Yes, that's right. My baby girl, Natalee Cara, is officially three years old. We celebrated on Tuesday morning with just Nathaniel, Emilee, Nat(of course) and myself with a big breakfast and her birthday gift from us. We bought her a Cinderella Barbie. I know it doesn't sound like much, but the party had cost me a bundle already. Here are a couple of photo's of her on her Big 3 Birthday Morning opening her present.
Then on Saturday we celebrated again with a birthday party at Arni's for just the family. Natalee had three birthday cakes. One was a Cinderella and Prince Charming pull-a-part cupcake cake; another was Sleeping Beauty and the last was a stand up Cinderella cake. The stand up cake was courtesy of my Aunt Edith-She's a PRO!
We had pizza, cake and ice cream. Opening presents was super exciting for her and I hope she loved the day we had planned for her. She's a very special little girl and deserved it all. When we started tearing down the party she started to cry out, "My Cindereldi Birtday Party! It's all gone!" I felt bad for her and I tried to find a way to explain that she could have another party in 364 days...she has begun the countdown. How stupid am I? Never mind, don't answer that! Next up...My Birthday:)
She loved when everyone sang to her, but she was still a bit shy about it. Natalee held my hand throughout most of the song!
Natalee's gifts were super and much appreciated. Grammy Tammy and Papa bought her the Tinkerbell movie and it was a HUGE HIT! We watched it that very night and even Nathaniel said it was cute. Two super-duper grandparents that Nat and Em I'm sure love to pieces! Also topping out the birthday gifts were 3 Princess nightgowns from Aunt Joanna-she wants to where them all the time-and money from others that she can use to buy something for herself or save it for a rainy day. She told me while gripping on to her money, " No, mommy it's my money-Don't touch it!" Isn't she sweet?!
During the Birthday festivities Emilee made herself a friend in Aunt Joanne-AKA designated picture taker extraordinaire!
I couldn't think of a better friend for Emmy to have!
Then on Saturday we celebrated again with a birthday party at Arni's for just the family. Natalee had three birthday cakes. One was a Cinderella and Prince Charming pull-a-part cupcake cake; another was Sleeping Beauty and the last was a stand up Cinderella cake. The stand up cake was courtesy of my Aunt Edith-She's a PRO!We had pizza, cake and ice cream. Opening presents was super exciting for her and I hope she loved the day we had planned for her. She's a very special little girl and deserved it all. When we started tearing down the party she started to cry out, "My Cindereldi Birtday Party! It's all gone!" I felt bad for her and I tried to find a way to explain that she could have another party in 364 days...she has begun the countdown. How stupid am I? Never mind, don't answer that! Next up...My Birthday:)
She loved when everyone sang to her, but she was still a bit shy about it. Natalee held my hand throughout most of the song!
Natalee's gifts were super and much appreciated. Grammy Tammy and Papa bought her the Tinkerbell movie and it was a HUGE HIT! We watched it that very night and even Nathaniel said it was cute. Two super-duper grandparents that Nat and Em I'm sure love to pieces! Also topping out the birthday gifts were 3 Princess nightgowns from Aunt Joanna-she wants to where them all the time-and money from others that she can use to buy something for herself or save it for a rainy day. She told me while gripping on to her money, " No, mommy it's my money-Don't touch it!" Isn't she sweet?!
During the Birthday festivities Emilee made herself a friend in Aunt Joanne-AKA designated picture taker extraordinaire!
I couldn't think of a better friend for Emmy to have!
Love you!!
And, as many of you know, Natalee's best friend forever is this lovely woman below. My grandma was always so extra special to me and I'm so glad that my daughters have that opportunity too! Nana and Natalee can fight like the best of them, but sometimes grandma just gets her like no one else. What a special bond that is. She's one lucky girl.
In Closing, another birthday has come and gone and the more I think about my babies growing up I get a lot of mixed emotions about the entire thing. I came across old movies of Nat from march of 2007 and I know it wasn't that long ago, but it seems like an eternity. She was dragging around her blankie and had her binkie hanging out of her mouth-she was a baby and today I look at her and see her growing into a smart, talented and beautiful little girl. It's as if I snapped my fingers and we went from the hospital to now in seconds. I'm glad she's learning and growing but I hope she never forgets how I have loved her.
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