Special Day

On November 12, 2010 my little baby girl (not so little anymore) was Baptized and Confirmed a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. It was such a special day, ranked right up there with the day she was born and her blessing day. We had so much family and friends there to support her. I was of course SUPER emotional and hugely pregnant, but enjoyed every minute of it. After Abbie came out of the water I was able to help her get changed and do her hair. I kept imagining helping her in the Temple on her wedding day. I was super grateful in that moment for my 4 little girls.

Sisters

Abbie with Brad

He did a great job, even though he had been teasing me most of the day that he was going to baptize her in Spanish just to be funny. I'm so thankful that Abbie has such an amazing dad.

Thankfully I was still pregnant, I went into labor 3 DAYS LATER!

Everyone was so sweet and gave her such thoughtful and meaningful gifts.

Some of the desserts afterward

Abbie with McCall and Kristen. Jenna, Kristen and McCall came into town for the baptism. It meant so much to us that they took the time to come. Abbie was so happy to have them there.

Some pics of the sweetest girl on Earth

Real Message From Santa Claus!

I got this link off my sister-in-law's blog. Maybe everyone else has already heard of it, but if not, you have to do it. You can get a personalized video message from Santa sent to you for your little ones to watch. They will freak out! Here is the link...

Portable North Pole

Back it up.....

Our little firecracker Lillie turned 6 on Oct. 19th, 2010. It seems like forever ago, but I couldn't let it go undocumented. She started the day off with breakfast in bed (request: Eggo waffles, syrup, orange slices with orange juice). Then, she opened a few presents.

The main present she wanted this year was to get her ears pierced! Here she is all smiles before it happened.

She only shed a couple of tears. This process is always WAY harder on the dad than the girls. I think Brad wanted to cry more than Lillie did.

Here she is with her new cute earings. She picked pretty pink diamonds. That night for her birthday dinner she wanted "Spicy Soup" (Chicken Enchilada soup), with salsa, tortilla chips, sour cream and grapes.

For her birthday party she wanted a water party at the park. This was the first year that Abbie and Lillie had separate parties. It was fun seeing them interact with their new friends they have made here.

Brad and I spent the morning filling up over 200 water balloons. It probably took us over 2 hours and the balloons were gone in less than 2 minutes!

We timed the party so that it happened when the sprinklers at the park would turn on. These girls had a blast with these huge sprinklers.

The birthday girl!


Her Tinkerbell Cake

We also did a little Halloween Mask craft at the party. They all looked so cute in their masks.

The best part of the whole party was toward the end, Lillie ran up to me and said, "Mom, this is the best party ever!" Hooray, the party was a success.

Happy Birthday Lillie! We love you so much. Our house would be really boring without your fun personality, crazy ideas, and tender heart. You can make anyone laugh and you can tease even better than your daddy. Thanks for always being such a good sister to Abbie and Lucy and being such a sweet daughter.