Three Is A Magic Number

Yes it is. It's a magic number. Our baby is a little girl (except when she's sleeping, then she's all baby). I can't believe how quickly time is flying by. I knew it was going to go fast, but I didn't realize it was going to be incomprehensibly fast. Mary was really excited about her birthday. She's been talking about it for the last several weeks. She loved her birthday pancakes (with M & M's) ~


And lunch at McDonald's (her favorite thing is "burger fries") ~
And tonight the Pesek's came to help celebrate (Jacqueline is one of Mary's best friends) ~
Look at the beautiful cakes Jacqueline made~
BFFs~
Goofy~



We're having family over this coming weekend. Mary is doing great. She is so brave every time we go to the endocrinologist (and to the lab for blood draws every three months, now). She sees her cardiologist every 9 -12 months. And since she had the tubes put in her ears, she hasn't had another ear infection. She loves to sing, and read and count and "do math". She spends way too much time playing on PBSkids.com, and loves to boss pretty much everyone around. Her favorite people in the whole world are her brothers. She usually dresses herself, but prefers to run around naked at home. She brushes her teeth every morning and every night and loves to help me in the kitchen. I love her so much (we all do). And thank God she is here, every day.

I can hear her heart beat, for a thousand miles. And the heavens open every time she smiles. ~Van Morrison

Personal Flotation Device

While the boys are away, the girls will play~
Mary saw the life jacket in the garage on our way in. She had blood work today, so I'm feeling especially indulgent.

Ouch!

Somehow Mary got a sliver in her hand. We tried to get it out last night, but we would have really had to dig. Here is it 24 hours later - her body is trying to heal thyself~
The sliver didn't stop her from having fun at the birthday party today~
Tonight after her bath, the sliver came right out with just a tiny bit of pressure. No crying, either!

Fast Food

I took this picture of Mary while she was waiting outside of Sam's cello class. She's eating her new favorite salad - romaine with blue cheese and balsamic vinaigrette. I'm ashamed by how many "burgers fries" she's eaten, but I need to remember that her palate is pretty sophisticated~

Beaming

Gymnastics!

Now that Mary and I will have Thursdays to ourselves, I was looking for something special to do with her (and also something to keep her mind off the fact that both her playmates are gone for the day). How perfect that there is a parent and child gymnastics class on Thursday mornings! Mary is a natural~
She was a little shy around the instructors at first, but she loved the equipment~

She walked right across the beam, with no hands, the very first time she tried~
I think we're going to have a lot of fun! We've even been riding our bike over :)

Good Sport

I wonder what percentage of her life Mary has spent watching her brothers do something athletic~
She is always such a happy camper!