Happy birthday, Baby Tess!

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My baby turned one year old last week! We had a small family party at our new home, and I made Tess a new dress, a party hat, and a name banner for the occasion. And of course cake. I hate making cakes. Love to eat them; hate to make them. My sister is an amazing cake decorator, but she lives 2,000 miles away (boooooo!!!). However, I am very grateful to have her as my personal 24-hour cake-help hotline. That's my sisterly right :) Thanks, Janell!

This must be my reward for wearing this stupid hat.

What the??? Get that camera out of my face so I can eat my cake in peace!

Sticking my tongue out helps me balance.

♥ Happy birthday, baby girl! I love you very much, but don't expect me to make you a cake every year... being cute can only get you so far. ♥

Easter Pics

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I've been getting requests for some updated pictures of the kids, particularly baby Tess. Sadly, it seems I take less pictures the more kids I have. We have a ton of baby pictures of Denny, a decent amount of Ashlyn, but hardly any of Tess. It's too bad because Tess is a stinkin' cute chubster of a baby.

Word of advice... don't show up late to an Easter egg hunt... not even two minutes. I know this, but I just keep underestimating how much longer it takes to pack up 3 kids to go on an outing. Hence, we were late for our neighborhood egg hunt and Denny didn't get any eggs. I was proud of him though... being a good sport, he just shrugged it off. Anyhoo, so we went home and did a little egg hunt in our backyard.

I'm so proud of Denny and Ashlyn... they adore their little sister and are so sweet and gentle with her. It's so cute how delicate they are with her... they always ask me beforehand if they can give her a hug. Then when they do, they give her an "air hug" barely touching her. Where did they learn that from? I don't know, but it's so cute and make me smile :)

Tess is such a good baby and a rock star eater. She weighed in at 14 lbs 3 oz at her 2-month check-up. I'm loving all those rolls!

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I'll have to post a more current picture of Denny soon... This was taken before he got glasses, a short haircut and lost his two front teeth... quite the contrast :)

*Special thanks to Christa from Sherrard Photography for taking the adorable photo.

Birthdays

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We recently celebrated the kids' birthdays (Ashlyn turned 3 and Denny turned 6). My parents drove out for each kid's big day and my dad took some fabulous pictures as usual.

Our local Pottery Barn Kids was having a Star Wars event on the weekend of Denny's birthday. Denny kinda likes Star Wars (kinda, as in a lot, a lot, a lot).

Denny's cake. I ate it for breakfast, lunch and dinner for 4 days straight until it was gone. Cake is one of my many weaknesses.

I think every single one of Denny's presents was something Star Wars related... why does he look so surprised?

Denny and Ashlyn sippin' the root beer.

Ashlyn opening presents in her lovely princess dress (which was a gift from Mrs. Kathi... this totally saved me from having to sew her a Halloween costume this year... YOU ROCK, MRS. KATHI!!!)

Ashlyn tells me about 20 times a day that her favorite color is pink. Does she really think I'll forget something so obvious?

Ashlyn loves her baby dolls.

And Denny and Ashlyn adore their Nana and PawPaw!