Happy Birthday Sweet Girl!

Another birthday is being celebrated in the Birtch Family! This special birthday belongs to our Princess of Joy (self-proclaimed title by the way), our Pickle in the Middle, our beautiful, wonderful, creative, adventurous, thoughtful, kind, caring, sweet, precious Olivia Grace.

Mama always has a bit of a hard time with birthdays. I love love love to celebrate my children, and all that they are and all that God is doing in them and through them. It's a wonderful time of joyful celebration. But I can never help but get a little weepy realizing how fleeting time is. How is my baby girl already THREE?!

Olivia on her FIRST birthday!

Aside from her sister, who is her first best friend, these are two very special friends of hers:

Mikayla

Logan

and with Logan now:

We love to watch Olivia with her friends. She is almost always the first to share and offer her toys. Daily we hear: "Mommy, I made a new friend", which is her meeting someone new at the park, grocery store, church - wherever we are! She has a sweetness about her that attracts people to her and she loves it.

Olivia is also very imaginitive! Here are a few pictures of her playing dress-up:

Oh, she likes to dress others up too, like Grandad!

Olivia is very observant, and appreciates the Lord's creation. She has always loved to watch the trees dance in the breeze, the rain fall, and here is Olivia watching her first snowfall:

She's always eager to help and has loved helping Mommy in the kitchen....

And if you know Olivia, you know she loves her food! She's always had a sweet tooth.

Olivia with her first chocolate ice cream cone

We thank God for all the people who contribute to her life. For taking the time to love her and invest in her.

(learning to play schbulch is a life-essential!)

Olivia, we love you more than we have words to express. You light up the room with your smile and our hearts with your spirit.

We rejoice in your life daily and the privilage of being your Mommy and Daddy.
We praise God, for you are fearfully and wonderfully made.
May you continue to grow in health and knowledge of God's purpose for your life.
May His grace be always sufficient for you. You have an infectious tenacity for things that we will do our best to teach you to bless this world with. You have been so gifted and so blessed by your Heavenly Father and we look forward to watching him grow you into the woman he has called you to be.