Today was my birthday! I spent it with my girls. We went to the Cheesecake Factory. (I paid! LOL!) My honey who is convalesing at his brother's house sent me 6 pink roses and star gazer lilies. My oldest also bought me a cupcake from a gourmet cupcake shop. I didn't go to Disney this year, but we are saving to buy season passes. Hopefully that will happen soon! I need to go to sleep now, but I wanted to record my special day!
Today, just because the timing was perfect! No lines, she was willing and the setting was one of the prettiest I had ever seen! She asked him for a bike. I'm sure he is going to do his best to bring her one!
I can't believe that our baby girl is 3! Where has the time gone? It seems like just yesterday I was checking into the hospital and out popped this beautiful baby girl that I had prayed so hard for. She is such a delight to our family and completes us fully! I was just talking about this with a friend of mine the other day...I knew my family wasn't complete because we were missing the Squiggler, but now that she is here...I feel so complete and don't yearn for another one. I cherish every moment with her, even when she tries our patience! She is so full of life and energy!!! We love you so much Squiggler! Happy 3rd Birthday Baby!
The above pictures are from her party. I might post some more later. She had the best day and "all" her friends were there! Her cousin Luke and her best friend Lily! She had so much fun with everyone and played. It was really cold so we had set up inside just in case. She got a table and chairs as well as things for her kitchen. She loved all her gifts and kept squealing for delight when she opened each one. We had gourmet cupcakes instead of a traditional cake and lots of other goodies, as well as hamburgers and hot dogs.
It has become a tradition to have her picture taken with Santa on this day and she was so excited! She literally jumped on his lap and caught him by surprise! She told him that she wanted a bike for Christmas. Hmmmm? We will see? She wore this special dress for him because it matched him. She was so funny and so cute! I took the whole day off to spend it with her and she was so happy when she woke up. (She hates that I have to go to work each day.) We went to JCP's to have her picture taken and they came out great!! She did said an amazing job! Then we stayed in JCP's and bought her a pink Barbie car and a mermaid doll to put in it. Afterwards we took our pictures with Santa and went to lunch at Red Robin. They brought her an ice cream sundae and song to her too. Later she had to go to the doctors. She weighs 30 pounds and is 95 centimeters! She had to get a shot and she didn't like that. She sang for the doctor and kept climbing for him. I was all worried, but he said to let her! The doctor asked me if people are always commenting on how skinny she is. He said she is PERFECT! Yay!
Here she is today with her birthday cake. She loved blowing out the candles. After the doctors we went to Target and she bought two more things with a gift card she got for her bday. She was very happy and very tired. We went to go pick up her sister from school and I thought for sure she was going to fall asleep, but not my baby! She got a lot of energy and didn't fall asleep until 7pm!
I think she had a super day because I know I did! Squiggler you are such a delight! You aren't afraid of anything, you love to dance and sing. You started dance class with Miss Erika and Sunday school with Miss Lucy. Both of them love you and say you do a really good job! You love to talk and love to help. You help your daddy cook or your mommy do the laundry. You love to watch the Wonder Pets or Mickey's Club House. You love your sisters so much and want to hang out with them all the time. You can be such a Mommy's girl or a Daddy's girl depending on who's in the room with you. You know all your shapes and colors and know some letters of the alphabet like C. When people ask you how old you are you say 12! LOL! You love to read and for some reason don't like numbers very much. I buy you size 2 or 3 clothes, but you can fit into a 12-18 months easily except the length is too short! You have long feet just like your sisters and currently wear an 8 1/2 or 9. Happy Birthday my little Princess! I thank God for you everyday and I am so glad he let me be your mommy!
For some reason this picture will not go the right way. Oh well! Today was a cool day because my oldest daughter and I were invited to Clinique for a free facial. Well, when we got there it wasn't just a facial, but a make over and manicure too! We are very good Clinique customers and don't buy all the time, but we have learned to buy wisely and they always remember us. We have our favorite girl, Natalie, she is the best and the one that invited us! We also have a new 2nd favorite, Meagan, and really like all the ladies there! We started with our facials, followed with parrafin waxes on our hands, then make overs with the polish and nail design last. We had such a great time, met some other great customers and learned a thing or two. We were there 2 hours and it didn't even seem that long.
