Why stop at 1...

when you can lose two in a row!!
Brenly's teeth are dropping like flies! She lost one on Wednesday night, and then after Uncle Chad told her it was good luck to lose two in a row...She HAD to lose the other one the next night...so after a full day including a birthday party, we had to spend quite some time working to get it out

and after some pulling and tugging...She finally got it out!

I can't believe how much older she looks...

It's PARTY time!

Because we had to reschedule Avery's party because of the snow...She couldn't wait for the day to finally get here! This is the first "BIG" party that she's had...Brenly and Avery shared a PumpItUp Party two years ago, but this is the first time for Avery to have one by herself! She was so excited and she had LOTS of friends show up! We are so blessed to have so many people that love us!
The slide is definitely her favorite part...
HER Macie...This is one of her very best friends...so glad that she was able to come :)
SILLY GIRL!
ALL of her presents...
The cupcakes that I made and she decorated :)
Blowing out her "4" candle...she is getting so big, so fast!
Look at all her friends...
So excited for new toys
and books

and earrings...
Happy 4th Birthday Avery...from all your wonderful friends!!

Missing....

BRENLY'S TOOTH!!!!!
Brenly's two front teeth (on the top--she has already lost both of the bottom teeth) have been loose for quite sometime now...and me, being her hygienist momma, have been trying to encourage her to get them out!! She has taken her sweet precious time, UNTIL yesterday when I received a call from her best buddy saying that he had lost his tooth! Then, and ONLY then, was she ready for me to work on getting hers out...We worked for about 15 minutes...

and before we knew it, BRENLY had pulled it out all by herself...and she was SO PROUD of herself!

This morning when I dropped her off for school, I was sure to get a picture of her and E...They lost the EXACT same tooth within and hour of each other!

and then his sister wanted to get in on the action, although she had no gap in her mouth :)

The birthday that keeps on giving...

The day of Avery's birthday...it snowed like crazy...The girls were LOVING it, especially when Uncle Scott called to say that he was going to take them sledding...







Unfortunately, because of the snow, we had to cancel (and reschedule) Avery's birthday party...so we decided to bake cupcakes and have a little celebration of our own...



Then on Friday, MiMi and Grandfather, along with NayNay and Rowan came down for a visit and she got ANOTHER present...



and THEN on Moday night she got a present in the mail from Uncle Jay and Aunt Jenna...




SO its been a week and she is still going strong with this birthday stuff...Tonight is her big party at PumpItUp...and she is so very excited! This had just been the birthday that keeps on!! :)

So long, Fusion...

It was nice while you lasted...but time has come to part ways!



Two weeks ago, Ray was on his way to the grocery store, when I got a call, telling me that it was going to be a while! He had gotten in a wreck (and he was fine, PRAISE THE LORD!) and unfortunately my car didn't make it! He was turning left into a parking lot and a woman hit him in the rear right wheel, damaging the back panel, breaking the axle and the suspension on the car...Needless to say...it was totaled! BOO! I loved my car, however I know that once a car has been in a wreck, it rarely ever is the same...so with knowing that...We have said our last goodbyes...and looking forward to what God is going to bless us with next...

She's FOUR!!!

Can't believe that my littlest baby is now four! The years have flown by and she has blessed us so much! We decided to wake her up with a little birthday present...
WAKE UP, SLEEPY HEAD!


It was so funny, after she realized that it was her birthday, she looked at me and said..."But I don't feel four! Did I grow any?"


Brenly got her the dress that she has been eyeing from Target...


And of course, She HAD to put it on for her big day! SASSY!!!


She decided that for her birthday she wanted to get her ears pierced! We discussed many times about how getting earrings would hurt a little bit and how if she got one pierced, she would have to follow through with the second one! She knew all the facts and wanted to go through with it! So we went to Claire's...She was really excited, especially when the woman working there, let her borrow a bright pink boa AND a pink birthday crown :)




It was time...Look at the look on that sweet face, I think she was seriously reconsidering her decision at this point!

She did GREAT! NO tears, she was shocked for a minute, but she was SO PROUD of her one purple amethyst (her birthstone..and one of her two favorite colors, the other is PINK!)


And then it was time to do the other ear...SHE LOST IT!!! Starting screaming hysterically, I yelled to the woman, to just get it done..AND QUICK!!!




Can you see that she is NOT so happy...

I told her that I needed at least one smile with her earrings...this is ALL that she was giving me!

But thank goodness, that only last for just a little while..and then she wanted to get down and see the HUGE selection of earrings that she gets to pick from (after 6 weeks is up and she can take these out...although, she did tell me that she was NEVER taking them out...she thinks it will hurt as much as getting them done, bless her sweet heart!)

We got home just in time, for God to give her a birthday present of LOTS of snow!