Essie is TWO!

Oh what a blessing!

Esther you are a blessing from God to us.  For you created my inmost being; You knit me together in my mother’s womb. Ps 139:19; He cares for you 1 Peter 5:7; God  has plans for you. Jeremiah 29:11!  Oh Esther God has so much in store for you and I can hardly wait to see and enjoy it as it unfolds.  

You love to be our “prayer warrior”.  You pray over dinner with  our sing songs and when left to do your own thing you bow your head and pray very quickly “thank you God, Thank you God, AMEN!”  and then at night before bed you pray the same every night.  If prompted you thank God for each person in your family, most of the time each multiple times – so cute.  You have a smile and eyes that speak to the heart of us all.  You draw us in with these.  You give the sweetest kisses.  You have a lot to say.  You love your sister and have trouble falling asleep if she isn’t in the room.  Then again, you aren’t the best sleeper.  Here lately you have been trying to sleep in the same twin bed with her.  You love to paint and color. You sing your ABCs.  You know most of the words to Amazing Grace, Jesus Loves Me, Victory in Jesus, and Nothing But the Blood of Jesus.  You say “me do it” pretty often.  You LOVE shoes.  You are a little upset when others are without their shoes or shirts… even at the pool.  You go to bed often with shoes on.  You climb into bed with us from the footboard (sometimes at 3am and sometimes at 6am).  You rarely go back to sleep if up near 6am.  You love the tricycle that Adeline has outgrown.  You can pedal a little, but are not strong enough to go more than a foot or two.  Already you are a great mommy, caring for your baby. You push her around in the stroller and change her diaper daily.  She sleeps with you too! You love to spin to show off your dresses (just like Adeline).  You have the cutest way to say Adeline too!  You can jump at least 1-2 inches off the ground and love to do so at every chance.  You are brave and do all sorts of things most your age won’t (bounce houses, trampolines, etc).  You are a great helper.  Already you have taken to trying to help me in the kitchen and set the table.  You feed Calhoun too, though you have been doing this, but now it is in the right bowl.  You love to dance, dance, dance when you hear music.  You did great a VBS and jumped right in with the big kids. 

Here are a few (less than 200 pictures from this past year in two videos!):

Essie being cute.  We have done a couple of movie nights.  Here she is eating popcorn like her Sassy loves and feeding her baby some too.

Here I just LOVE how she says hippo!

Oh the memories of the day you were born.  So special to me the day our family became a family of four.  Thank you for joining us on these Conrad adventures!