Our Baby Girl

Another trip around the sun for our oldest. She has learned and grown so much this past year it has been so exciting to watch but at the same time a little heartbreaking. Time refuses to slow down! Here's her Birthday Interview: 

Mom: What is your favorite color?

Mariah: Blue 

Mom: What is your favorite food?
Mariah: Mac and Cheese (She loves hot dogs and pepperoni pizza too, very healthy palate) 

Mom: What is your favorite animal?
Mariah: Cheetah

Mom: What is your favorite book?
Mariah: My Fairytale Book (Hans Christian Anderson Fairytales, a birthday present)

Mom: What is your favorite movie?
Mariah: Tangled (also a birthday present)

Mom: What is your favorite song?

Mariah: Gethsemane 

Mom: What is your favorite dessert?
Mariah: Unicorn Cake

Mom: What do you like to do for fun?
Mariah: Play soccer and draw pictures

Mom: What is your favorite thing to do with Mom?
Mariah: Sit and talk with her

Mom: What is your favorite thing to do with Dad?
Mariah: Play frisbee with him

Mom: What is your favorite thing to do with Chet?
Mariah: Pretend that I'm a mommy and he's the baby (She really loves being the boss)

Mom: What is your favorite thing to do with Austin?
Mariah: Make him laugh (Her specialty is making him laugh so hard he gets hiccups)

Mom: Who is your best friend?
Mariah: Chet

Mom: What do you want to be when you grow up?
Mariah: Author and Illustrator 

Mariah truly is a joy to be around. She is always seeking out new friends wherever we go. A big way that she shows love is through giving gifts. She is always picking out toys and treasures to give to her friends and she gets so excited when they are excited with what she has given them. 

Mariah loves babies and helping with little kids. Whenever friends are over she goes right to the youngest kids and tries to help as much as she can. I know that she is going to be such a big help when her baby sister is here. She even wipes Austin's nose, when he'll let her. 

"Taking" a picture. She got them all to sit there, hold still, and smile. I was impressed.

She has done so well with school. She really wants to do everything right so she can get frustrated at times but she doesn't give up. Her favorite thing to do is read. After a trip to the library she spends the whole afternoon reading to her brothers. Every day during quiet time she reads and also spends at least thirty minutes reading at night. She has written a few poems complete with pictures and loves to narrate stories to me. 

She is quite the girly girl; accessorizing her toys and drawing girls in beautiful dresses. She loves to pick out her dress on Sunday and only picks the most fluffy, flowery dresses. She loves reading about boys being gentleman and tries to drop hints to Chet about the right way to treat a lady. 

She loves makeup

Mariah has a strong desire to do what is right and is a great example to her brothers. We couldn't have asked for a better oldest child. We love our little Mariah Jeanne and are so grateful she is in our family.