Happy Birthday Micah!!!

We celebrated Micah's 2nd birthday today and I can hardly believe it!! She has gotten so big so fast. We celebrated first with just the family! Micah got pancakes for breakfast and could hardly wait another minute to open her presents--matter of fact, I think that was her favorite part of the day. Thank you to all who sent gifts and cards; we are really grateful!! We had a neighborhood party with our friends in the local garden and Micah loved every second. She got lots of fun gifts and eat lots of sugar. She had a Hello Kitty theme party and I even attempted to make a hello kitty cake. The kids played with sidewalk calk and bubbles and Micah loved the attention. Anyways, we were so excited about celebrating 2 years of life with Micah. She is such a precious gift from the Father and we love every minute with her. Today was a special day and in the end Micah was exhausted. Hope y'all enjoy the pictures of her special day!!

Presents!!!!

Oh, it's Elmo!!!!

mmm...what is this??

I think she likes that shirt!

Our babysitter gave Micah a baby and she decided she wanted to share her Twizzler with her.

Here is the party table all set up..."Hello Kitty"-style

sidewalk chalk

Yeah, I think M is writing on Micah's shoe...haha!!

sweet face

another sweet face

"Mom, this doll is the same size as me."

Micah is the star!!

She loves sugar!

The Hello Kitty Cake!!

Yummy cake!

Big bite...

Micah was sharing her cake with me...how sweet!

The only boy at the party!

Everybody in the garden

Our neighbors...Micah loves playing with this little girl and she stole the birthday hat.

Play dough

Micah was trying to show me what she made but I am still not sure what it was.

At the end of the day we finally got a family picture!!

Random updates!

Micah got some new pj's and she looked adorable!! We decided everyone should see how cute she looks.

Big Girl!!

So adorable!!

She has wet hair but she's still cute!

We switched around Micah's room with the office because its bigger. Micah will be sharing a room with her little brother and this is a picture of her big girl bed!

Here is Luka's bed and dresser. Their room will be green and pink. Jason took me shopping at IKEA in order to get ready for our sweet baby boy. YEAH!!!! I love that store!!

This is how Micah's likes watching T.V. Yes, she has her Minnie Mouse shoes on.

She fell asleep standing up while playing...haha!!

Fun Dip!!

Micah and I had some fun eating a fun dip I found left over from Valentines Day! I haven't had fun dip in forever but we really enjoyed it. Some how it was hidden in our cupboard. Needless to say it was a nice treat!! Micah loves anything you can dip especially if it's sugar. The problem is that I gave it to her right before bed time, after all that sugar she wasn't ready for bed.

4th of July weekend

So, we had a pretty busy weekend!! We celebrated the 4th of July by having a cook out with some American friends here and then on Sunday we went to another cookout with some locals. We couldn't help but notice the culture differences in each cookout but we had a great time either way! Its easy to see which cookout is which because of the colors!

We had white chocolate covered strawberry's and sugar cookies...yummy!!

This is our picnic table!

The girls swam in the pool!

Neither of them wanted to look at the camera!

I am proud to be an American!!

Yeah!! I got both of them smiling!

Micah and a sweet friend in the hammock today!

These are some local friends...as you can see the boys and girls don't sit together.

Here we are eating cherries and doot!

The weather was so cold up the mountain that I was given extra clothing by my friends!

Here is what we had for our picnic...yogurt, kofte (like a meat ball), tomatoes, cucumbers, and sucuk (kind of like sausage but not)!

Here is everybody at the table! Can you see all the tomatoes and bread?

Our sweet angel!

Sleepy at the end of a long day.

For those of you who have been asking here is a picture of our sweet baby boy! His name will be Luka and here we are at 27 weeks!