Meagan did Weegie's makeup and she did a fabulous job! These pictures do it no justice! It was so pretty and natural and made her eyes pop!!! Weegie loves make up and I told her she should experiment more with it and on her friends! Maybe I will let her experiment on me too! LOL! Afterwards we went to CPK and had a delicious lunch!!! It was great and so relaxing!
My honey and I also had a date night! We decided to go out to dinner since I was all dolled up. LOL! Why waste good make up. We had a yummy meal at Sisley in Valencia. They treated us really well. He had Linguini and clams while I had chicken with goat cheese! Oh my! To die for! We also had dessert, flourless chocolate cake, that I would definately want to eat again. Afterwards we walked around and my honey bought a new shirt and I bought Squiggler a new dress! Too cute and I can't wait to take her picture in it. LOL! Blogger just ate my post! Good thing I saved it! Speedy Cheetah has auditions this week for her choice of study for the next two years! I sooo hope she gets her first choice. She is extremely talented and she is a hard worker! We only have 15 more days of school and Weegie is already done! My plan is to blog more and fill in the things I started, but haven't finished. I am so ready for summer!!!!!
My hubby and I had decided we wanted to give Speedy an extra special gift this year! She has been such an awesome girl, does well in school, has to put up with her sister's quince and helps us tremendously with her little sister. (She has a way with little kids!) We normally don't spend a lot of money on their birthday presents, but felt she called for an exception this year. She really wanted to be surprised with her gift, but I didn't want to buy the wrong thing! She kept telling us that she was getting a chinchilla. (Ha!) I decided to take her down to the Grove just her and I because I wanted her to utimately pick her gift.
I picked the grove because I knew they had an Apple store and they had a B & N store. I didn't know whether to get her a Nook or IPod Touch and wanted her to decide after looking at them both. We went down there and walked around for a while. I forgot to take the blindfold, but had her close her eyes while I led her in to B&N and took her to the Nook station. When she opened her eyes she was very excited and I told her my plan. We asked questions and played with the Nook, then we went to the Apple store and did the same thing with the IPod. She decided on the Nook and I kind of knew she would, but wanted to be 100% sure! She loves it and has already bought some stuff to read on it and play with.
I also bought her a treat to eat and drink. We walked around some more and then headed home. We ended up taking our girls to Menchies later that night and today on her real birthday she opted to go to Millie's for dinner. She is having a slumber party with her friends this weekend and we will sing to her then and eat cake and ice cream.
Here she is already reading away on her Nook. This year has been a big year for her because she has started middle school and has gained so much confidence!! We are so proud of her and love her so much!! She is our baby girl and always will be! She has a heart of gold and is the sweetest girl. She has a funny/wierd sense of humor, loves Glee and considers herself a tomboy! We wouldn't change a thing about this little girl! We love you so much Speedy!!!
Here is a pix of my honey and I. We had a great time at the party and it was wonderful to see so many people from my childhood. My cousins and I danced until the last song was played! My aunt and uncle are avid dancers and NEVER get off the dance floor. It is a family thing! My grandparents would dance the night away at any party and we carry it on!
My oldest daughter wasn't able to go with us even though my aunt and uncle are her godparents. This weekend was her confirmation retreat and I could have gotten her excused, but knew it was important for her to go to and bond with her group. I think she did and connected more with her faith. I love that she loves going to church and pray that she knows who fills her cup.
My Speedy Cheetah was such a big help at the party and was an assistant photographer. She took her camera and kept taking my camera too and taking all kinds of photos. Tomorrow my post is dedicated to my Speedy because it's her birthday! We had a great day together!
Little Miss Squiggler had a great time at the party too! She danced and ran around with her cousins. She saw her "boyfriend" and gave dirty looks to his date all night. It was hilarious! My honey took her home at 10 and she didn't go to sleep until almost midnight! She is such a party animal! Many Blessing to my tio and tia and may they be blessed with many more years of happiness!
