Happy Birthday Annalisa

Annalisa turned 2 years old a couple weeks ago (Sep 23). It's been a little crazy around here as a lot is going on. On a quick sidenote...we are selling our house next week. Closing is on Wednesday which I'm kind of sad about. It all happened so fast and we didn't anticipate this. It's a huge blessing to not own 2 houses plus the first people who looked at our house are buying it so that made things real easy however, we also haven't found a house to move to which makes things a little more difficult. But amazingly enough God has given us a peace about it. There are times when I feel stressed/anxious, but for the most part I'm just taking it in stride.
At any rate, back to Annalisa's birthday...So, we celebrated her birthday w/ a small little group at Memorial City Mall carousel. I think Annalisa enjoyed and she finally actually "got" that it was for her. We kept telling her days before that her birthday was coming, but she was confused because she'd been to 3 friends' birthdays in the last 2 weeks so she was still stuck on singing to them. She loves to sing "Happy Birthday". She's been singing it for a long time (several months). It's funny because as time passes it gets more and more clear. This summer she kept singing it in Italy and you could barely tell that it was Happy Birthday. Now it's very clear that it's "Happy Birthday" although the words are all still jumbled together. Below are pics of the "birthday girl" and her big "2 year old" cupcakes. Happy 2nd Birthday, Annalisa!!