Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Happy Birthday Suri Jean!

We can't believe our little baby girl is already 2 years old! Time sure does fly by! Suri had two fun birthday parties this year - one in San Diego with her neighbor friends and one in Bakersfield with the family. 

The first party was a Princess Tea Party

 The birthday girl!

 all the fun Disney Princess decorations :)


 Dancing with my baby girl

 Suri & all her friends


 yours truly * decorating Princess crowns

 decorating crowns with Princess foam shapes & jewels

the finished products! gorgeous girls!

Time for presents! Dress up Princess shoes!!

 And this one I missed the reaction, but she was SUPER excited - her first Disney Princess Cinderella!

 Tea time!

 Let's eat! Pb & j, cheese cubes & fruit salad - YUM!

 On to dessert: cake pops & cupcakes!



 At the end of the party, all the girls went home with these awesome favor bags (courtesy of Gram Anne) filled to the brim with a Princess puzzle, pencil & Cinderella slipper sharpener, crayons, a chalkboard, a coloring book, and their favorite Princess plush doll!

Birthday Party Two: Minnie Mouse

In Bakersfield, we had a little birthday party for Suri during a family dinner night. Nothing fancy and over the top like the party above - just fun time with cousins, aunts & uncles, Nana and Papa - and some yummy treats too!

 Patiently waiting to blow out the candles on her cake

 being bashful with everyone singing 'Happy Birthday!' to her!

 dig in! Her Minnie Mouse Bow inspired cake
(the cupcakes were Oreos put together to look like Mickey & Minnie)

 M is loving it! * the boys eating their tasty treats :)

 Presents!

 a Leapfrog laptop & Dora puzzles from Nana & Papa

 which is apparently the only gifts we got pics of...lol
Suri also got books from Aunt Helen & Uncle Adam, handmade necklaces from Jude, Caleb & Sam and a sparkly silver purse from Aunt April & Uncle Josh

 cousin M helping unwrap Princess presents from Aunt Amanda * cute Carter's outfit from Aunt Ashley

Thanks everyone for making her second birthday so special!

We love you Suri Jean!

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Thursday, January 10, 2013

Christmas!!!

Christmas 2012!!
We enjoyed a nice quiet Christmas just the 4 of us. Later in the day, we had a nice visit with Grandma B.
It was really nice to spend quality time with each other and celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ.
Hope you all had a lovely & merry Christmas!



our Christmas loot

  
eating breakfast * Daddy & his girls

 
matching outfits from Great Auntie Pat & Uncle Jack :)

 

sister love


 

she gets so excited!!

 


 

Girls got gifts using the 4 Gift Rule: 1 thing they Want, 1 they Need, 1 they Wear, 1 they Read!

 
 
Enough Jack to last a Lifetime! Lol


Time to play dress up!!!


 

Merry Christmas to all!

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Days 19 - 24

Days 19 - 24: It seems like forever ago, so I'm not really sure what happened each of these days, but I'll try my best to figure it out. 

Day 19: Most likely getting unpacked and organized.
Day 20: I'm almost certain this was the night we went for a carriage ride- (I could be wrong) - to look at Christmas lights, and a very special event happened, Seth's sister, Ashley got engaged!!!


Day 21: Probably Christmas shopping; organizing; etc.
Day 22:  More random pics of the girls :) Suri painted a cross



 Day 23: Again, just family time, random pics. 




  Day 24: Nice quiet family time. Baked yummy snickerdoodle cookies for Santa! (aka Seth's favorite!)

Next morning....