Turning Two

Recently my neice turned two, and I got permission to post pictures of her! She had a lovely birthday party with lots of friends from church.

For a moment it looked like she was going to blow out her own candles . . .


When everone began singing Happy Birthday, though, she was enjoying it so much that learning about blowing out candles was all too much. Mummie blew them out, while Esther gave big smiles to all her friends.


Here is Esther on her birthday with Mummy and Daddy.


It was a great privilege to meet Esther shortly after her birth, and to hear her first cry while I was sitting outside the room where she was born. It is such a blessing to have Esther in our family. What I love most about her is her laughter, and the expressions of total joy that sometimes come over her face. Her curls are great too. It has been exciting in the past year to watch her develop speech (she can string two words together now!) and learn to walk. She has also learnt to throw tantrums, which seem very funny even though they shouldn't be! Esther has also learnt to say a name for me. I always ask her, "Can you say Aunty?". Then she responds with "Tunty". Her attempts at Sherrin seem to come out more like herring or herrin.

What we want most for Esther, as Lyndon prayed at her party, is that she will know Jesus.