Our spunky, beautiful girl turned 2 last week! Maria was very excited about her birthday. She’s been watching her siblings have birthdays and has been anxiously anticipating her special day. She loved making her cake and was thrilled about the special birthday dress we had made for her. She loves wearing “pretty dresses.”

For Maria’s birthday we had chili for lunch and hotdogs for supper. Two year olds are very easy to please. After dinner we did gifts. Maria is still at that sweet age where she’s excited about each gift and wants to play with everything (rather than throwing down the gift and asking for the next one). Gift opening took a long time. Each of Maria’s siblings were very happy to see how much she liked his/her gifts. (Isaiah was a little worried about Maria kissing him.)

Our Maria is a bunch of fun. She’s a talker and has lots to say. She loves to sing. She loves to do anything that her siblings are doing. Maria often asks to “play cards,” which means she wants to play a game from the game closet. Though sometimes you can hardly set up the game before she’s ready to move onto a new game. Maria loves to be read to and she loves looking at our family blog books. She’s done a great job with potty training. Maria is loved by all and brings joy to all.