Birthday and Easter

Happy Birthday Natalie!!

 Our little girl turned 3 years old on Tuesday, April 19th. We can't believe how grown up she's getting. The funniest thing that happened that day was when Natalie asked when she'll be two again. We told her that she won't ever be two again, she'll just get older. She didn't like that answer at all! She started crying saying that she wanted to be two again. Kevin with his infinite wisdom chuckles and says "Yeah, you'll have to talk to God about that!!" We also started telling her that big 3 year olds don't suck their thumb. So now whenever she wants to suck her thumb, she always tells us "I'm just going to suck my thumb for a little bit, okay?" At least she's more aware of when she sucks that wrinkled thumb!

Natalie's birthday party was on Saturday. She's been talking about a Tinkerbell party for over a month. While I was in the hospital, I did some online shopping and found some great party decorations and the house looked ver festive thanks to the help of Karen, my mother in law, and my Mom. Matt, Veronica and Ava came over for pizza and the girls spent most of the time playing in the backyard.

Once Natalie's grandparents arrived, we went inside to open presents. She remains a very spoiled little girl! She got a puzzle, a couple of books, lots of clothes, Thomas the Train set, a magnetic dress-up wooden doll set, a bug catcher, and her favorite....a pink car! She wants to live in her car! She even wanted Mommy and Daddy to drive Mommy's car to church, and she wanted to drive her car. She was heartbroken when we told her no. Kevin brought the car upstairs this morning so Natalie could sit in it and watch Dora while we were getting ready for church. She also ate her macaroni and cheese in her car this afternoon.

Easter

Natalie was extremely excited about Easter this year. Everyting from her Easter dress to the eggs, she was a very happy girl! After church, Natalie had her first egg hunt of the day. She was pretty timid and didn't really understand what the appeal was. We had to coach her through picking up the eggs. After church, we went to Gramma and Papa's house for breakfast. She was much too busy playing with Ava to eat anything though!

After her nap, Kevin and Natalie headed over to Grandma Karen's house for yet another Easter egg hunt! Her and Ethan had a fantastic time searching for eggs. Natalie was spoiled with all of her Easter and birthday gifts!

A terrific weekend indeed! We are so blessed to have a healthy and happy three year old. And to think that two more little ones are going to be joining us very soon! It's interesting to think that these next few weeks are going to be the last ones with Natalie as our only child. Our whole lives have been centered around her for the past three years. So much change is coming in the near future. It's hard to imagine having enough love for each child, although I definitely know it's possible! We've been shown God's love through the family we've built. Our new adventures in parenthood are going to be very exciting!