Megan Turns 2

Where has the time gone? Our little baby turned 2 today. I was reading what I wrote on the blog entry for Megan's first birthday. Last year I wrote, "she is a perfect delight and has no idea how incredibly cute she is." I'd say the same statement rings true this year, except that now she DOES have a pretty good idea of how incredibly cute she is! We love our little Meg-pie to pieces and had fun celebrating her special day at Grandma Erin and Grandpa James' house tonight.

Blowing out the candles turned into a group effort.

Grandma Erin made her the cutest little "baby bundle." She came up with the idea without a pattern or anything and it turned out so cute. It was a perfect gift for our little "mother" who can never have too many babies.

Happy Birthday to our sweet Megan Rose. We love you and cannot imagine what our lives would be like without your sweet, yet sassy personality to brighten our family.

Babies, babies and more babies!

I thought I would do a post on Megan's fascination with babies. She loves mothering all her little babies...feeding, changing, burping, rocking, she's got it all down. All of the baby pictures in the house have kiss marks on them because she loves kissing the pictures. The other day I had to laugh when she was playing with a calculator and all of the sudden she squealed, "A BABY!" I couldn't possibly imagine how she connected a calculator with a baby and when I went to look she was pointing to the number 3. Everything in her little world is a baby. Here is just a sampling of the many pictures we have of Megan with her babies.

She loves looking through my baby photo album and kissing all the baby pictures of me.

She makes little nests for her babies all the time, gathering her blankies and lining up her babies. She did this all on her own.

When Andrew got home from a church meeting, Megan brought all her babies and stuffed animals for him to hold. She does this with my violin student's parents too. When they go to leave they are covered in babies and animals.

Here she is wearing her favorite shoes... the ones with the highest heels. She always acts very serious when she's wearing them.

I snapped this picture of her sleeping the other night, surrounded by all her little ones.

A Day of Mixed Emotions

This has been a very emotional day for me. Yesterday I got the news that you never imagine you will ever hear. My sister only has 1 to 2 years left to live. They are going to do another round of chemo to prolong her life as long as they can, but other than that, there is nothing more they can do. I've never felt saddness like this. I have never felt pain like this. I find myself wondering what to pray for now and I guess the only answer is.... time. More time. Please, just more time. You see, she's not only my sister, she's one of my very best friends...and always has been.

On another note, Megan celebrated her first birthday today. We had a barbecue with family. It was fun to get together and celebrate the life of this beautiful little girl who came into our family one year ago. She is a perfect delight and has no idea how incredibly cute she is.

Like I said, it's been a day of mixed emotions!