lydia is five!

February 4, 2019

Two days after Christmas my baby girl turned FIVE!  Seems like just yesterday I was announcing my pregnancy here on the blog and now she’s a whole hand of years old, has her first wiggly tooth and keeps talking about how excited she is for kindergarten next year….this momma’s heart just can’t handle it all! …

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lydia’s 2nd birthday bash

January 25, 2016

A down side to being a Christmas baby is that sometimes, you have to have your birthday party in January (especially if you are a military child because all of your friends are away for the second half of December!)  We celebrated Lydia’s second birthday with my family on the actual day, and then two…

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lydia’s turning 1!

December 17, 2014

In less than two weeks, my baby girl will turn ONE.  How that happened so fast, I do not know, but I try hard not to think about it as just the thought of the impending day reduces me to a blubbering mess.  Please tell me that has happened to you, too? My entire family…

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a 4th birthday party fit for a princess!

January 23, 2012

My friend Krista is an amazing mom…when her little girl turned 4, all she wanted was a Cars-themed birthday party and, boy, did Krista deliver! Every last detail Krista did herself-whether by hand or with Photoshop-from the banners and oil funnel party hats, to the Car Wash and flag-wrapped straws (she used duct tape!)  I…

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