Birthdays

Disney!

February 4, 2019

The weekend of Samantha’s birthday, my mom and I took her on a special trip to Disney World! The plan to was to do all the Princess stuff that the boys have no desire to do. Turns out, Samantha’s doesn’t have much desire to do it either! ha! But, it was still a FANTASTIC trip with my best girl!

I was pretty proud of all these cute shirts I had found at H&M…she was the cutest one at the parks! 🙂

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Ready to go on Thursday afternoon!

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GJ picked us up in the Orlando airport and we headed to the Grand Floridian! We had dinner at the hotel and got some good sleep for a big day on Friday! First stop was breakfast at Chef Mickey’s…Samantha’s enthusiasm was palpable…

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She wasn’t so big on Mickey…

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but Goofy was alright…

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and Minnie won her over!

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We also saw Donald…

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and even Kluto (which Samantha kept saying instead of Pluto and I didn’t correct her!)

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There was also a birthday cupcake at breakfast! Can’t beat that!

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After that it was time to head to Hollywood Studios! More to come!

Birthday celebrations!

January 31, 2019

This 4 year old is getting celebrated lots! We had a BIG celebration last weekend with a very special trip to WDW! It was just the girls and SO much fun…even if we did learn that Samantha does NOT want to dress like a princess! Lots more to come on that.

Susan spoiled Samantha with four presents for four years! She’s the best!

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We celebrated at home with Olexa’s cupcakes…

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and a few presents including new leotards for gymnastics and a Poopsie Slime Surprise which she has seen on tv and asked for about 100 times! ha! She also got a Calico Critters set from Nate and Delaney. yay!

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She then took treats to school to celebrate yesterday. We were doing iced cookies but the snow day (that turned into a no snow day!) messed that up so we’re saving the cookies for her party this weekend. Cake pops were a hit though!

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I love celebrating my little sunshine!

Samantha is FOUR

January 28, 2019

Samantha is a FOUR year old! My big girl!! She’s the smiliest and happiest child to be around and I’m so glad she’s mine!

From this precious baby girl (born on her due date at 1:04pm)…

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To this happy one year old….

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To this perfectly perfect two year old….

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To this lively three year old…

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To this sweet and sassy four year old!

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Oh my little Samantha Sunshine! She keeps life so fun! She loves baby dolls, doing hair and makeup, mermaids, watching Barbie and anything girly! She’s happiest with a big bow in her hair and some type of pink or purple on! She’s the most affectionate little thing and always asks me “Momma, can we snuggle?” Although, she knows the power of those snuggles and hugs and uses them to her advantage with Maxwell! He would hug her all day if he could and she never lets him! ha! Maxwell loves her the most. She and Spencer are buddies and, if it’s just the two of them, they shine! The play well together and are the best of buds. She loves Dad and lets her light shine on him occasionally but Samantha is definitely a Momma’s girl and wants me to do everything for her. It’s wonderful and exhausting.

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Samantha loves dance and is often the leader in the class. She’s doing great at gymnastics and is clearly athletic and coordinated. This has been a fantastic year at school – she can write her name, knows all of her letters, and loves going to class every day! She sleeps in her big girl bed like a champ, though she still usually gets up once a night to use the bathroom and has to come get me to help her. She could do it on her own but…Momma’s girl! ha! There is nothing sweeter than singing her songs at night and watching her little fingers rub Baa-Baa’s ears…nothing sweeter at all.

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My little girl with the big personality! She’s funny and sassy and silly and always sweet. Strong-willed, full of opinions, and I wouldn’t have it any other way.

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A few questions with my favorite FOUR year old!

Favorite book? Five Little Monkeys
Favorite TV show? Big City Greens
Favorite movie? Frozen
Favorite color? Blue, Green, Pink, and Purple!
Favorite song? Oh, Holy Night
Favorite number? 5
Favorite restaurant? Diamonports (Davenports)
Favorite thing to eat? Strawberries
Favorite friend? Evie Cate
Favorite toy? Baby dolls
Favorite animal? Giraffe
Favorite dessert? Ice cream
Favorite sport? Gymnastics
What do you want to be when you grow up? “You!” meaning, me 🙂 She wants to be a momma.

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Goodness gracious, I love this girl. Thank goodness she brought so much sunshine and all things pink into our lives FOUR years ago! She is my dream come true.

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Happy birthday sweet Samantha! We love you!

Happy Birthday

December 6, 2018

Happy birthday to you!

Happy birthday dear Daddo!

Happy birthday to you!

Thank you for being the very best Daddo to this whole crew!

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Maybe you and GJ should bust out some champagne tonight to celebrate another year!

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Or maybe just have some salmon and iced tea! 🙂

We love you, Daddo!

Spencer’s party

October 23, 2018

Spencer got to have his birthday party on his actual birthday! Doesn’t get better than that! He had a few friends out to Urban Air and it was Jurassic World themed, of course!

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