My Big Girl...

On May 28th my baby turned 3 and is now my "Big" girl. If you call her your baby she will correct you and tell you that she's a big girl too! 

 

 For her cake this year, I did a castle. It turned out really cute if I do say so myself. Audrey was really excited about the cake and for weeks before her birthday would tell everyone that she was getting a castle cake. She even now will talk about her castle cake anytime anyone mentions anything about birthday cake. She's just too cute.

To decorate it, I used gum drops and jelly rolls that I rolled out thin then used a cookie cutter to cut out. The centers of the flowers are fruit flavored tootsie rolls. Audrey really did LOVE her cake and was very proud of it. 

The Birthday Girl!

 Blowin' out her candle...

Nathan and Audrey with Grandma Jan and Grandma Alice. I love this picture of them.

I made her this tutu...she's still not sure if she likes it. She's worn it a total of I think 10 minutes since she got it. Oh well, I tried.  :)  I think it turned out cute. And Audrey picked out the purple. It's her favorite color. 

Audrey got a big girl bike for her birthday and LOVES, LOVES, LOVES it. She even got a little bell. I love to hear her ring it. I know she's one happy girl!!

 Sure do love this little girl. We are so glad that she's a part of our family. It would not be complete without her in it. 

It's a Pink Poodle Party!!!

We celebrated Audrey's 2nd Birthday this last Saturday. She turned 2 on May 28th. For her birthday I had originally wanted to do a princess party, but when I saw instructions for a pink poodle cake I knew that's what I'd do since she LOVES animals. And it turned out pretty cute too.

The birthday girl and the man in her life...Daddy.

Although Audrey just turned 2 she's been displaying signs of the Terrible Twos. A couple weeks ago she was upset about something. I tried to console her and it wasn't working so I decided to walk away...well she wasn't having that. She chased me down the hallways and tried to dig her nails into my legs. I guess it was bound to happen with one of my kids since Nathan's tantrums consisted of him laying down on the floor quietly. 

Happy Birthday baby girl!!! 

We LOVE you!!!

It's a party...

We celebrated Audrey's birthday on May 30th with a BBQ and family. We all had a great time. Here are some pictures from that fun day...

The Birthday Girl! Still can't believe it's been a whole year!
The cake and cupcakes.Audrey LOVED the balloons!
Laying amongst some of her cute new clothes.
Audrey's favorite toy of the day...her little pony!Audrey and her Great Grandma LuDean.
Thanks to all those who were able to make it to our little girls special day! And thank you for all the wonderful gifts she received!!
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P.S. There aren't any pictures here of Audrey eating her cake...they are coming. Her Aunt Gigi took pictures of that and we've got to get them from her and then we'll share those as well.

1 whole year!!

I have been really bad lately keeping my blog up to date. I promise one of these day's I'll get caught up! In the meantime I couldn't pass up the opportunity to announce that...
Audrey is 1 year old today!!
My how time has flown. It seems like just yesterday that we brought our sweet baby girl home. She is such a sweetheart and love to give hugs to mom and dad. She even seems to like her brother quite a bit, although at times (when he's trying to squash her, etc) he's not as nice as he should be too her...I guess I've got more of that coming don't I.
Audrey isn't quite walking yet, but loves to stand and has taken up to 2 steps at a time. I know soon we won't be able to keep her down and she'll be all over he place. She loves her brother and smiles everytime she sees him. She get's super excited when we go to get Nathan from his class at Daycare and she gets to see him. I have a hard time keeping her from falling out of my arms she's so excited.
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We sure do love this little girl and are so glad that we have her in our lives. She brings such joy to our family.
She's got us all wrapped around her little fingers....
and we wouldn't have it any other way!
Love you Baby Girl!!! Happy 1st Birthday!!!

Audrey 1 year ago today....
Audrey this morning...

He's Three!

Nathan had his third birthday on March 17th. We decided to have his birthday party on the 21st, but still wanted to do something special on his birthday. The whole family got new St. Patrick's Day shirts (sorry didn't think to get any pics) and for dinner I made Nathan's favorites hotdogs and mac and cheese(homemade too!). And my mom who was down for the week made up some green jello with fruit for some green with the meal. Nathan didn't eat much of it, but it was still a fun meal to celebrate Nathan's special day. We sang Happy Birthday to him and gave him some birthday spanks...twice. (He wanted more after the first set, go figure). Silly kid.
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For Nathan's birthday party last Saturday I decided to do a dinosaur theme, which Nathan was VERY excited about. He would tell everyone about it if you asked him about his birthday.
I found instructions for a really cute, really easy dinosaur cake that used 2-9 inch cakes, and frosting and chocolate for the decorations. Here's how it turned out.
I then found instructions on taking regular helium balloons and a little paint and turn them into dinosaur faces.I was even able to find some cute little windup dinosaurs.
We did some coloring.
And opened some presents.Audrey even had fun with the wrapping paper.Nathan got some fun dinosaur stuff.Audrey watching the fun.When we got to cake time and singing Happy Birthday to Nathan he got a little shy.But he knows what to do with the candles. Here he is blowing them out.
Nathan had a great birthday party and lots of fun with his family and friends.
Thanks to everyone who came and gave Nathan gifts.
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P.S. I made this cute towel for Nathan's birthday, but he wouldn't model it for me that day, on his next bath he was much more willing.
...and another project is complete!

Happy Birthday Bella!!

We went over to our friends Kimi and Les' for there little girl Bella's first birthday. Here's some pictures of her with her birthday cake. Say "bye-bye" cake, it didn't last long at all! I love that she just dug into the cake. She's such a beautiful little girl and I love her blue eyes!

The day has arrived!!

As you may have noticed on our baby day counter that it's now at zero days to go. Chris and I will be heading into the hospital later to finally add this new little girl to our family.
Thanks to everyone who has wished us well as this new phase in our life is starting. We are looking forward to see how she will change our lives and to see her with her big brother Nathan!
We are really excited and as soon as we have pictures available we'll share with everyone.

Look who's turning two!!!

Nathan's two!!

Well not until Monday, but we had his birthday party on Saturday. Here are some pictures of the party and some of the things that he got.

Here's a picture of his car cake as well as some cupcakes I decorated to look like street signs. As you can see his car number is "2" and the speed limit sign also shows the number "2". All in celebration of this special day.

His FAVORITE balloon! We've watched the movie probably a dozen times this weekend and Nathan keeps asking for more. He's now dragging the balloon happily around the house.

Some pics of a few things he received:

This is a pillowcase that I made for him. He was wearing it as a cape. He wasn't sure what it was until I put it on his pillow later on.









Of course he received some Hot Wheels (more cars for the collection) and was showing them off to our friend Kimi. He was so excited when he opened them that we had a hard time getting him to show much interest in anything else.
















This is a fun bubble machine we're opening here....










...we tried it out later. It's so much fun!














Since his birthday's on St. Patrick's day he got a teddy bear for the occasion. Sure is cute!














And also a cute St. Patrick's day shirt.






We'll be taking some more pictures for his actually birthday and get some better pics. The sweatshirt he's wearing was also a gift. As soon as he opened it the shirt he was wearing had to come off.




Thanks so much to everyone who came to celebrate Nathan's special day. Thanks for all the fun gifts. He's really enjoying the books and puzzles and I think the clothes are just great! We love you all and are so thankful that you could make it and hope everyone enjoys seeing all the pics.