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Excuse me while I go cry in the corner…

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You guys? I less than one month I am going to have a three year old. THREE!

How the hell did that happen?

I swear just last month, this is what I brought home from the hospital…

And now? I have a 3 foot something little human that sleeps in a “big girl bed” {for most of the night anyway}, uses the toilet, even wakes up dry most mornings! She sings the alphabet, even recognizes all but about 4 letters of the alphabet on her own. She spells her own name. She mostly colors inside the lines. She pumps her legs on the swing. She totally messes with Andy & me {she’s just like her Daddy}. She uses a fork. She drinks from a “big girl cup”. She eats burritos. She loves sour cream. {I mean come one…what little kid loves sour cream!?}

What happened to my BABY!?

I love the things we are able to do because she’s a big girl. But I can’t help it…I kind of miss her being little and squishy.

This morning? When I dropped her off at daycare, they mentioned her birthday. Then they said that she’d be moving up to the three year old class.

That’s officially preschool. Where they have music programs at Christmas time. Where the kids are only allowed to have their lovey at naptime. Where they have a “what we’re learning about” theme each week. Where they go on fieldtrips to the pumpkin patch. Where they ride on their school’s float in the community parade.

I have a pre-schooler!?

I have a pre-schooler…

Holy hell…I have a pre schooler.

Someone hold me.

Weekend Fun/Update/Crazy Uncle Kirk

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The new job is…wow…a whirlwind, but I don’t want to disappoint my loyal blog follower…s? With a quick count on my fingers…Yes, followers because 2? is technically plural. {thank God I have 2 sisters!} Anyway, the new job: been busy with industry research, looking into PR contacts, relaunching a brand, drinking from a fire hose, asking too many questions…little stuff like that.

Before I had decided to take a new job, I had planned some time off for an Antelope hunt. When I didn’t draw the tag, I kept the time off for a family camping trip. Then, I got the new job. My dad and sister still went camping. Andy, Ry, Dante and I were going to go spend Saturday night with them. Then Dante decided to play with a skunk (third time this year!). Since we didn’t want to leave him home alone outside overnight, we decided to make it a day trip instead. Here’s a quick recap of our day:

We played in the water…
We went for a hike…
A really dusty hike…
We enjoyed the scenery…
We shared fresh fruit…
and ate it nearly as fast as it was cut…
We made fresh ice cream…
We played in the dirt…
We laughed…
We ate…
WE HAD FUN!
 On our way to the trailhead for the hike, we ran into Uncle Kirk and Aunt Sandi, so they joined us for the rest of the day! We also came to the conclusion that Uncle Kirk (the one wearing Ry’s hat while making ice cream) will be “that crazy uncle” that Ry always has stories about. Every family has one.

Happy Birthaversary.

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I don’t normally like calling attention to my birthday, but this was too good to not to post. Ry started the morning off telling me “happy cake” and by the end of the night, she was full on singing me happy birthday. It was so, so sweet.

I told Andy the only thing I wanted for my birthday was a piece of Dairy Queen ice cream cake. I’ve had a DQ cake on my birthday for nearly as long as I can remember. Really, even when I was managing the Cold Stone stores {Shh…don’t tell my old boss!} What can I say, I love them. Instead of just a slice, Andy came home with an entire cake…SCORE! He was very sweet and insisted on putting candles on and singing me happy birthday. He even asked me to get the camera out so he could take pictures. It was just the three of us and it was perfect.

(Please excuse the monster’s finger smooge over the camera lens.)
That is birthday perfection, right there!

On another note, today is mine and Andy’s anniverary. Our 5th. It’s hard to believe it’s already been 5 years. The time has flown by. We don’t really have anything super special planned. I think we will have dinner tonight then go hike Skinner’s Butte. I was thinking maybe instead of going out to dinner, we may even pack a picnic at eat it at the park at the base of the butte. Hopefully we’ll get some pretty pictures from up there.

