Happy Birthday my Jenny....

We went and celebrated Jenny turning 30 last weekend. We seriously had so much fun. We started the night at CPK at the gateway and then to see The Vow. Then we went back and stayed at Hotel Monaco. Such a fun place to stay. Natalee went all out and had the room decorated for Jenny. I had to distract Jenny while Nat & Suzy decorated the room...so of course we headed to the bar and got some O'Douls! haha. I think the guy was like really?? O'Douls?
We ate too much and stayed up till' the wee hours of the morning. We saw the clock turn 5 and decided it might be time to go to bed. I love my girlfriends so much. It was a much needed getaway!

I love you Jenny!
I had so much fun celebrating your birthday with you.
You are such a wonderful, generous and loving friend.
I am lucky to have you girls in my life.

Happy Birthday Joey!

Welcome to the family, McKenna! This girl is just loving her doll. Joey had the best birthday. We checked her out and took her to Chik-fil-a. She ordered her favorite a side salad. Love this girl. I loved watching them through the window today. I seriously love my little family more than anything.. I am so proud to be this girl's Mom. She is such a joy in my life. Love you my Joey!

Party time..

We let Joey have a small party and invite 3 friends, plus her 2 cute little cousins. We kept it pretty low key, but the girls had so much fun. They painted these darling peace signs... Joey's so in to these right now. Lisa was nice and cut these out on her scroll saw and brought them for Joey. We played Just dance 3 and did glitter nails and ate a lot of food. My kind of party. Then we had the fam come over for cake and ice cream later that night! She was the sweetest girl in the world. Love her so much.

Birthday Love..

Joey has been wanting an American girl now for a long time. She has been saving her money for a while. When she was given the option of getting an a doll for her birthday or getting a big friend birthday party, she chose the doll! So we ordered McKenna the new doll of the year and I got started on the rest of her present.
We were lucky enough to inherit my sister Lizzie's doll bunk bed. The girls were so excited to get started and paint it. We decided to go with white so I could have some fun with the bedding. I got inspired for the bedding on the Crafty Chicks blog. I suprised the girls with the bedding on Joey's birthday. She was so excited and absolutely loved it. Kendyl was pretty excited that she got bedding for her doll as well. I am going to get started on a set for Cameron this weekend. It was an absolute blast to make.

On a side note...My sisters are way to kind than I deserve and think that I should make these to sell. I think I might. So if anyone is interested I would totally make these for your little girl. I am so in love with the little throw pillows. The girls were laughing that their dolls had real mattress and pillow cases. They turned out so fun, if I do say so myself! :) Peace out!

Kindergarten shots...

This girl was smiling now, but as soon as the nurse came in and Kendyl knew what was next, She threw quite the tantrum. It was pretty much awful having to pin her down. I felt horrible. She was so excited after it was done that she gets to go to kindergarten. And she couldn't wait to get her prize at the store. Yes I bribed her. :) Who are we kidding, I prolly would have bought her a puppy if she asked.. I hated seeing her so upset.. She has been extra snuggly since she got it done and has loved all the attention she has been getting. I sure love this girl so much!! She loves going to school and loves all the friends she has made there. She is starting to read and is doing really well. We have really loved her preschool. I know it's cliche, but they really do grow up so fast. I feel like she should still be three. Love this girl of mine.

best.weekend.ever.

Cameron Loves her Joey...

Love these cute girls. Here they are with their darling cousin Alex.

She slept over and they had the best time. Such sweet girls.

Love this cute one of Cameron

Cameron snuggling up Joey chomping on her favorite..a quesadilla. She is my child afterall. haha

Love this quote...

Do you what you feel in your heart to be right

for you'll be criticized anyway.

-Eleanor Roosevelt