Our sweet baby girl, turned 4 last week. I know everyone says the same thing, but I really can’t believe how the time has flown by. It seems like few months ago, we were exhausted parents from being up all night with a colicky baby with acid reflux. Poor Avery was not a happy camper for the first 3 months of her life. If she was awake, she was crying. There were times I just sat and cried with her. But thankfully after the first 3 months and many different types of medicines, our happy, precious Avery emerged!
Just a stroll down memory lane… (OH, how it makes me sad when I realize how many good pictures we missed because we didn’t have our good camera yet…I have to try and look at the pictures of my babies with unbiased eyes… and not covet the camera that we didn’t yet have in our possession….anyway, sorry for the blurriness)
Avery was very specific this year that she didn’t want to have a party with all her friends. She just wanted her family there with her for her Tangled party and then she wanted to go with her friend, Abby to a place called Sweet and Sassy. It is a place where little girls can get mini-pedicures, manicures, facials and get their hair fixed for fun.
Also, to save money, Damon and I have been making and decorating cakes for the kids. After every birthday, I say how crazy we are and how I would rather just pay someone and not mess with it, but then the next birthday comes around and we want to take on the challenge again! Yes, we are crazy.
Here are some pics of our cake making journey:
Pictures for her party:
Her new coat and hat from Gammy and Papa:
Then, on her actual birthday, November 2nd, I took her to “Sweet and Sassy” with her friend, Abby:
I love the look on Abby’s face here because the girl was doing a sugar scrub on her legs and Abby crinkled up her nose like the girl was killing her and said, “That is too scratchy!”
Getting their chocolate masks….and they girls really did smell like chocolate ice cream all day long!
This next part made Kristy (Abby’s mom) and I laugh uncontrollably! It was just so cute and funny to see our girls trying to be still enough to keep the “cucumbers” on their eyes!
Getting her hair done…this part was a little frustrating. I don’t think she knew what to do with curly hair. She literally didn’t use a comb or brush or anything. I re-did it when we got home because it really just looked like she had rolled out of bed and had personally stuck bobby pins in her hair. Oh well, the girls didn’t know the difference.
It was a super fun birthday, and I can’t believe my baby girl is 4. I love you, “Avie”.
