Another Milestone

I've been busy over the last week or so. My Mary Kay customer base has grown, appointments have increased and it's been exciting - though keeping me busy busy busy! The busyness has been a great distraction & time filler waiting for Shawn to come home. And of course there's still work around the house to maintain some level of clean {some days higher than others}, Michael's school schedule, feeding, bathing & playing with the kids...so after a while it can get overwhelming. Monday I took a day 'off' to celebrate Lydia's 2nd birthday. This was a milestone for her life and for our family. Shawn deployed about one month before her 1st birthday so her 2nd birthday was another marker counting down through this deployment. Shawn was able to call that morning to say hi & wish his baby girl a happy birthday, not the same as being here but still special.

After picking Michael up from school we headed to the park with gifts, cake & balloons in tow to celebrate her birthday with friends. It was a nice cool day and she had a lot of fun. It was a little too windy at times - like when a couple of gift bags were blown over onto the cake & when the candle wouldn't stay lit. None of it phased us though, Lydia still had a tasty cake & she even played along blowing out the candles. My little girl has grown up so much, and even though she says she's still a baby, she's very far from that. She talks & communicates so well, has such a fun personality and a sweet little heart.