Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Our Girl is Three!

Maeve is now "tree". It is hard to believe how much she has changed since she came into our lives. That little baby has grown into a young lady--mostly. Sometimes she is still that scared, vulnerable infant. But mostly she is a confident little dynamo that her two old folks can barely keep up with. At 36 inches tall and 31 lbs she is getting hard to lug around. Luckily I have stopped aging--at least in my mind. My creaky old bones and paunchy belly tell a different story.

This was a big weekend for our Maeve. It started on Wednesday when PoPo and GungGung came to visit and lasted until this morning when they left. PoPo called when they got home and Maeve said "I miss you!"

We had a birthday party on Saturday. Maeve was sooooo excited about it for the week before. It was mostly family and a few friends. Maeve loved having all of her family around. She was especially happy to have her youngest cousins here to play with. We let her stay up 2.5 hours past her bedtime so she was a bit off on Sunday.

Monday was her actual birthday. She took some peanut free cupcakes into daycare to share with her friends. They had them for afternoon snack. You know, sugar 'em up and then send them home to their parents... One of her little friends bumped her head just before snack, so Maeve spent snacktime holding an icepack to her friend's head with one hand and picking the sprinkles off her cupcake with the other hand. We have a little multitasker on our hands.

Monday night we went out for a nice dinner with Maeve's four grandparents. It has been party party party for days now!

Preparty pics:
Here she is on St. Patrick's Day a dress from her great aunt Dolores in Ireland.

Trying on Mom's shoes.

Reading the paper with daddy @ Starbucks.

Party poses:
Cooking up some fun with cousin Bram
I found these cupcake dresses at a local craftshow. Aren't they adorable? www.sewfunky.ca
Maeve and Robyn decided that the new makeup table would be a good hair salon. I guess she really enjoyed that first haircut!

She's really into Disney Princesses these days. So her birthday was Princess themed.
Blowing out the candle.
Complete with a castle in the sky...

Birthday dinner:
With PoPo and GungGung

Birthday kisses from Mom and Dad.

With Grandma and Grandpa

Birthdays are so much fun

8 comments:

Jacqueline said...

Happy 3rd birthday Maeve. Time sure flies.

from the Jagers

Anonymous said...

Maeve! you look gorgeous in your cupcake dress (and all the other lovely dresses! I love your St. Pat's day dress; what great taste Auntie Dolores has!)
love
east coasters (c,d,a)

Helena said...

Great pics! Looks like you partied well miss Maeve. WAy to go! Princesses are a big hit here as well. What a princess party those Xinyu girls could have:)
Have a great time being three!

Beth said...

oops, that was actually me commenting, although I'm sure Helena would share my sentiments.

Kennedy and Jaida's mom said...

Happy birthday, Maevey!! You look so beautiful in all your dresses. Sounds like you had tons of fun partying!

We miss you!
xo
Carolyn,Marvin, Jaida and your foster sister Kennedy

Rae said...

What a great party! Or should I say what a great few days of parties! Maeve, you look like a princess yourself in all your pretty dresses. And you look so grown up reading your paper in the coffee shop.

The cake was beautiful and all the fancy balloons are so pretty. Have fun being "tree", Maeve.

xxoo

Monica said...

Glad you had an amazing birthday, Maeve! You look beautiful in all the pictures - we love your big smile! Plus, we love your beautiful dresses. We look forward to hearing about your adventures now that you're "tree".

Love Claire, Ren, Monica and Paul

Shea said...

Happy Birthday Maeve! What a beautiful cupcake dress, and St. Patrick's Day dress. Caia also LOVES your princess cake. She's a princess fanatic too.

I love the photo of Pat and Maeve reading the paper at Starbucks. That could be a great weekend ritual. We need a picture of them doing that in 10 years.