We are delighted to celebrate Becca’s 4th birthday. We continue to thank God for bringing her through her early birth and allowing her to be cancer-free. We’ve seen so much growth in our dear daughter over the past year. (I hope to write more on Becca’s growth this past year, but presently my schedule is tight – maybe next week.)

With traveling, we had Becca’s birthday meal and celebration a few days before her actual birthday. Her yearly panda cake is really important to her. So important that when Grammy S had a little party for Becca last week, Becca started crying that it couldn’t be her party because it wasn’t her panda cake. I quickly assured her that she could have multiple parties. And she did have multiple celebrations. The Rodriguez family brought Becca a cake and Grandma J came for a birthday breakfast.

Becca asked for a family party with chicken, rice, carrot soup for dinner. What she was really excited about was finding out the gender of our new baby (see video). I think this was the highlight of her gifts. She was so excited to find out she’s getting a baby sister. Becca has faithfully – very faithfully – prayed for a little sister since July 2012. Almost every time we pray she adds on a request for a little sister. I cannot express how thrilled she was to open the envelope and see that the heart was pink.