Busy Month of May

So the month of May is full of celebrations for our family. I already posted about Bre's birthday but after that was Mother's day
Cameron managed to buy me beautiful flowers and get them home on his motorcycle without destroying them. The girls gave me cards and Cam had them draw in them to put on their personal touches. He doesn't get much alone time with the girls so the only time he could think to do it was at my softball game. When we went out on the field he would pull out the markers. When we got back into the car after the game Breanne was acting really weird and kept trying to tell cam a secret. I had no idea what was going on, but the next morning Cam was getting ready for work and Breanne comes to me and tells me that she made me a Christmas card yesterday. I'm really confused for about half a second when it dawns on me.
"Breanne, you weren't suppose to tell me that!"
"Do you want me to show you?"
"No, Bre, you'll show me tomorrow."
It was pretty cute. I kept it a secret from Cam until after they had given me the cards.

A few days after Mother's Day was my birthday. Cameron was able to take the day off (amazingly) and take me to the beach like I had asked.
The weather wasn't real great and we all ended up kinda cold so my day at the beach was cut short to an afternoon but it was still nice to get out and do something together. Later that evening they took me out to dinner.

Breanne being cold. I guess she never warmed up after leaving the beach. But as we say, she could be in the middle of the desert and be cold. Been there, done that.

Kaity and Daddy sharing a fry.

And I had to post this last one because the sharing of the fry reminded me of him and Bre sharing a shake. I think it's so sweet how much they love their Daddy and how they have him wrapped around their little fingers.

May has a lot going on and June doesn't slow down too much because it's Cameron's birthday on the 18th and Father's day on the 20th. But I did enjoy all the celebrating and I'm glad that I got to spend it all with my family.

P.S.-We just had the cake for my birthday last night. It's okay to drag a birthday out a few days, right?

Happy Birthday, Breanne Alice!

Breanne had her 4th birthday on May 1st.
Here's a trip down memory lane...

3 days old

3 months old

1 year old

2 years old

3 years old

4 years old

She wanted to be a fairy princess for her birthday and what the birthday girl wants the birthday girl gets. I made her fairy wings out of wire hangers and some knee highs. After much frustration and a sliced thumb later, here they are. I let her paint them. She alsorequested confetti cake with pink frosting. Sorry no pictures of that.
We were lucky enough to have my mom, step dad, sister and baby Sophia come down and spend a few days with them. They spoiled them rotten, no doubt, but the girls had a blast.
While Cameron and I snuck off to Indio, CA Thursday and Friday night for our 5th anniversary

they took the kids to the wild animal park down in San Diego (pictures to come later, I'm sure). Don't worry, those are virgin mimosa's.

I can't believe how fast the years have gone. Bre, you've taught me a lot about being a mom (some good, some bad). I should give you more credit for being the "guinea pig" in this whole motherhood experiment. You're so smart, sometimes too smart for your own good. You always keep me in check. You're full of life and love to laugh. When Christ told us to be as little children I think of you. There are great things in store for you, my love.

Happy Birthday to our big, 4 year old, girl!

new dresses

So I found another really good tutorial :http://www.rufflesandstuff.com/2010/04/lemonade-dress.html

I made 2 dresses using this as a guide. The first one is more like the one in the tutorial and is just a casual dress (VERY comfy!). The second one is a little dressier. LOVE them both.

Hiding a little mistake with buttons on both sides.

I also made a flower pin to pin the second dress because, as I am still a novice at this, it was a little big in the waist.

The pictures aren't the best. I have 2 options; self portrait, or ask Bre. I opted for self portrait this time but next time I think I'll have Bre do it :) I feel stupid smiling....oh well, you get the idea.