not a lot of people have nowadays. She has lost people in our families that were close to her - too young, but she totally understands it all...my little "old soul". She would love for us to have another bub and pesters a bit sometimes and this is why I cannot tell her if we conceive until I 'know' it will stick, she had to go through the ectopic thinking we were having a bub and then finding out we weren't and while she didn't seem to be affected...I don't want to get her hopes up over something like that. She just seems to know when I am having a 'bad day' and is so mature beyond her years at times.
I am excited for her celebrating the big 6, but I wish time would slow down.

Happy 6th Birthday baby girl - I  love you more than life itself. xx