Okay, so a lot has happened since my last post, but I'm not going to even try to get caught up. Instead, I'm going to start fresh and post the most important recent events...namely Maia's THREE year birthday!! It is so crazy to me that is has already been 3 years since she was born. She has brought us so much joy and we love her to pieces! Here's a little bit about Maia at age 3:
*She LOVES princesses of all kinds, as well as ANY item that has a picture of a princess on it (where do they learn to become so obsessed with princesses??? I have been wondering this lately...)
*She loves preschool
* She loves her little sister for the most part and is usually very sweet to her. She has nicknamed her "Els" and we love to hear her call her that! Speaking of how much she loves her sister, when I asked her what she wanted for her birthday she said "A princess blanket!! One for me and one for Els!" It was really sweet.
*She loves her friends, especially Rylee...they are two peas in a pod!
*She loves swimming and is doing so well in her swimming lessons
* She is quite spunky...a little mix of sweetness and sass all at the same time
*She can throw an awesome tantrum when she wants to
* She is so observant and picks up on everything! She knows what kind of car every single one of my friends drives and is constantly showing me cars that are "like Megan's" or "like Heather's", etc. when we are driving places...it really amazes me!
*She likes the word "frustrated" lately and is frequently asking me, "are you so frustrated??"
*She loves being outside and going to the park
*She is a big tease and likes to try and trick me and David all the time
And some funny/cute things she has said lately:
"Frosting on my birthday cake?? No way!!"
"Tammy made my cake? Wow! It's so pretty!"
"You're a good mother"
"Mom, did you know Jesus gave me my nose? That's so nice, isn't it?"
"Don't worry Mom, I'll take good care of Elsie. I won't let her cry."
She is such a blessing to us and we are so thankful to have her as part of our family!

November 21, 2006 2:19 pm, 8 lbs. 20 inches...Maia Sue Marchant joined our family...


Age 1...loving her cake...took her a while to get into it though..

Age 2...this year all she got was cupcakes...lame. But I was pregnant, so that can be my excuse right?


And the big THREE year old!!! (wait til you see the picture of her cake! I totally redeemed myself from last year with this one, thanks to our SWEETEST landlord who makes the most elaborate cakes ever!)
And here is her birthday invitation..Thanks to Megan for making them!! What would I do without her?? They turned out SOOOO cute. Maia especially loved the crown on her head!
We had her little birthday party here today and it was so much fun to see all these little girls prancing around in their princess outfits! Maia had so much fun and I hope the others did too. She was so spoiled by her friends for her birthday! We haven't even given her our presents yet and now I'm thinking I'm going to save a lot of them for Christmas because too many presents at one time for a 3 year old is NOT always a good thing...I've discovered that a little bit of attitude can surface...but she has been pretty good at letting Elsie play with most things. I will have to post party pictures later because Megan took them for me....you see, I broke my camera 3 days ago so I am unable to record any part of our life with pictures at the moment:( We are planning on buying a new one soon so hopefully it won't be too long of a lapse. As a side note, I broke my camera about 1 hour before we were leaving to go to our first SABRES game!! What are the chances?? It will probably be the only game we go to and I don't even have a picture to remember it by!! I was so upset! Oh well, what do you do?