Happy Birthday Elisabeth

Happy Birthday precious girl.

I thought our family was wonderful before, but then Heavenly Father sent you to us and now we are even more richly blessed than we could ever have thought possible.

Mama and Daddy love you.

Your sissies love you.

Grandma and Grandpa and Oma, love you.

All of your Aunts and Uncles love you.

Your cousins love you so very much.

And just because you are so dear and courageous and pure,

so sweet and loving,

wanting for nothing but to be surrounded by the people you love,

many, many, people that you don't even know and will most likely never meet you,

love you too.

You are a gift

not only to your family who loves you but to the world.

The whole Earth is just that much happier of a place because of Elisabeth Elva.

You may not know anything about birthdays.

You may not know a single thing about receiving presents,

or, blowing out the candles on a birthday cake.

Your sissies will be happy to take over that chore for you.

You have no idea that you have not only just turned two, and what a miracle in itself that is.

But the things that you do know are the things that matter the most.

You love being with your family and listening to all of our happy voices surrounding you.

You love snuggling with Mama.

You have your own special place right under her chin where you put your head.

Every time.

I love the small things that bring you joy.

One of the newest is how much you love to hold open the little back window of your stroller and look out at the world.

And how much you love it when we peek in at you.

Or put our hands through the little window to ruffle your hair.

Or when one of your sissies pokes through a favorite toy.

I think that one of my most favorite happy things, that you do, is when you take your two, little, dimpled, hands and hold Mama's face with them.

To me that will always be what I think of when I picture pure joy.

Elisabeth, you are a miracle.

You are such a blessing that we, your family, need to thank our Heavenly Father for you on a daily basis.

You ask for so little, but you give so much.

September 24th 2007, truly is a day for all of us to celebrate.

And we will.

Every year that we have you in our lives, is a good year indeed.

Happy Birthday sweet girl.

I realize that a few of my blog friends may not know of my youngest granddaughter Elisabeth and how special she is. If you want to meet this precious child then go here to my lovely daughter-in-law's blog. You won't be disappointed.