Happy 2nd Birthday Lydia!

One Month

One Year

Two years ago today our little lady was born.  I still can't believe it!  She's grown so fast.  This morning we gave her a few small gifts... Evan had made a little bag for her with MaMa {grandma K} & we also gave her 3 Sesame Street books {which we had to read RIGHT AWAY} & an Elmo, a Cookie Monster & a Grover stuffed toy.  She had to feed Cookie some of her Cheerios at breakfast.  Now she's off to the babysitter & she took some strawberry cupcakes to share with her friends.  Unfortunately, it didn't work out for me to spend the day with her today, but her & the boys will be home tomorrow.  I think we're going to take her out for a special birthday dinner tonight.  I baked a little cake along with the cupcakes last night, so she'll get to blow out her 2 candles.

Thought I'd post to show how much she's changed.  The first pic was her baptism, when she was about a month old.  I remember I searched everywhere for a white dress & finally ended up finding the smallest one I could find & since she was so tiny, my mom had to make alterations because it was so big!  The second is at her first birthday party & the third was just last week at her mini photo shoot with Aunt Carol.

We are so blessed to have this little girl in our lives.  She has brought more joy to all of us than we could have ever imagined.  While she can be strong-headed & test our patience {remember she is 2}, she always finds a way to melt our hearts with her sweet ways.  It will be interesting to see what the next year brings.  So, Happy Birthday, Sweetie.  Love You.  MMMMMMMaaahhhh!  xxxooo.