Showing posts with label birthday. Show all posts
Showing posts with label birthday. Show all posts

June 11, 2016

Logan's 29th

*I'm trying to get caught up in the next few days with blog posts so I can get to the exciting news -- baby #3's arrival. :)


We had a fun time celebrating Logan's birthday on December 7th. We were able to surprise him at work with balloons and donuts.



The kids (mainly Hudson) had the grand idea for weeks to have a Minion birthday party for daddy. They got so excited about throwing this party, so we went to Target and grabbed a few party supplies (notice the tablecloth and plates). Logan likes sticking with tradition for his birthday -- he had a shrimp dinner and funfetti cake. It was a great day celebrating our guy (his last birthday before the BIG 3-0)! We sure love him and are so grateful for all he does for our little family! 


 

April 4, 2016

Amelia = 2

Our sweet baby girl turned 2 years old on September 25th. We are so lucky to have this darling girl in our lives. She's sweet, sassy, kind, adores her big brother, daddy's girl at heart, and has such a free-spirit. She is definitely the light in our home and we love her to the moon! We had such a fun time celebrating her special day (with Ma & Pa in town too).

2 year old stats: coming soon (need to find them)
Weight:
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A few things about Amelia...

  • She answers to about any name we call her: Amelia, Mia Bee, Mia Bia, Sissy, Sis, etc. She's got a bunch of nicknames. 
  • She loves to get messy while eating meals, playing outside, coloring, etc.
  • Her favorite colors are blue and pink. She will always ask for either of those colors. 
  • She is talking more and more. We love her sweet little voice. 
  • She still has the best facial expressions. She makes us laugh every day with how silly she is. 
  • She is very independent, and helpful too. She's so sweet and likes to make others around her happy whether that is by sharing or snuggling or doing her silly facial expressions. She's definitely an angel baby.
  • She likes to run and be chased, likes to swing, and likes going down the biggest slides (the bigger the better for this daredevil). 
  • She likes animals, but from afar. Her favorite animals are dogs or she likes to call them "dog dog." 
  • She is still a baby at heart. She still has a binky and a bottle. I'm such a softy that I won't take them away (note: at 2 1/2 years old we finally got rid of the bottle, but no luck with the binky just yet). 

Dear Sissy,

We love you! You are such a firecracker and have a will of your own, but we love you all the more because of it. You make us better parents. You grew so much this year! We love seeing you absorb new things and say new phrases/words. We love the silly faces you make and how you make us laugh every day. You are such a sweetheart - we love how much you love your baby doll (you will make a terrific big sister). Thanks for being such a joy in our lives (and for keeping us on our toes). You are the best! Happy 2nd Birthday, angel baby. 

Love,
Momma & Dadda 


A few days before her birthday

How she looks in the mornings -- happy girl!

Shoe shopping with Ma 

Decorated birthday door


A little birthday photo shoot

That tongue!

That smile!

She loved her birthday gift this year!
Minnie Mouse car



new shoes from Ma & Pa

A baby doll from momma & dadda

With our birthday girl

Probably my favorite picture
Reminiscent of the exact face I made when meeting MY baby girl.


Video: Sissy opening present from Hudson 
This video cracks me up because Hudson is overly excited about his gift for her! 

Minne Mouse jammies 

February 24, 2016

Birthday #28

Breakfast Donuts
Started my birthday off right with donuts!






Swimming Party
Later, a swimming birthday party for one of Hud's friends and the kids zonked out in the backseat by the time we got home.  
I had a whole 30 minutes to read my book and eat chocolate that I had stashed away. Parenting win!


Birthday flowers from Logan



 Birthday presents from the kiddos
It was all about fitness this year. 
Water bottle, weights, etc.  




Family birthday dinner
Blurry picture, but here we are at my birthday dinner (Logan wrangling two kids)
We went to Bakersfield in Dilworth. Best tacos ever! 

 I wanted an ice cream cake this year. Logan was so sweet to attempt to make one. It wasn't exactly "pretty" but it sure did taste good. 




Birthday date night
Logan got me a pampering session at Sephora. If you know me at all, I'm a pretty minimalist girl when it comes to that stuff so it was fun to try things out and get new makeup. Later, we went to a cute town called Davidson for a comedy show and ice cream. So fun! 


January 19, 2016

"Gone Fishing" party

Coming home from vacation was crazy (I always need a week to recuperate), but I somehow managed to throw a friends' party for Hudson THREE days after we got back. He didn't have a friends' party last year, so I figured he could have one this year. My sister also came down (her first time to Charlotte); it was really great having her and she was a big help.




It was such a fun time planning the party; Hud had wanted a fishing party for months so we made it happen and it came together wonderfully!

Thanks to my sister for helping with decorating this cake! 
Love the M&M's!


With our birthday boy

Some of the friends from the party

Video: Blowing out candles

Opening presents. Love his facial expression here! 

The chaos of opening presents

Video: Present opening


decorating pinata bags

balloon animals

duck fishing

getting ready for the pinata

Nemo!!



Aftermath 



Most of the kids at the party (plus Jimmy sitting in the back)