Bella's Birthday

Happy Birthday Bella! Today our little baby turns 8! Wowzers...that's 56 years old in dog years. Aaron told the girls today that she is about as old as Grammy and Poppy! Ha! : )

For her gift, we took her to PetSmart to pick out a new toy and get a treat. Aaron thought she really would "pick out" a new toy, so he unloaded the toy aisle onto the floor so she could choose. Needless to say, she didn't give a rats behind about a single one of them, so the girls picked out a cute little duck for her. We bought this toy knowing full well it probably wouldn't last the night, as her favorite thing to do is to rip out the seams and pull out all the stuffing and get to the squeaker and bite through it too. It was mission accomplished around 6:00 tonight. : )

Maya was inisitent on having a birthday party for her. We thought about inviting over the neighbor dogs, but Bella hates them and we didn't think we should torture her on her birthday, so we settled for giving her a couple of leftover tortellini's from dinner complete with a candle. We sang her Happy Birthday and she wolfed down the tortellini's without chewing. Typical.

What would we do without her though? She drives us bonkers, but she is our baby. I tell Aaron that if I didn't have my Bella baby, I might just have to have another real baby. He says she can stay. Happy Birthday Bella babe!

Cousins come to visit

Meet our newest cousin, Evie Arleene. We finally got to meet her last week and the girls were ga-ga for her. She's cute as a button of course and looks like her big brother. We had a super duper time hanging out with them, along with my sister Callie and her hubby Devin.

Jacob is a very good little boy, but I totally forgot how much of little destructors they are when they're that little. I mean seriously, I think I almost had an anxiety attack just looking at the state of our house while they were here. Jakey liked to pull everything off the shelf, but of couse, being only 14 mo. old, never put anything back. It was seriously (and I'm not exaggerating) like a Toys R Us truck exlploded, then a tornado came through and stirred it all up. Yikes! We survived though and miss them tons already.

Another good thing about having visitors...we get someone to take a family picture of us! Cheese!!

Happy Birthday Maya!

Happy Birthday to you...Happy Birthday to you...Happy Birthday to Maya...Happy Birthday to you!

She opened lots of presents from lots of people. She got a new game, sticker book, princess make up, books, a new bike helmet, and lots more. Yeah!

For the first time, Maya got to have a "friends" party. She invited the neighborhood 3's and 4's, Lily, Finley and Emma (Emma wasn't able to make it). They played, ate cake and opened presents. It was the easiest party ever. : )

Happy Birthday big 4 year old!