My Baby Girl

My baby girl is 3!

She wanted eggs and toast for breakfast,

French fries and icecream for lunch. And mac and cheese for dinner. Anything for my baby!

We filled the day with a trip to Liberty Park.

Playing at the playground,

Riding the rides,

And Inara's favorite, swinging!

Inara's one request for her birthday was a purple cake! And gosh darn it, if my baby girl wants a purple cake, a purple cake she is going to get!

I also made these cookies because truth be told that cake was super gross.

Oh ya, these guys were there too.

Inara is the best little girl in the whole world! She is so sweet, and so smart, and so beautiful! I love hanging out with her. She's such a ham and she knows she's funny and that just makes it all the funnier. Inara is also pretty shy. She usually prefers to play by herself then in a big group of kids, but one on one she is really friendly and sweet. She is super sensitive too. Spencer calls her his little peach because she bruises like a peach. You could just look at her wrong and she'll get her feelings hurt. It's actually really cute. I love her so much! My favorite thing about Inara right now is how prissy she is. She hates dirt and water. She won't leave the house without her shoes on. And she's always got headbands, crowns, rings, bracelets and the like all over.

Here she is taking cover from the rain at the 4th of July parade. Were you there? It rained like 3 drops. But it was too much for prissy little Inara.

And here all of my and Steph's kids were playing in the sand and river. Not Inara though. She needed to stay way up on the table. Just to keep her necklaces from getting dirty I guess!

And lets not leave out her always being in a princess dress! And that she always asks for an apron before she eats.

She's just the best girl in the whole world!

Happy Birthday Baby Girl!

So far...

So far this summer we have...



...watched lots of fireworks...


...gone hiking...


...visited friends...

...spent lots of time with these two...




...dressed up and watched the 4th of July parade...


..and gone swimming. It's perfect. I can't wait for the rest!

Easter

I think I missed my two week mark so I thought I'd just show you some pics of my cuties on Easter.

(Yes, of course the boys are wearing matching ties.)

Lilacs

I love lilacs. They were one of my mom's favorites too. I think it was a tender mercy from Jesus that when he created the earth he made the lilacs bloom just in time for us to take a big bundle with us when we visit my mom every May 17th. It's the perfect way to remember her, and remember the beauty she brought to earth.

Do your babies love chocolate chip cookies like mine do?

(Do you take 100 pictures of your baby eating chocolate chip cookies like I do?)

Handsome Little Devil

I have such a handsome little devil. We couldn't deny it. So instead, we celebrated it on his birthday!

(Deviled Eggs. Haha! I crack myself up!)

(Devil Pops!)

My handsome little devil is so much fun. He loves to play. His favorite game right now is to hand something back and forth. He hands it to you, you hand it to him. He laughs a lot, then hands it to you again. It can go on and on and he never gets sick of it. He loves to wrestle too. It's so funny how a tiny baby can love to roll around and pretend to fight. He's such a boy. Spencer was thrilled when he got his first boy toys for his birthday so he doesn't have to play with princesses and pink tiaras anymore. He knew just what to do when he got his first car and started pushing it right up the hall. My favorite thing about Kimball right now is what a little snuggle bug he is. When he sees you he gives a huge smile and starts crawling toward you as fast as he can. He usually doesn't make it before he just has to stop and get a hug, so he ends up hugging the floor. It's pretty funny when he's far away because he ends up stopping to hug the floor a few times. Mostly he's just a mama's boy though and sits around on my lap. He has three words now. MamaMama, DadaDada, and NahNah. We thought he was trying to say Inara because he only ever said NahNah when he was playing with her, but now we realize he's saying No No because he's great at shaking his head while he says it. Kimball is getting really adventurous too. He's always getting into the cupboards, crawling out the door to eat some dirt, and sticking his hands in the fish tank. He can even crawl up onto the couch and back down now. I can't believe how grown up he is. (I even had a good cry about it a few weeks ago.) I'm just sure that he is going to grow up into the greatest boy in the world. And even though I want him to stay a baby forever, I can't wait to see the awesome man I know he'll be.