Rylee’s 2nd Birthday Celebration! (Warning: It’s a LONG one!)

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CAUTION:
EXTREME CUTENESS AHEAD!!

What a day! Ry’s actual birthday (photos to come) was on May 18th. A Tuesday is no good for a party and since I had to work the weekend before, we decided to have the party on Sunday May 23. This also happened to be Uncle’s 16th birthday, but he was gracious enough to share is special day for Ry’s party! I have been scheming and working on plans for this party for the last month or so. I was inspired by another blogger-mama‘s decorations she did for her little girl’s first birthday. I made all of the decorations myself and all I had to buy was a hole punch and ribbon. I also bought bright colored placemats for some accents.  We had a big taco bar with all the fixins’ that everyone seemed to enjoy. (I wish I would have got photos of the spread!) Daddy was in and out of the party but that’s another post for another time.

Since I can’t figure out how to go back through and type between the photos after I’ve inserted them into the blog post, I will go photo by photo here:

  1. I made this “Happy Birthday Rylee” banner using scrapbook paper and other scrapping supplies I already had. This banner ended up being the “theme” for the rest of the party. I am excited that I can use this banner for years to come too!
  2. Close up of “Happy” Right before the H, there is a little photo of Ry from the day she was born.
  3. Close up of “Birthday”
  4. Close up of “Rylee!”
  5. I made these too. Each photo circle represents one of Ry’s birthdays; birth, 1 year, 2 year. I plan on adding to these each year. I used the same scrapbook paper as I did with the banner. The little streamers are made from the paper scraps from the banner.
  6. A view of the house from the kitchen. You can see there are some triangle banners hung in the entry way and over the dining room window. I made these triangle banners from the paper scraps too.
  7. Auntie Keri helped me make homemade cupcakes for the party. We had chocolate and yellow to choose from. The tops were decorated with orange frosting and pink lettering that read “Happy Birthday Rylee”. The photo of Rylee in the upper right hand corner is one that Bliss did, this also helped add to the theme of the party that carried throughout. In the upper left hand corner were the party favors that we handed out to everyone that came. They were cards  that Bliss did that had a photos from Ry’s photo shoot. They made the perfect 2-year photos.
  8. Close up of the “Happy Birthday Rylee” cupcakes.
  9. “& JP” I made sure to include Uncle on the cupcakes too!
  10. Another view of the cupcakes and photo. This time including the tu-tu suprise!
  11. Ry was not enthused about the tu-tu at first! This is her throwing a little fit…it was too cute not to include a photo of this!
  12. She calmed down and did a puzzle with Uncle. I love the piggies! She even kept them in the WHOLE day! Her eyes look so big in this picture.
  13. I call this one “I couldn’t have picked a better Auntie!” HA! (See what I did there…it was a play on words)
  14. Time to blow out the candles!
  15. Opening up her gifts! And a good shot of the pig tails.
  16. Heading outside for her last present…big SURPRISE to come!
  17. I think this is a cute photo of us walking.
  18. A beautiful photo of Ry! One of my favorites of the day.
  19. It wouldn’t be a complete birthday party without bubbles!
  20. Trying out her new SLIDE! Ry loved it! And, for every readers future reference: a tu-tu is a great way to gain speed on a slide! I’m pretty sure that Rylee caught air at more than one point!
  21. Checking out one of the new swings! (SIDE NOTE: A special thanks to all the grandparents and great grandparents and all the other family that helped make this play structure possible (both with $ and the help to put it together)! We could NOT have done it without you!)
  22. Giving Kian hugs good-bye…so-so sweet! I can’t wait to have the kids play together this Summer!
  23. Mama had to have a little fun with the tu-tu too!

And…I just realized I included 23 photos! Holy Moly! As you can see, Rylee had a great time. Thanks to everyone who joined us for her celebration! She is so lucky to have so much family so close…We love all of you!