How has it been three years since Miral was born?? (yes I know this post is 9 months but we still need to celebrate her turning three and catch ourselves up to current times). In honor of Miral’s 3rd birthday here are 36 months of my little Miral. I was aiming for 36 pictures but you know how it is once you go down memory lane (tear). How could I choose only 36 so get ready for a whole lot of Miral and because who doesn’t want to see a whole lot of Miral.
But first some of the things that Miral does that I love more than anything at this age-
1- You call oatmeal -oatmilk. This makes me laugh every time.
2. You call me back in to retuck in your leg or arm after bedtime if anything is poking out.
3. You LOVE having your hair braided and you always come down asking – Do I look like a princess? Yes Miral, you always look like a princess.
4. How when you wake up post nap (oh, the good old days when you used to nap) and you would want to cuddle.
5. When you burp and you love to burp you say- Guse me loudly.
6. When I ask you a question, she thinks about it and then she says hmmmmmmmmm……YES! (she was always going to say yes, but likes to make you wait for it).
7. You LOVE to scooter and you are pretty darn good at it.
8. You are a great eater, you like kale and tomatoes and all sorts of food that your brothers would never have eaten at your age.
9. You are an awesome drawer and drawer lots and lots of pictures, for us, for Maria, for all your friends at school.
10. You insist on picking out your own clothes and putting them all on by yourself, no matter how long it takes.
And now for the main event, lots and lots of pictures.
Last day Miral was inside my belly! This was taken on our way to the hospital.
I had forgotten how Malcolm used to build nests for Miral. He would collect everything in the room and put it around her to make a nice comfy nest. At the time I was so tired, didn’t want to wake the baby, thinking about how I had to put everything away that I completely missed the sweetness of my little Malcolm wanting to make a warm safe space for his new baby sister despite still working on making space for in his heart. He still takes care of her in the sweetest, gentlest way with loads of hugs and kisses.
As for Randy he was a goner from the second he looked in Miral’s big blue eyes. He pretends to not let her get away with stuff….but I mean come on, it’s pretty hard with this little face.
First Halloween, Miral was the cutest little bunny.
Helping to decorate her first Ali Christmas tree
First smiles
Hawaii!
Adam used to love these photo shoots so much. Its funny, he used to love them when Malcolm was a baby too. Malcolm needed a bit more persuasion.
First Thanksgiving in Hawaii
As we headed to the US for home leave and left Hawaii, first time for winter clothes for this little one in California. Could she be any cuter in a hat!
First time meeting cousin Laurel. Only three weeks older than Miral, they are destined to be bffs!
California sun came out in Pebble Beach.
Meeting cousins Tamer and Grant for the first time in Detroit! These three are the cutest, can’t wait to see them play again now that they’re all older!
Big hugs for Grandma Yuyu in NY
Every time these two hold hands my heart grows. I can’t take the cuteness
Laurel had already perfected the roll when we saw her and she didn’t let Miral forget it…
Christmas at the Jordans
Back to Manila. Daddy headed to Pakistan and we settled back into Manila life.
First pool day
Rolling over
In Boracay on Daddy’s first trip home to visit
Teeth!
Malcolm’s 4th Dinosaur birthday party!
Getting read to
Nine months out
Hair long enough for bows!
First birthday
Taiwan trip with dadd
Oman with daddy
Back in Manila and hair long enough for pony tails!
Packing up to leave Manila for Washington DC
U.S. bound
Cold pumpkin patch
Halloween as a Peach from A League of Their Own
Sharing Aunt Das’s lap with Baby Beckham
Visiting mommy, daddy and Adam’s old house in Washington DC
Thanksgiving with Laurel
Another Ali Christmas tree decorating party
Artistic expression
Early morning cuddles with mommy
Christmas blues
Christmas with cousins
NYE 2019
Braids!
Winter snow
Hide and seek
Ice-cream is her favorite
Growing out of car sears
New Christmas kitchen
Cuddles with Malcolm
Daddy’s home!
Ready for baseball season
I have never met someone more obsessed with toothpaste. If I turn a blind eye for one minute she will already have sucked down the whole tube!
Easter smiles
Cereal with raisins or dinner
New yellow dress
Weekend away in Charlottesville
Spring in DC
Crazy hair
Holding hands and making mommies heart melt
Library play, boy do I love libraries in the US!
Early morning smiles
Fountain play in our old Capitol Hill neighborhood
Terrible twos are coming….
Weekend away in Shenandoah, pants optional.
Sneaking all the smore chocolate when we’re not looking
Ready for summer in DC!
But getting ready for winter in Ukraine.
Weekend in NY with Laurel
celebrating Fourth of July in the Outerbanks
Loves to color all over herself…
TWO!
Saying goodbye to the warm weather and DC.
Picking apples
Flying to see daddy in Slovenia
Reunited with daddy!
Hot tubbing in Slovenia
Hanging out in our new home in Kyiv
First day of school
Getting ready for Ukrainian winter.
The look we get when Miral is not amused.
Thanksgiving!
Christmas
Christmas pageant
Finally, Christmas day
Covid lockdown
Mother’s Day flower picking
Bike riding
Baking cookies
Archery
Bike riding
Discovering the best croissants in Kyiv
Covid chic
THREE!
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