Mya Alyse at {almost} 4 years old!

My girls will turn 4 on June 2nd!  How in the world is that possible? I swear they were just born yesterday.  I blinked and here we are!  I know it is so cliche that I'm saying this and I also know that I say it a lot on here but it just blows my mind how fast time flies.  I want to savor every single moment I have with my girls at this awesome stage of their lives.  They are just SO. MUCH. FUN. right now and they keep the Mr. and I laughing all the time.  So I thought it would be a good time to do an update post about my marvelous multiples! :)

First up...

Mya Alyse 

Our firstborn is sweet, shy and sensitive one minute and stubborn and sassy the next.  She is much more reserved in new situations and can probably come across as rude to some people because she doesn't like to interact with people she doesn't know.  She holds back and needs time to adjust.  When she does adjust, she is the life of the party!  She is generally last to fall asleep at night and she doesn't really like to be woken up in the morning.  If she isn't a total grump, she normally wants to snuggle for a bit to wake up.  She is definitely a Mommy's girl, but loves her Daddy to pieces too! She still really loves her "stripes" (her blankie).

Mya has been really bothered lately with the thought of getting older.  Most kids can't wait to get older and think of all the things they can do when they get bigger.  Not Mya!  She actually cries about this often.  She tells us she doesn't want to get older.  She wants to stay little forever and live with us. She even cried one night because she said she didn't want to go to sleep because she knows sleeping makes you grow and she doesn't want to get any bigger!  What do you say to that????  She also has really been stuck on the subject of dying and going to heaven since our miscarriage.  She really doesn't want to die or have any of us die.  She can be literally laughing and playing and if that subject pops into her head or it comes up she will instantly tear up.  It makes it tough because Stella is so nonchalant about it and will bring it up often.  Both girls bring up our baby randomly and normally it catches me off guard and I tear up.  I try to look away because I don't want them to think they shouldn't talk about the baby because it will make me sad but I also want them to know it's okay to cry. Catch 22.  And now I'm off topic....

Back to Mya.  She is a picky eater and likes things plain just like her Daddy!  No dips or toppings for this girl.  She loves fruits and veggies though so that is great!  They still really only drink milk and water but we will put flavor filler in their water from time to time and they call that "Daddy's favorite juice" because Wes drinks it all the time.  I was proud of my girls because on their field trip to the pizza place across from their school they were given orange pop and both tasted it and didn't like it because it was "too salty????" and asked for water. :)

Mya loves to color, run, dress up, swim, play outside, watch Cinderella, play our iPad, play Memory, giggle, and do gymnastics (although she isn't currently taking lessons).  She doesn't love soccer, meeting new people, doing an activity for extended periods of time (except coloring and the iPad), trying new foods, cleaning up, and being in time out. She's really good about taking baths and sitting still for me to do her hair.  I've started flat ironing her hair and that has really helped with her funky wave she is rocking lately.  She knows our daily routines and is good about following them.  She likes to be independent as much as possible.  She loves her family with all she's got and we love her back even more!  She sometimes makes me work harder to fight through her attitudes but when I do she is the best hugger and says just about the sweetest things a Mommy could dream of hearing!  In short, I LOVE my daughter more than I could ever describe in words!