Our 1st St. Louis snowperson

 

Mia, Kaitlyn and Dennis had so much fun playing in the snow. Mazlin and I watched from the window since it was a little too cold for her. We were very resourceful with snowperson's facial features.

 

 

Mia's dance class

 

 

 

Mia loves her dance class. Nothing is cuter than a bunch of tiny 3ish year olds dancing around the place in their little pink outfits.

Thanks so much to everyone who celebrated Mia's birthday with us. We are very fortunate to have such thoughtful friends and family. And I think we can all agree that we are super fortunate to have such a bright little star enter our lives.

Yummy!

 

Mia officially turns 3!

 





















Mia celebrated her birthday with Blue's Clues this time around. Dora is so 2 weeks ago...

Mazlin's new one leg dance step

We've started this little after dinner tradition in our house. We move into the living room and dance to kiddie CDs for about an hour. We realized it is a sure way for the girls to sleep through the night because they are so worn out. And to be honest it wouldn't hurt Dennis and me to add a little activity to our aging skeletons. Dennis taught Mazlin how to dance on one foot. She loves doing it but falls about 98% of the time. It makes us laugh so hard because she just keeps getting up and trying it over and over and...

Mia's Puppet Show

What's in a name?

Anyone who followed the process of our 2nd adoption knows we did a little name switcharoo at the end of the process. The adoption of Mazlin was initiated through a dream I had one night. I woke up the next morning and told Dennis I had the strangest dream. We adopted our 2nd daughter but we were troubled by the fact her name was Pearl and we didn't know if we wanted to go through with it. We both laughed it off and that afternoon Dennis started in on his relentless pursuit of a bigger family. When we first started the paperwork Mazlin's name was Pearl McGrath. It had so much meaning to us based on the dream and it was set as far as we knew. It was hard for me to come to terms with the fact I just wasn't feeling the name Pearl but how could we change it when it has so much meaning to us? Then I read an article and saw the name Mazlin and fell in love immediately. I called Dennis and he loved it just as much. So, Pearl was gone and Mazlin was born! I later found out not many people were into the name Pearl and happy we were considering a name change. Not to mention the fact she is every bit a Maz Mataz as we affectionately call her.

A pregnant friend of mine looking through baby books called and asked, "Did you know that Mazie is Greek for Pearl?"

It all makes sense now and will be much easier to explain when she wants to know why we changed her name. The English version just wasn't good enough for our little princess. :)

Happy Birthday Mia

 


Dear Mia

This is your 3rd birthday! It seems like yesterday we were celebrating your 1st birthday. You are a joy beyond words to us and such a bright little star to have entered our lives.

xxxoo

Mommy + Daddy

Love the metallic gold shoes

 

Kaitlyn, Maz, Mia and the Dora head

 

Sweet pea

 

The hit of the party

 

















This is just wrong on so many levels.
1. Plastic
2. Plastic
3. Life-like Dora head
4. Plastic

Mazlin is ready for cake

 

Yes, it is my birthday. Do you have a problem with that?

 

Dora makes her 3rd appearance

We asked Mia what kind of cake she wanted and for the 3rd year in a row she wanted Dora. We are going to deduct Dora on our taxes this year. The is the 3rd year she has lived with us and we get no credit for her. Not fair.