Miss Mairin is TWO

The littlest Holick is TWO!  

Mairin is so full of personality and is talking up a storm these days.  She is our dare devil, happy girl and our child who is able to go with the flow and keep up with all of the big people in her life.  She is silly and sweet and loves her big brother and sister fiercely.  

Some of her favorite things are:  riding her scooter, swimming, looking for dogs/ducks/birds, watching her iPad, and reading books.  She is a lover of all carbs but will sneak in a few cucumbers, peas and carrots or strawberries, watermelon, apples, and grapes.  She's not a fan of most protein but will likes eggs and peanut butter and honey sandwiches.  She never turns down a popsicle!

Mairin sleeps through the night and is taking one nap usually starting around 2:00 and ending between 4:00-5:00.  Sleeping has alway been one of her strong suits.  Even when she is awake she tends to just roll around and relax in her crib until someone comes in to get her.  She's the best.

Due to Covid, we knew her birthday would be celebrated a little differently, and on a smaller scale, this year but she had the best day and was surrounded by all of her favorite people. 

Good morning, birthday girl!  Tongue out is how she smiles right now :)

                    

                      

So excited to have her very own iPad!

                  

After breakfast and presents, we headed to the pool as a family.  Swimming is one of Mairin's favorite things to do so she had a blast jumping in the water and even got a popsicle!  After the pool, it was back home for her to take a nap while the rest of us visited with my Dad, Mary, Darby and Bill who came into town for the big birthday.

Feeling refreshed after her nap!

                      

My Dad and Mary gifted Mairin with a bird feeder for her birthday.  It is the perfect gift for the girl who loves to spot birds wherever she goes.  She gets so excited to see the birds "eating chips" out of the feeder each day.

Mairin's rainbow cake.

She talked about this cake all.day.long.  She went to the fridge and opened it up several times throughout the day and would scream "CAKE!!"  I have never seen someone so excited for their birthday cake.

                        

She even figured out how to blow out her candles.

The moment she had been waiting for all day.  She gobbled it up!

She wouldn't let them hold her for some reason so this is the best I could get and didn't manage to get a picture of her with Darby and Bill but they were there too.

I always love putting companion pictures together each year on the kids' birthdays.  It's so fun to see how much they have changed and grown.  It seriously just goes by way too fast.  I want to go back to the day she was born and meet her for the first time over and over again.  

Happy 2nd birthday, Miss Mairin!