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Saturday, March 12, 2011

HAPPY 5TH BIRTHDAY TAIYA! And ALOT of sister silliness !

Happy Birthday Sweet Taiya !

Can you believe our sweet baby is 5? I am blown away and so THANKFUL she is home with her family. How pretty is she? You can just see the sparkle in her eyes and the pink in her chubby cheeks!
We had a nice family party for her and she enjoyed herself :)

We had our appointment w the endocrinologist. What a waste :( it took an hour to drive there, my dh took time off work , we went with all 8 of us , waited an hour for a 10 min appt! Only to be told that one of her counts is high indicating a low thyroid and the other count is low indicating a high thyroid. ( I may have that backward? but you get the idea) All to say we need another bloodtest ! Oh well..what can you do? I wish they would have asked for another blood test before we came, so we could get a diagnosis :(  I hate taking her for blood. This will be the 4th time ;(

Ok. In case you ever wondered how SILLY life can get with a 2 yr old, a 4 yr old and a newly 5 yr old  set of sisters, well let me tell ya. Trying to get a picture when one of them has the giggles in nutty! I tried to get a shot of the 3 little girls in their new dresses Buka bought for them and it was hillarious! I decided to share the effort  with ya'll. Good thing Benji wasnt in on it too....then it really gets crazy :)


Here Boo is trying to NOT LAUGH. Taiya in calm so far.......


Wait a minute...now Taiya is getting into it!




Baby congratulating Taiya on being so funny :)




Taiya is wondering if I'm finally done :)   Yes baby. I'm done ;)
 btw look at that chunky little leg ! How awesome is that?

Taiya had a great birthday party, loved opening presents and tasting some cake. Mama is just happy she is HERE alive and blossoming :) Oh how I love this little baby girl!

~If you could pray for the children of Ethiopia and the people who are in power. Please pray for kind words to be spoken and hearts to be opened.And for those who have evil in their hearts to be exposed.  Leaving 90% of children who COULD find a family in poverty and orphaned is NOT the answer. So many children would fall thru the cracks. Stopping corruption is VERY important but there has to be a better way. My heart breaks for all the families in process and all the children who would be hurt.

~If you could also pray for The Lord to show us his Grace and help us to somehow find the right path to take? The Lord knows the issue, I am being vague I know but we truly could use the prayers right now for guidance and peace.

Hugs !

8 comments:

Looking Up said...

Your girls are all adorable. :) Sending prayers your way.

KSL64 said...

Happy Birthday Taiya! Looks like the girls have such fun together.

Grizzly Bear said...

Your family is so beautiful! Happy Birthday Taiya! :)

Marianne said...

Happy birthday sweet Taiya! Your girls are all so beautiful!

Mel said...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Taiya!! What a blessing!! Praying for your needs too!! Love you girl!! If you need an ear (or eye), feel free to email me!!

Tisha Alexander said...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BEAUTIFUL GIRL!!!!! We love you ~

Amy Flege said...

she is ADORABLE! congrats and happy birthday Taiya

Becky said...

Taiya has blossomed and grown so much! What a beautiful smile. Happy Birthday to sweet Taiya... it's so wonderful to see the sparkle in her eyes, now!

"...Once our eyes are opened, we can't pretend we don't know what to do. God who weighs our hearts and keeps our souls knows that we know, and holds us responsible to ACT..." Proverbs 24:12

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