Anya Turns 2

Anya had her birthday yesterday. She is now a terrible two, although she is not quite terrible yet. She did, however, remove all of the batteries from the battery recharger so we do not have pictures of her birthday. But Anya was absolutely adorable during her birthday. We took her to Target to get a feel for what she liked (besides more babies). Anya liked every thing. Kate got her a balloon, a stuffed monkey, and some little dogs. Ruth got her a Jumbo push pop, and the rest of us got her this electronic duck and some more pacifiers. (Yes, I know she is getting too old for pacifiers, but with our life how it is now, it seems like a bad idea to take it away now, and we took Adam's away at this age and he started sucking his finger two weeks later which he still does. So we gave her something she loves, but is too old for.)
 As Anya opened each present she gave half of everything to Rachel. I didn't know a two year old could share so sweetly on their birthday. When we sang happy birthday to her, she got down and danced around the room. Again, HOW CUTE!! Then when it was time to blow out her candles, she picked one candle up-- flame and all. Fortunately, a quick thinking Ruth blew out her candles really fast.

We are definitely blessed with some, cute, good, and happy kids. Happy Birthday Little Anya. We look forward to another year with you little baby, and hopefully not so terrible. But everyone has to be 2.