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Audrey's Special Day!

 My heart is so full tonight. I feel blessed to be this little girls mom. She makes me laugh everyday. This post is picture overloaded but I want to remember her little expressions and how easily it is to delight her






 We feel like we hit the jackpot again on Craigslist. We got this Barbie Dream house which is in very good shape, furniture, 27 barbies and tons of clothes for $50. She couldn't have been more thrilled.
 Brandon ended up randomly throwing up right before breakfast and didn't throw up again and didn't have a fever and acted as if nothing had happened the rest of the day. It was very weird. We joked that he felt like he needed a bit of attention too!

 Grandma Carolyn always sends the best gifts. We were sad she was sick and couldn't come down but it was a huge hit getting a package in the mail and presents from her and Heidi.
 Not only did she send such fun things for Audrey but also got something for the other two.
 Brandon and Audrey were running around the house the other day and smacked into the wall HARD. I'm not really entirely sure what happened but Brandon is now getting a black eye and Audrey has a bruise on her cheek. It looks like I hit our children!
 Melanie was so sweet to this little baby doll. It was darling. 

 We had a little princess party with some of her friends.
 Brandon was kinda the odd man out being the only boy.
 Of all the games Audrey's favorite was putting the dark red lipstick on, getting blindfolded and kissing the frog.
 My mom painted this silly frog, the kids thought it was so funny.

Crazy to think she is 5, for some reason that sounds so old to me! The memories that stick out to me from her birth day were I had the best nurses. I was a week over due and my body had done nothing to get ready for labor, which meant it took A LONG time to get things going in the hospital. I pushed for a solid 2 hours, it was just as awful as it sounds. She was sunny side up, which is what made it so long and painful even though I had the epidural. She adopted the name of The Little Screamer by the nurses in the hospital, which was so very accurate. I love you Audrey!

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The Browns said…
AW! So fun! I love it! What a sweet little girl! Isn't it crazy when they turn 5??? It's like all of a sudden they're SO grown up and not your little baby any more! So sad!
February 2, 2013 at 6:47 PM
Unknown said…
if she has another princess party invite tilly! she would love it!
March 28, 2013 at 9:46 AM
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