The Georgia Birthday Celebrations

Here are some pictures from our birthday parties in Georgia. We had a joint celebration with family for Caroline's 4th birthday and Hannah's 1st. We started off the morning by visiting the Disney store at the mall. My girls were in heaven! More princess things that you could have ever imagined. Their favorite was the magic mirror that let them see their favorite princess characters when they used the magic wand! It was a magical time for all:) Caroline was sung too, presented with a birthday button, and even got sprinkled with pixie dust by Tinkerbell. 

 

 

 

 After the Disney fun we headed to Cara's house for presents, pizza, and princess cake!

 We let Hannah enjoy the spotlight first. She was hesitant for some reason with this cake, but after watching her sisters dig into it, she followed.

 Caroline's big moment...her Princess cake!! She was so excited.

We were so thankful family and friends came to see us in Atlanta that day. Nana, Papa, Mamma, Niki, Sarah, Gram, Grandpa, Cara, Chris, Charlie, Paige, Tyler, and Braelinn made the party complete!

 

Special BIG Princesses made it to the formal ball in the living room. We had a blast dancing and singing.










The girls were exhuasted after a fun day full of family and fun! Thanks to everyone who made the day magical and helped make Caroline's princess party dreams come true!"

December 16th

We did a little Christmas baking today. Brad requested those peanut buttery-cornflake treats...
They are delicious. Caroline loves them...Em isn't a fan (more for us!)



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I got to take Caroline out for her first Christmas gift shopping trip. She picked out some gifts of love for daddy, Emily, and Hannah. She did a great job of focusing on the people she was buying for during the first 30 minutes. Then it kinda turned into a "tell Emily I want this!! Tell Hannah I want this!!" We wrapped the goodies and put them in their stockings and under the tree. I told her not to mention it to Em- at this point in her life she would demand to open it ad pitch a raging tantrum...so I told cgh just to tell her "you are going to get a surprise on Christmas!!" We will see how long she can keep a secret from her sister;)



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December 15th

This morning despite the terrible tragedy that occurred in Conneticut, I was able to have a very good conversation with Caroline about it. Oh to have such a childlike faith.

On another note- today we did something that I have wanted to do for months and months. We packed some lunches and decided to take them downtown to give to the poor and needy that FILL our city. The girls helped prepare, pack, and load up the lunches (we only made 4 bags) . We prayed several times throughout the morning that God would lead us to 4 people that needed it the most. And of course He did. Neat story- would love to share more if you're interested. Caroline was thrilled that we were "loving Jesus" by truly loving and helping others. That is something I want ingrained in their little hearts forever.









The names of the "angels" that we met and then prayed for throughout the day-



PS- red sweatshirt took 2 bags:) i told him to share with his buddy.

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December 14th

This morning we made a sparkle box:) Read about it here....
http://thesparklebox.com/



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This afternoon we had a fun playdate with some friends. Caroline helped me plan, decorate, and get crafts ready for a Happy Birthday Jesus party. It was fun!


















Caroline made about a dozen nativity crafts. hers looked great...Emilys placement was a tad different. its all about interpretation/point of view, right?
Cgh's...


Ems...



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December 13

We went and saw our friend Lane's Christmas program at his school tonight. Caroline was so enthralled by his preformance.


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Caroline stood in a chair next to Amber, Jonathan and Levi the entire 45 minutes.


I had the hoodlums in the very back where we ate snacks, danced on coolers, and almost turned on the floor buffer machine.


We had a blast and LOVED having "almost family" to support tonight.

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Silly moments

-I woke up and found Hannah awake in her crib with about 15 articles of clothing in her bed. She must have been working very diligently as she pulled all those clothes from the storage tub next to her crib.
- Caroline has started referring to Hannah as "Han-ta". This makes me laugh so hard. Tis the season (for Santa) it amazes me how cgh comes up with these things.
-Caroline and Emily sang Christmas carols all through target today - I overheard another little girl say "mommy! Look at that buggy full of girls!" Like we were a spectacular sight:)
-Emily and Caroline played SO well together this morning. After an unusually quiet few minutes of the girls in the playroom CGH runs to me and requests a "little sweeper thing" and says she can't tell me why. I take a deep breath, pause and pray nothing too awful has occurred, then calmly promise I won't be upset but want to know what happened. CGH said, "it's awful. Em made me do it." Probably 100% truth;) I go down to the too quiet playroom and Emily and Caroline have about 6 pairs of scissors out and have "re-styled" all of their stuffed animals and babydolls hair. There was fur and yarn everywhere. We quickly reviewed that we only cut paper, grabbed the DustBuster and cleaned up the damage. I couldn't help but laugh and look at each of the new "do's". Zoe's (from sesame) got the raw end of the deal;)
-for the past month I wake Caroline from her afternoon naps...and I take a few moments to just look at her... And her bulging belly where she crams her babydoll into her pants/leggings/tights. She wakes up pregnant everyday. Cracks me up that she sleeps like that.

I may capture some pictures of this fun tomorrow!


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December 12th

Christmas smoothies for lunch:)


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Cookie and card making for neighbors and friends:)
























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