Charlotte's 2nd birthday and first with us

1 year ago on Charlotte's birthday we got a phone call in the morning from our adoption agency telling us of a little girl that we had been match with. The lady (her name is Judy) said, oh look today is her birthday! That is really special. I don't think I have seen that too many times before, getting matched on the baby's birthday. We saw her pictures and now, 1 year later we are celebrating her 2nd birthday and her first with us. Since Maggie's birthday was only 1 week before, she got the idea of opening gifts down pretty good. She liked that.

We ate spaghetti for dinner since she like those noodles a lot! She had a yellow cake that we made into a flower. She ate a ton of it. She has a major sweet tooth! Our kind neighbor gave us hand me downs from their daughter so we acquired another stroller, which we really needed to settle fights. She still isn't talking much, but she is trying harder now. She is a ton of energy and loves everything Maggie loves. She follows every move Maggie makes and tries all the same screams. Charlotte's favorite are shoes. If we can't find our shoes we know she has been wearing them around. She loves to eat food too. The sweeter the better for her.

Maggie's 3rd Birthday

Maggie for her birthday wanted to go to the "mall" and go swimming with Santa. She wanted to know if Santa had a swimming suit. We said yes, not to worry about that detail. The boys didn't have school on her birthday since it falls during the Thanksgiving week, so when she woke up they wanted her to open up her presents. I tried to persuade them to wait for dad but...they won. She opened everything. She loved it all. For dinner we had chicken nuggets (at her request) and made her a lemon cake with pink frosting with princesses all over the top. Yes, we took her swimming! She loves swimming. The next morning when she woke up she said so am I two again? She is quite the funny kid. She loves loves to dress up and loves to play with her babies. She loves books with babies or princesses in it. I can't believe that she is 3! She starts sunbeams in January! She is now the same height as most other 3 year old kids. She was always so much smaller than the others. She still only weighs 25 lbs., but she is growing!