Happy Birthday Eva

On Sunday we celebrated Eva's 2nd birthday.  We are so thrilled this sweet girl is in our family.   Here's a photo of her when she was just a few days old.  Here's a few things about Eva: she's very shy, but when she's feeling comfortable, she's the life of the party.  She is such a ham and loves to make everyone laugh.  She's very tenderhearted and doesn't like to see anyone upset.  She's allergic to eggs and peanuts, so she's never had a fresh baked cookie or peanut butter or a million other things.  Hopefully, she'll grow out of it.  She adores her brother and sister and thinks she's as old as they are.  She has an adorable lisp, we hope she grows out of that too, but not too soon.  It's just too cute.

Here's a few favorites of Eva's:

Favorite foods: pasta, bananas and cheetos (but not together)

Favorite color: pink
Favorite word: "self" as in "I'll do it my self". So independent.
Favorite movie: The Wizard of Oz. It's a serious obsession. She's seen the movie several times and she talks about it all day long. We play the soundtrack constantly and I tell her the story every night before bed.

Here she is helping me tell the story:

So, to celebrate her turning 2, we had a Wizard of Oz party.   I did some searching and found a complete, unopened collection of McDonald's Wizard of Oz Madame Alexander dolls as her present.  She adores them.  She was spoiled by her grandparents and received lots of great stuff.  We played pin the brain on the scarecrow, danced up and down the yellow brick road and enjoyed a Wizard of Oz cake.  Sweet Aunt Shannon came over earlier in the day and read Eva a Wizard of Oz pop-up book.  What a great birthday!  We love you Eva!