Tuesday, January 26, 2010

The birthday

My baby girl turned 4 on the 15th...can't believe she is 4! I took tons of pics and have slowly been editing but I figured I should post some before I get off the blog bandwagon again:). So here's some faves from her day. We opened gifts in the morning while Daddy was home from work for a bit. 

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(we took her braids out that morning and her hair was somewhat "straight" so I flat ironed it to see what it looked like...that is why her hair is not curly here)

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Her new American Girl doll that she'd been asking for since right after Christmas...literally no interest until right after Christmas but since then has been obsessed. And she was very specific about the one she wanted:

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This is Gabriella. Her name was Sarah for about 8 hours but then she changed it to Gabriella which she has been ever since.

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She loves her:)

She had her first friends party the next day at Junior Gym...so much fun! At 4 she already has some great friends!

I attempted my first Barbie cake:

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She loved it!

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We told her to make a wish before blowing out the candles...she thought about it for a second and then said "Santa!"...kind of like wishing for more wishes I guess:)

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It was a fabulous birthday! 
  
  
  

 



Monday, January 4, 2010

Sledding

We have a little tiny hill on the side of our house that Ally has been talking about sledding on for awhile but we haven't had much snow. We finally got some this weekend and she was so excited because she could finally sled on our "hill". When I mention this hill to anyone in my family they say "what hill?"...Its that small...But perfect for my little almost 4 year old. She had a blast:

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And she (and I) loved that she could go up and down all by herself:

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I did end up joining her in the sled but not before I took a few more pictures:)

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Sunday, January 3, 2010

Favorites from Christmas Morning

One of my New Year's Resolutions is to get back to blogging...so I am jumping back in!

Ally was up first at a little after 5am and it was just her and I for over an hour. She was in awe that Santa came...definitely felt the magic.

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Santa brought her the Princess motorcycle she'd been asking for for months...

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getting a closer look as she waited very patiently for her brothers to wake up:

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Group shot before the opening begins

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Santa was good...

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He is obsessed with the shoes...his new Nike 6.0's:

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My gift from Al...a fire in the fireplace!

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Checking to see if she missed any:

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And then playing the morning away...

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She got High School Musical Sing It for the Wii...Best game ever!!

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It was a fabulous Christmas!