HAPPY BIRTHDAY BABY!

Mireya is 3 today! HOORAY!

Mireya,

You are amazing, sweetheart. I love you so much! I am proud of everything you accomplished this year. You have grown and changed more than I could have imagined. I love watching you live every day, because the moments are precious. You are enthusiastic, passionate, dramatic, careful, smart, and funny. Your are often too busy for too many hugs and kisses, but if I could catch you I would smother you with them! I do not know how I got so lucky to have you, but I am grateful. You are my world baby girl. Thank you for being you. I hope you have a truly special year!

XOXO,

Mommy

Mireya

I was just working on some fun stuff for Mireya's upcoming birthday party, and thinking about how grown up she is. Not like an adult, but like a child instead of a baby. She surprises me with her intelligence. We have conversations that I never thought a child her age would even be capable of having. She tells me elaborate stories and sings beautiful songs. She makes up her own dances and performs. Mireya is incredibly dramatic and passionate even though she is barely three! I enjoy watching her doing the smallest tasks, because she is careful and precise. I love that she does not do things haphazardly. I especially love watching her little hands. They are super tiny and cute! I love my sweet girl!

Mireya's Happy Belly

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJnQWasoJm0]

1st Airplane Ride!

Mireya was really good! She was a little nervous. She insisted on holding my hand when we took off and landed, which was fine with me! I never get to hold those busy, little hands, and I love them so much!

She has talked about airplanes since she was old enough to recognize what they are, because we live right next to the local airport. She sees small planes all the time and gets really excited. When Daddy started taking frequent business trips, she began expressing her interest in wanting to ride on one too. This was her chance, and she even got her own carry-on backpack. My sweet girl did a great job!

Time for bed!

"Mireya, it is time for bed."

"NO! I wanna play for five minutes. I am going to play for five minutes!"

"No, it is past your bed time already. Come on."

"NO! I AM GOING TO PLAY FOR FIVE MINUTES! FIVE MINUTES!"

"No, you can play more tomorrow."

"YEEEEEESSS! FIVE MINUTES! I need to eat too!"

"No, Mireya."

"But I WANT to!"

"NO."

"YES. I. AM. GOING. TO. PLAY."

"NO. YOU. ARE. NOT."

"AAAAAHHHHHHHHHH....."

***insert world ending Hollywood scene because it is bedtime***

I swear we do this every night with her. I do not know why kids have to bargain at bed time. I LOVE bedtime. :)

p.s. After we get her in bed she yells out every five minutes for the first half and hour about everything from needing to pee on the potty to needing a drink to monsters. *sigh* I think bedtimes take longer and longer the older she gets.

Little Performer

Mireya is smart, amazing, dramatic, and creative! She LOVES to perform! Almost every night she has me and her Daddy stop everything we are doing and watch her. She will create a stage out of books, toys, cat beds, anything she can find. She then stands on the stage, intorduces herself and what she is going to perform, and begins. Sometimes it is a song or two, sometimes she tells a story she made up, and sometimes she dances. I cannot believe that a two year old is doing this all on her own! We never taught her. She is as cute as can be. Here is an example:

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3-dW5mN2aw]

1st Valentine's Day Party

Mireya went to her first Valentine's Day Party yesterday at her preschool. She had fun! She took homemade red velvet and cream cheese filled sandwich cookies. She also took Minnie Mouse Valentines and heart shaped fruit snacks for her classmates. Her teacher had everyone hand out their Valentines to their classmates and do crafts for a couple of hours. FUN! (As you can see, she also wore a cute Valentine's Day outfit.)