Happy Birthday Maia Sue!

This past Sunday, Maia turned 4 years old!! I can't believe how big she has gotten. She is such sweet girl and I can't imagine life without her. She is now really fun to take shopping(she will give me compliments telling me how pretty something is and tell me I should buy it:) and so we have a lot of fun on our "mommy-daughter" dates. She also loves "daddy-daughter" dates, which usually consist of going to get ice cream or some other treat. She is a tender-hearted little thing and is so sweet and thoughtful. She is also very forgiving. The minute someone says they are sorry, she says "It's okay," and goes right on doing what she was just doing. She is a great big sister and helper to me. I know she will love this new little baby so much and will want to be an even BIGGER helper when it comes! She is also so funny! She keeps us laughing with the things she says/does. The other day she told me, "Elsie is hilarious," with lots of emphasis on the word "hilarious."
Maia Sue Marchant...November 21, 2006, 8lbs. 20 inches...
Maia's FIRST birthday....
Showing us she's TWO...
The princess (and her amazing cake!) at age THREE....
This year, after MUCH consideration, she finally decided that she wanted a fairy cake. Mind you, she wanted her cake to be like the one she had last year, which, well, wasn't going to happen! (My sweet landlord is amazing at making cakes and made that one for her! See picture above..) But I tried my best to not disappoint her too much and this is how it turned out...she loves all of the Tinkerbell fairies so that was kind of the theme I went with. You can't really see it in the pictures, but I added this shimmer stuff on it to make it a little glimmer-y and a little like Pixie dust. Maia LOVED that part! Let me just say, cake-making is a complicated, time-consuming business! Seriously, mine was so simple, but it took me hours to complete!! She better not ever expect something more advanced:)
The big FOUR year old, and her fairy cake...
In the morning, we took Maia and her best friend Rylee to Build-a-Bear and let them pick out a bear and outfit...they of course got everything matching and just HAD to have the Rapunzel
dress:)
Here's the crew, waiting for the stuffing...
Preparing the hearts to go inside the bears (0r dogs, which they picked)...
Giving the bath...
Leaving the mall, giddy and excited...
Two VERY satisfied customers!
Then later that night, we just had the neighborhood friends over for cake and ice cream. So no big party or anything this year, just a low-key fun day. She loved every minute of it!
Here she is being shy while we sing Happy Birthday to her...
Blowing out the candles...
Opening presents...I would say to her, "Maia look at me," and she would pop up with this cheesy grin. I love this girl!
And the family just before bed...still crazy to think that we're adding one more to this picture in the spring!!
Happy Birthday Maia girl! We love you so much!