Thea is 3!!!

I was so wrong to be worried about Thea's birthday. It turned out to be a fun day full of meaningful presents, cake and balloons. Exactly what she had asked for! We all so much fun and enjoyed celebrating the life of our special little Thea. I am so thankful for her. She is such a caring, nurturing little one! She loves to help me and be with me wherever I go. This evening she came to me and said, "Thea want mama's lap" and sat with me as long as I was sitting. She does not like to be away from me and i call her my "little shadow" as she follows me around most of the time. I can't complain. It's nice to be loved!
We continue to worry a bit about her speech. While she is ahead cognitively, her speech is quite behind and her last test showed her in the bottom 2 percentile for her age. She does communicate quite well with us. However, we're still looking forward to her starting speech and being able to be more clear about her needs.
For her birthday Thea received...
Two soaps handmade by Ashton

Ashton making soaps

Her apron made by mama

A beautiful wooden doll schoolhouse that Quintin painted for her (great $5 thrift store find!)


People and furniture for the schoolhouse from Landon


A wonderful kitchen Daddy put together for her. It was quite the project! We were joking that putting together a kitchen until midnight is a rite of passage for fathers of little girls!



Her birthday was a Hawaiian theme and daddy got out the old ukulele and played a song for her. Ashton picked it up and did pretty well! It was amazing to see him trying to play it using his piano books.

Decorations

Presents and cake

And what happened at the end of the big birthday day.