When I call her my “Beauty Queen” she calmly corrects me and tells me she’s a princess. She’s FOUR years old today, and she’s got to be one of my favorite people on this planet.
By a stroke of fate (an impromptu weekend visit to spend some time with my very pregnant sister before she popped, and the only return flight I’ve ever missed in my life) I was there to see Eva enter the world ten days ahead of schedule. Her entrance was swift and grand – Marissa’s water broke at 4:20 pm, and by 6:45 that same night Eva had arrived, just giving us enough time to get to the hospital and sparing Todd and I from having to deliver her in the back of his pickup truck somewhere on the streets of Oakland.
She was a stunner the day she was born, and she continues to blow my mind every time I see her with how gorgeous and precocious one child can be. Today, we threw her 4th birthday party at my parents house, an under the sea themed party, which was really just a precursor to the main event (her first trip to Disneyland, to see her beloved Ariel.) Eva and her Mama prepared for weeks, making crafty under the sea decorations from moving boxes, old compact discs, and egg cartons, all of which Miss Eves carefully packed into the big box labeled “Eva’s Party Box – the Big Four.” The morning of, however, my sister and I being the suckers that we are ended up running around Northridge in search of a party supply store (finally finding one after the first three we checked had gone out of business – thank you economy.) There we found a room wrap of sea life which really put the icing on the proverbial party cake.
We all let the girl go wild, gorging herself on blue m&m’s and Beasley Chocolate Cake with cream cheese frosting (a long time family birthday tradition) until she bounced off the walls, sugar coursing through her little veins until well after midnight.
Eva, you showed your Uncle Scotty and I what an amazing gift a child can be…and for that (and all the joy you bring us both when we’re with you, and when we’re not) we’re forever in your debt. Happy Birthday to my little mermaid.
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