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A Princess Party!

 The Birthday Princess!

Audrey's party was yesterday. And, oh, what fun! As requested, we had a princess party. Cinderella to be exact. So, a castle for a cake, a sparkling tiara and a "pretty dress". Add lots of people that love her the most and it was the perfect day.

 The dessert table.

Yes, I made this! And I'm actually even a little impressed with myself. Being the amateur that I am anyway. Thank goodness for Pinterest and so many ideas. It was SO fun! The towers are rice krispies (dyed pink of course), sugar cones glued on with chocolate. Door made with graham crackers, outlined with chocolate, and I even did windows on the backside! :-) Next time, I should use a plastic cake plate though with that most amazing buttercream icing. (Much thanks to my friend Jess for that recipe..yum!) The figurines are compliments of the birthday girl. She added them on the second she saw her cake. And to scale! Those were part of her gift from us, which she is crazy about. They came in a book with a big playmat. So cute.

Happy Birthday Audrey!

3!!!!

Who can believe it?
Our little Audrey has turned 3! Yet another incredibly fast year behind us. And what a little lady we have on our hands. She's got spunk for sure. She's witty. She has a memory like an elephant. And, man is she getting smart. She's becoming quite the negotiator and does best when we have a plan in place. "What's next Mommy?" She is a girl that knows what she wants and is not afraid to show it. Her hair gets a little less "wild" every week, but luckily she doesn't. She's cuddly, especially when it comes to watching one of her many movies so she can get cozy on the couch. And she is the queen of stalling when it comes to bedtime, but I think we've worked out a routine. Potty, teeth, a story and a song. Audrey's song. The one I've been singing her since we were sleeping nightly on the couch a short three years ago. I used to change the verses, but now she sings with me. It's hard to believe when I stop to think about it. I am still madly in love.

You just can't help but love her. More every day.

Happy Birthday Audrey! We love you more than you know.

Making Birthday cake!

~ Heather

Emma's Shutterfly Photo Book

So...it took me a little while. (just under 5 months) but I got the book done. And, I love it!! And I love Shutterfly!  There were so many new things compared to when I made Audrey's book (soon after birth, so early 2010) It was really easy to use and so fun to play with. I could probably make a million of them. One of the best things though, is there is almost ALWAYS a sale!! I check the site out regularly. This is where we do all of our prints, cards, gifts, everything. Love love love Shutterfly!

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PS  Also love love love that I could automatically share this with you all. :) Compliments of Shutterfly.