Rayleigh's 5 Year Photo Shoot

My friend, Ivette, has a clothing company and has agreed to share her cute clothes with me in exchange for some modeling and photos. It is the BEST arrangement! She made the most adorable outfits for Rayleigh's 5th birthday! She looks like she's 15 years old in some of these pictures. I chased her around the neighborhood trying to get some nice pictures of her. She is the most beautiful little girl and I love her happy, positive, friendly personality. She is strong and kind and brave and is exploding with intellect. She has blown me away with her abilities since she's started school. She LOVES to color and draw and will sit at the table for hours creating special projects. She told everyone for a week that it was her birthday and when the day finally arrived, she said she wasn't turning 5 until she had chocolate cake!

Rayleigh has been a wild child, a free spirit who was hard to control and redirect. She wouldn't parrot talk and was slow to demonstrate understandable speech. She was stubborn and would scream when her needs weren't met. But now, she has completely changed. She is helpful and obedient. She is always happy and very competent. I am so proud to be her mother and I'm excited to see where life takes her! I know this girl is going to do incredible things!