LO's 8th Birthday!

This year, I let LO be in charge of planning her own birthday party! It was such a relief for me to not carry that entire burden myself. ;) She was pretty excited about it and put together a pretty great party!

Of course the day started with birthday pancakes!

We asked her if she wanted to her open gifts from us before her party or not. She of course chose to open them before the party. And she was pretty happy with that decision.

Books!

Another book!

Swim flippers! YAY!!

The Rainbow Dash My Little Pony pillow she wanted me to make for her. I think she was pretty happy with how it turned out! :)

Birthday cake! Chocolate with cookies n' cream filling and chocolate buttercream. DELISH.

Make a wish, sweet baby girl!

Oh how I love her! And her sweet cousin, also pictured. ;)

What!? My Little Pony stuff?? Awesome!

A book. About dinosaurs. Double win!

A t-shirt? Put a horse on it. This girl loves any and all things horse!

Cash! A new favorite! She saved up her birthday money to buy -- wait for it -- another My Little Pony!

Aaaaaand... another book!

After cake, ice cream and presents, it was time for the pool! Yay!!

Summer Catch Up: Beach Edition

We hit the beach in June for a little family day trip and it was a lot of fun! There's no commentary here -- just some adorable pics of my big kids!

E's 2nd Birthday!

Wow.

It's been a while, huh?

Guess the blog has taken a backseat in 2015! So sorry! I figured I'd mention to all of you out there on the interwebs that we are alive and well and having a wonderful year! We have been busy enjoying our summer, but I need to catch y'all up a bit!

For now, I'll take a moment to share pics from E's 2nd birthday!!! Can you believe this sweet little nugget of mine is TWO??

Here he is in the adorable outfit I made for him... complete with "Birthday Boy" embroidered on it! I think that 2 is the cutoff age for these kinds of outfits, at least for my kids anyway.  ;)

Opening presents with help from big sis!

I think he's excited about this next one...

Still pretty excited!

Ooooooh! His own 4-wheeler from mommy & daddy! Fun!

Hmmmm... we may have been singing to him at this point, hence the panicked look on his face - haha!

Seriously, he loves cake and was very excited. You'll see so in just a sec.

Yummy. Cupcake.

Ooooh! Cupcakes cut up and eaten with a fork are the BEST! Silly sweet boy!

Help with the new toy from big bro!

Best of all? Reading a book with Mona!!! LOVE.

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