[ turning 5 ]

It's Angie's birthday today and she's now 5- Wow! How is it that I have a five year old? It's a little surreal!

I remember well the day she was born and I swear it wasn't 5 years ago... time flies!

We started the day out with some presents from Aunt Lauren, Nana, Poppa and Lee! The Fairy wings were a HUGE hit! They came with a fun flower clip too, which she also got for Jenny so she wouldn't feel left out! (such a thoughtful Aunt.... that makes it so much easier on me!)

 

After opening a few presents we headed to Bell Square and went to the re-opening of the Disney store. She got a fun surprise when the employees put on a fun birthday surprise complete with a firework and lights display on their new screens, complete with her name! Angie thought it was really cool!

 Next we headed up to the play area and met up with some friends from church,

then headed home for some lunch and a nap for Jenny! (Birthday hug from Jenny)

 While Jenny was napping, Angie and I made her a bracelet complete with her name on it! She's been helping me make them for all her friend's birthdays.... so she was excited that it was her turn!

 Then we met up with Grandma, Aunt Lena, Aunt Kali and Daddy at the Pinkabella Cupcake shop for a treat! She picked the chocolate cupcake with pink frosting of course!

 (Notice we've changed fairy wings and flower since this morning. I'm pretty sure she changed because these ones matched perfectly, unlike the pink and yellow combination...... so Angie! Gotta love this girl!)

 Grandma and Jenny picking out cupcakes. Jenny got a taste of Daddy's: Chocolate with salted caramel frosting, and mine: White chocolate raspberry- tasty!

 

Lastly, we finished off the night with Pancakes, Eggs and Bacon for dinner- Angie's choice!

(It was a toss up between that and Salmon and Potatoes, her other favorite meal)

Poppa and Uncle Lee came over to celebrate and have a home cooked meal,

since Nana just left this morning to Utah for a week! ;)

She opened her gifts from Mom and Dad and the last one was her favorite.... Tangled! We watched it as we ate dinner.... what a perfect day! (Well, the only thing that would have made it more perfect would have been some sunshine today, but she didn't seem to notice!)

Happy Birthday Angeline! We love you!

[ Angie's 3rd Birthday! ]

I can't believe that I now have a 3 year old! It's crazy how time goes by so quickly! Angie turned 3 yesterday and we had a family party for her at my parents house which was a lot of fun! With the help of my friend I made a snake cake that Angie couldn't wait to eat! She talked about it all day and was so excited when it was finally time to sing and blow out the candles! It's funny because most of her little girl friends are into princess stuff, but not our Angie! She loves snakes, bugs and anything to do with animals! So hence the snake cake! It was definitely worth all the hard work, because she loved it so much, but I'm not sure I'll do it again! We'll see! This coming Saturday Angie will have her friend party and we're doing a bug theme, so it should be fun, but I just hope her friends don't get scared off by the bugs! :)

Singing her own birthday song! When she blew out the candles though her hair fell into one of the candles and actually caught on fire! Luckily Nana was right beside her to put it out! Angie was fine, just a little shaken up!

Angie wanted me to take a picture of the balloons that she lined up before the party. She kept saying, "Take a camera of the balloons Mommy!"

Waiting to open her presents! It was so cute because she kept saying "WOW!" every time she opened something, even when she didn't know what it was at first! :)

Testing out her new bike from Grandma and Grandpa!

Carrying her new baby doll from Nana and Poppa! We named her baby Ashley!

A big THANK YOU to both our families for helping make Angie's 3rd Birthday so special! We love you!

[ happy birthday angie! ]

I can't believe our little red-head is 2 years old already! It's truly amazing how time seems to fly by when you have kids! I guess that means we really have to make sure we take time out to enjoy the little moments in life.

What an amazing adventure it's been raising our Angie. She's grown up so much already and become quite the little lady! As you can tell by this picture- she loves shoes! These "ruby red slippers" are her favorite, so of course we had to find a dress to match her shoes! She definitely takes after her mother in that aspect, my motto is "If the shoe fits, buy an outfit to match!"

Angie turned 2 on Mother's Day and it was so fun to watch her get excited about her cake this year! She actually understood how to blow out the candle too- it was too cute! We got to celebrate twice, once with John's family on Mother's Day and then a week later with my family and close friends. It was great to be able to celebrate her special day at home in Washington with our families. It's great to be back!