Eliana's 3rd birthday

Eliana turned 3 last week. When she woke up on her birthday morning, she peeked around the corner and said "I want to see my birthday." We got her some little chairs to enjoy her books on.

Lilah is taking fill advantage of her sister's birthday present.

In the absence of cream cheese in this country, I couldn't make my traditional pumpkin cheesecake for Eliana. So, after Nate bought 8kg(!) of carrots off the street for a bargain the other day, I resorted to Nate's favorite cake - carrot cake. I even decided to venture out and cut the shape of a three for Eliana. She loved it.

When we asked Eliana what her favourite part of the day was she said, "Eating my delicious, delicious cake." She knows the way to her mama's heart :)

This is the first year Eliana has anticipated her birthday. She was excited all week leading up to it. It's also the first time she has really understood opening presents from friends. It was sweet to watch.

Her favourite present? A lollypop:)

Eliana back to normal.

After a month of sickness our little girl is on the mend. She is back to laughing and singing, wanting to go for walks, and has energy to play. We are so thankful for all of the prayer and love you gave us. We especially give thanks to the Lord for her recovery.

Today is the last day of her 10 days of medicine. We are glad! Eliana has started saying "Daddy, how about I take my medicine, and I won't even cry!" :)

Lilah's waddle

Lilah developed a cute little waddle to her walk recently. We're not sure if it's because we started using cloth nappies again and they can be a bit stiff after drying in the sun, or if it's because our floor can be slippery and the waddle gives some extra grip, or if it's just because she's just so cute. We caught a little glimpse of it on camera:

ps - that dress she's wearing was mine when I was a little girl!