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Friday, April 03, 2009

HAPPY BIRTHDAY with CAKE :)

Kyria made her a party hat :)


and helped mommy bake a cake...

she was more excited than Anya :)


until the presents came out!!



Kyria made her a card
with the ABC's on the front...


I think this is her favorite...

I remember having fun with them...


I guess the paper is just as exciting as the gift...
(it was capsules that open in water to create
 little sponge creatures
GREAT bath toys!!)

WOW
my very OWN hat!!
She always has to borrow Kyria's :)
it's from Gramps :)
(he's an Army man, you know)


this is a bear... that is also a ball....
his tummy is hard and he bounces :)
CUTE!


Gotta feed those babies now!! :)



and enlist the help of big sister!

Mikalah was asleep through all the festivities :)... but I'm not sure she would have made a positive contribution to the mayhem!! :) Anya only wanted the candy flowers on her cake (??) she is an enigma... but we love her!! :) She absolutely loved the baby bottles that mysteriously drain of their drink.... and then, there's MORE! :) she took them to bed to feed her baby with... I do not think she has been without one in her hand since she was done opening gifts!! 
Thankfully tomorrow is Saturday... and Daddy will be home. It is always more fun that way :)

Sunday our church is having an open house on our Mission House. It was purchased the end of last year and is finally ready (almost) for occupancy - and we are so excited for our church to be blessed with this place... it is around the corner from our church property... I will post pictures of it next week.
Have a great weekend!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANYA _more pics_2

relaxin' on Nana...
(9 months)
fun with Daddy...
THAT WAS FUNNY :)
more like -

I am funny :)

LOVE that smile... 


she still has that smirk :)

ONE YEAR BIRTHDAY!
WOW - she has grown SOO much!!!

Anya Ruth... 
my cupcake...
yesterday :)
I hope you all have enjoyed seeing a little of Anya growing up... she is a joy... a gift from God (as they all are). Her vocabulary seems to be multiplying daily! I praise the Lord for her sweetness... and her loving spirit.... as I tell her sometimes "You make me laugh when you aren't making me crazy!" :D and she is good at both!! We do not a big party planned... just us... and cake... and a couple gifts...

Please feel free to wish her a happy birthday in the comments... or just say HI to me :) it's nice to know when/who stops by...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANYA _more pics

She loved to lay in the most awkward positions...
She would lay like this on your shoulder too :)
Big sisters like to feed the little sister
we used to call her a lime bean
cause she curled up like one
or arched up like one :D
sweet sisterhood...

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Little faith in a strong plank will carry me over the stream,  
great faith in a rotten plank will land me in the stream. 
~ ~ Dr. Burton of the Mueller Orphan Home in  Bristol, England. ~ ~

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Courage is not the absence of fear, 
but rather the judgement that something else is more important.