Guess who loves green beans?

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Mardi Gras Break Part 1

Since Hadley gets out of school for the whole week of Mardi Gras and we are not big Mardi Gras folks, we decided to take a trip to Orlando. We usually go every year for Thanksgiving, but this year baby Connor joined our family a mere 24 days before Thanksgiving so we thought it best to postpone our trip. Since I have family that lives in Florida, it's also a great excuse to see them. We met in Daytona to visit with Robin, Ashley, Rocco, & Luka.

Look at these sweet "Kissing Cousins."

I am so glad these two finally like each other. It was a bit rough for a while.

Precious little Luka Sunshine...

Robin & Connor

I just realized I have no pictures of Ashley.(Sorry Ash) We had so mcuh fun and can't wait till we get to see y'all again. Miss you bunches!!!

H-A-D-L-E-Y

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Happy St. Patrick's Day

My Big 3 Year Old

When did I blink?

I cannot believe you are three years old! You are such a beautiful little girl and your daddy & I love you more than we ever thought we could love anyone. You are so smart and you amaze us every day with what you have learned over the last year. You've learned to spell your name, sort of. You spell it H-D-E-L-E-Y and you can spell Connor's name using the song we taught you. You can identify the letter H, circles, squares, triangles, rectangles, and many other shapes. You know how to spell several colors: pink, purple, blue, red, brown, black, white and can identify them. You love anything Disney! You can spell Mickey Mouse and your favorite princess is Rapunzel. You are growing your hair to be just like hers. This would be fine if you didn't fight me every time I wanted to wash or brush it. You are such a loving little girl and I truly hope you stay that way. You have many friends and love going to school & your teaches so much you name your babies Ms. Carol(one of your teachers) and Caroline(a friend in your class). I look forward to what the next year brings...

Birthday Girl

I've been trying to type this post for a while now. I'm not sure if I've put it off because I've been so busy, I mean I DO have a 4 month old, or because I really don't want to face the fact that my baby girl is 3 years old. I didn't realize just how grown up she had become until I watched video from her 1st & 2nd birthday parties. Y'all I could just cry at how much time as flown by already. I know I cherished every moment as it came, but still I feel like I missed so much. How is that possible? I have loved every stage she has gone through, even the tough ones. They weren't all perfect and God knows that I have not gone through each one perfectly. In fact, there have been many times that I really messed up. I've yelled, I've snapped when I shouldn't, I've even spanked when the behavior really didn't warrant spanking. I wanted to be a momma for so long and I am so glad that God chose me to be Hadley's momma.

Anyway, enough of that...Let's get to the party. Hadley has been into princesses for so long that we decided to have a princess party last year after her 2nd birthday. Yes, I've been planning it that long. We had a huge Princess Castle Bounce House delivered at 10 am. It was a huge hit. The only good picture I got was of Hadley pulling my mother in law into it & I'm not sure she would appreciate a picture of her backside all over my blog so you'll just have to trust me it was awesome! Here is the table for the party favors.

I was so excited to get these princess cups. I think they are precious, but they cost $1.00 a piece so I was only going to get enough for Hadley's class. Then, the week before Hadley's party I went to Toys R Us and guess what? They were on sale for $.58 each and I had Rewards $$. I ended up getting 21 of these cups for $1.11! How awesome is that?

Of course, every princess needs a tiara, so we had these too.

I also made little bags with stickers, silly bands, and lip gloss rings. I got the tags from Etsy. The seller customized the tag to match Hadley's invitation. I thought they turned out perfectly!

We had shrimp stew and potato salad(both made by my father-in-law) and sandwiches, cheese, & fruit catered by Gattuso's. I only got pictures of the cheese & fruit, but the other was fabulous too...

Now, of course the most important part of a birthday is the cake. I called a friend and asked if she could make a castle cake for Hadley. Look at this gorgeous cake she made for us.

Can you imagine anything more perfect for a princess party?

After, the cake & ice cream, we had a little surprise for Princess Hadley. PONIES!!! This was a last minute decision. Once I found out they could dress the ponies to match a princess party, we HAD to have them. I had planned to cancel the bouncy house, but the ponies couldn't get there until 30 minutes before the party was scheduled to end so we kept it.

We had so much fun celebrating the birth of our little princess.

4 months

Connor Philip

I can't believe how much Baby Connor has grown. I know I say that every month right?!?!

What are you up to these days? Well, you weigh 12lb 3oz and are 24 inches long. You're wearing 0-3 months clothing and a size 2 diaper. You seem so big to me, but you are only in the 5th percentile for weight. We started supplementing one formula bottle a day because you eat like a little piggy and mommy can't keep up. Dr. Jackson also told us that we can start you on rice cereal and baby food. You are trying to roll over, but you haven't quite gotten it. You did roll onto your tummy once, but not completely. Your arm was still under you. I love to see you smile and hear you "talk" to yourself. You're such a happy baby and you are still sleeping through the night.