Sunday we celebrated Maryanne's birthday. We will be moving this coming weekend, and I wanted her to be able to have her gifts and play with them for more than just two days, so we celebrated her birthday Sunday. We will do something for Adam on his birthday, then the weekend after that we will have family members over to celebrate both Adam's and Maryanne's birthdays. So, she will still get a fancy cake (she only got a store bought cake this time, that wasn't fancy at all ... just one of those 10 slices of cake for $10 things).
She is such a special girl ... providing so much joy and laughter to our family. Sunday as she was unwrapping her presents I was filled with so much joy watching her. Each of her siblings (except Adam) made her a card, or a little gift. (That in itself brought me so much happiness and helped me to feel like I'm not a failure as a mother ... they truly love her and wanted to show her.) And, even though those gifts weren't as big and exciting as the store-bought gifts, when she opened them she would exclaim, "Oh!" It was absolutely darling. And, then she would thank them. It's so hard to believe she is two-years-old today. I feel like she's been with us for years and years, and yet it hasn't seemed that long.
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| The only present she really cared about. After opening the present with her own train car in it, she didn't want to open any other presents ... and hasn't played with her other presents at all this week. Just her Toy Story Car. |
Here are 10 facts about Maryanne (because she's too young to understand questions like, "What do you hope to accomplish this year?")
1. My favorite Annie sayings:
"Here you go Mama."
"I want to get down."
"Thank you, _______." (Fill in the blank with a name.)
2. Jon's favorite Maryanne sayings:
Anything with an "ooo" at the end because she elongates the "oo". ("Thank yooooou." "Shoooooes.")
"Chips."
3. My favorite thing to do with my Annie:
I really love to do her hair ... she's so good and sits still for me. I also really love to read books to her ... she's constantly echoing and copying the words of the book as I read them. Tickling her is also a blast ... her giggle is so infectious.
4. Jon's favorite thing to do with Maryanne:
Wrestle and tickle because he loves her little laugh.
5. Maryanne's traits:
She's quick to respond and very polite (always saying please and thank you).
She's good at cleaning up, always singing the "clean up, clean up" song.
6. Maryanne's favorite song:
"I Am a Child of God."
She also likes to sing "Open, Shut Them", "Roll Your Hands", and "Popcorn Popping", and her one phrase from that Black Eyed Peas song, "Good, good night."
7. Things she knows:
The colors pink and blue.
She could sing full songs before she could say sentences.
She can count to five ... almost to ten.When it's time to get her diaper changed.
8. Things she likes:
Mickey Mouse
Princesses
Trains
Dolls/babies
Dogs
9. Things she likes to do:
Play with the play dishes.
Unload the dishwasher.
Help cook/bake.
Push her baby in the stroller.
Watch "Timmy Time."
Play with the GeoTrax trains.
10. Reasons why we are grateful she is in our family:
Maryanne has given everyone someone to dote on. And, she doesn't mind it one bit. Although, I'm sure there are times when she wishes that people would just leave her alone. Each day I watch her learn and grow and become a little girl more and more. Jon said, "She's a little ray of sunshine even though she has shrieked like a Ring Wraith for a while."
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