Birthday Time

The sweetest little boy ever turned 2 this week. Heres a few pictures of his big day!

Birthday morning, we came into his room singing Happy Birthday and this is the look we got...

Jeremy and I got him a basketball goal. We could have just got him this orange ball. It went everywhere with him, even ate eggs with him.

The Birthday set up

& the Birthday Cowboys. These were fun to make!

Ok more party pictures to come! I am having the hardest time with my computer lately!

Blanket making for a good cause

This year Sydney's school is having a silent auction as their main fund raiser. I offered to make a blanket for the event. I made it the size of a crib blanket but it would also work for a larger kid. It turned out great and I think I am actually going to be able to make a new comforter for Sydney's bed. I bought some giraffe material months ago and then talked myself out of it.

Party time

I never got around to posting birthday pictures so here are a few
Sydney wanted an animal party with a pinata this year. I think she makes a pretty cute leopard!
Each of the kids picked out an animal mask to wear. Most of them tried all of them out:)Daddy teased the kids with the pinata

Cutest little Elephant Ive ever seen!

Crazy cousins! They have so much fun together!

The Birthday Girl

My sweet Sydney turned 5 today! I cant believe its been five years since I held my little red headed baby for the first time.

A few little things I think are so cute about my birthday girl

I love how she still calls her toes her piggies and her thumb her thumbkin

I love how she loves to sing songs (very loudly) in the car and can sing just about any Taylor Swift song

I love when she tells me she loves me, but loves God more

I love it when she wears her little mermaid goggles in the bathtub

Happy Birthday My Sydney!

She's Growing Up

The day has come, Sydney now has an opinion about her clothes. Its so sad! She has always been my little Gymboree baby. Yes, I'll admit, I am addicted to the store. I am even a member of the forum where you know ALL the lines coming out, ALL the deals, and ALL the dates. Yep, probably shouldn't admit that. Now, I can even see that she is getting too big for some of their stuff. Very sad! This is just one more way my baby girl is growing up.
Tonight I had set out a cute little outfit for her to wear to meet the teacher. Cute little flower top, matching gem shorts and little strappy shoes. She says, "Mo-om I want to wear my girls rock shirt" I realize I must pick my battles and it was her first meeting with her new friends so I give in.
A shirt is one thing, but DO NOT ask me to give up the bows!!!

What I need is...

A new little baby to make stuff for! Logan is almost 2 and is already attatched to his blue blanky and I only have so many baby showers to go to, so....maybe Its time for another baby!

Just kidding! Dont tell Jeremy I said that!

Heres a few new baby items I made for a shower and a pirate blankie (inspiration-Logan)that I love!

Sweet Little Believer

Little Sydney is not afraid to ask anyone for anything. Today, I had told her that she could only do something special if she cleaned her room. She worked on it for a while until lunch when we went out to eat. On the way there I reminded her of our deal. I hear some mumbling in the back seat and then she says,
"I prayed and asked God and Jesus and all his angels to clean my room for me." I told her she would probably still have to clean her room and she says, "No, they are working on it now"
So we get home and she runs to her room to see if God had answered her prayer. She comes back out saying that while he didn't clean all of it, he did clean up a lot. Satisfied that her prayer was answered she cleaned the rest.
I love her innocence and her love for God. She tells me all the time that she loves me, but loves her God even more.