Happy Birthday, Andrew!

Can't believe my baby boy is 3 years old!  His birthday was actually April 13th...yes, I am just now getting around to posting these.  To make me feel like an even better mother, yes, that is a mini chocolate doughnut that he is eating for his birthday breakfast!  Breakfast of champions, right?

Make a wish!

Big sister looks really excited to be awake this morning...

3 YEARS OLD!

FLASHBACK:  2 years old, April 2011

FLASHBACK:  1 year old, April 2010

Excitement after the birthday party

After Genna's birthday party, we headed to our favorite local pizza place to celebrate Grandaddy's birthday which is a week after Genna's. 
Grandaddy and the girls.  Andrew was not being cooprative after a long day and Charlie was not able to come due to baseball practice.



While we were waiting for the check, Genna and Andrea were just talking about her loose tooth and Andrea asked if she could wiggle it.  One little tug, and it came out!  So, she lost her first tooth one day after her 6th birthday.  It was a big weekend!

Here she is showing off her new smile!  I have honestly been dreading this event because typically, Genna does not handle things like this very well.  She was so brave, though!  Didn't even cry!  I think she was just a little stunned when Andrea pulled it.  It was not at all what she was expecting!  Hopefully, this will make the future teeth-pulling a little less traumatic with the first one being over.

 

Happy 6th Birthday, Genna!

First of all, this post is late. I created it and never actually posted it on her birthday, which was March 23. Almost 2 weeks later, she is still telling everyone she sees "And anyway, I'm 6 now." And you have to act totally surprised at this fact.

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Can somebody tell me how this happened? Our baby girl is 6 years old!
We came home on Thursday night so that we could be at home with Daddy on Genna's birthday. We got up early for doughnuts with him before work.



Surprise! A new bike! This one does not have training wheels, so it's going to take some practice, but I know she's ready for it!

Friday night, Mary Frances and Andrea came into town to celebrate with us at Cracker Barrel. Barbie "I can be a teacher" and a new Rapunzel wig is what they brought with them.

Trying on long hair and dress rehearsal for the party tomorrow!

Andrew's first haircut!

I realize some people wait until their child is a year old before they have their first haircut...we like to take that a little further and do it right before their 3rd birthday! Yes, Andrew finally got a haircut! A very, very tiny one. I just can't bear to cut off his sweet curls just yet, but it did need a little cleaning up. We went to Miss Delaine's during spring break and he was a perfect little angel sitting up in that chair so big!

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