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little birthday girl


My little Cinco de Mayo baby turned 2 years old today! We celebrated yesterday by taking a trip to the City Garden with the kids. It was one of my favorite family outings we’ve ever had. I will share as soon as I can figure out how to not post a super insane amount of pictures!

We didn’t do much today as far as celebrating goes, but we did make sure to sing to her and eat cupcakes…which is all you really need at 2 years old. It’s hard to believe that these two years have gone by so quickly. People say things like that all the time…but it’s so true. 

birthday girl

I took some first birthday pictures of Evangeline last year with this same flower crown. She still has a sweet little face–but now that face is surrounded by quite a bit more hair.

waiting for cake

This girl is a singer. Constantly. Especially at bedtime–sometimes staying awake for an hour or more in her crib, singing loudly. ABC’s, Let it Go, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, Everything is Awesome–you name it. And she always ends every song by clapping and saying “yay! You did it!”  Wait a few years and we’ll see how this little Roberts family band is coming along.

She also loves books (The Monster at the End of This Book and Pete the Cat books are her current favorites.) She can count to 10 (sometimes needing a little help), sing her ABC’s, and usually gets her colors right–pink is her favorite! 

She loves bows in her hair, pretty dresses, shoes, nail polish, hearts, and flowers. With all the boys in our family, I’ve worked hard to make sure she appreciates all the girly things in life. 

birthday girl ideas

 

bitthday cake
birthday cupcake

 

She is also a pro at blowing out candles–much to our surprise. I made her blow out the candles 4 times tonight and I still wasn’t quick enough.

blowing out candles

She’s quick to give hugs and kisses if someone is crying and also quick to say sorry if she did something wrong. And let’s be honest–when you have multiple siblings, there’s going to be a lot of toy snatching and “sowwy’s” to be heard.

birthday girl cupcake with sprinkles

 

cute little girl eating cupcake

Even two years after giving birth to a girl, I still have moments where I think/say “I can’t believe I get to have a daughter!” 
As her personality develops, it’s very obvious that she’s the baby sister to 3 brothers (**note how she goes head first for that cupcake!!) 

But make no mistake–she is very much a girly girl. And sometimes a diva. This morning she insisted on wearing her swimming suit instead of the outfit I picked out. And I let her. But that’s only because she looked super adorable in her swimming suit!

messy birthday girl

I love our little “miss” and I’m thankful for these 2 years that we’ve been able to watch her grow.
Happy birthday Evangeline 🙂

Blog, Family, iphone, pregnancy

April iPhone photos


A little recap of April, via iPhone photos…
 
26 weeks
(spring calls for lots of floral crown appearances!)
flower crown maternity shot
 
spring storms are our jam–the kids love dancing in the rain
 and the way her hair curls when it’s wet is one of my favorite things!
wet hair

 

pregnancy inspires creativity—
I introduce the s’more bagel.
toast a bagel, add chocolate chips and marshmallows, and broil until your preferred toastiness (the more burnt, the better!)
pregnancy cravings

 

speaking of delicious treats–cadburry mini eggs!
Why did I not realize how good these were until now? Craving these so much!!
cadburry mini eggs
happiness is having 3 older brothers to collect dandelions for you
girl with dandelions

 

sugar addicted? yes!
sugar addiction

 

when your backyard randomly sprouts up pretty purple flowers for the first time—photoshoot!
(ps. I know my neighbors have got to look out their windows sometimes and think I’m pretty strange!)
purple flowers

 

sprinkle donuts

 

healthy snack

 

This little girl loves to mimic everything her big brothers do. Sometimes that’s a bad thing and sometimes it’s awesome! #starwars
little jedis

 

banana girl

 

purple flowers

 

28 weeks
maternity picture

 

mom and girl

 

let’s not even talk about how grown up she looks 🙁
girl swinging on swing

 

heart shaped hands

 

mom and son

 

30 weeks
I had to get a picture of our matching pink converse
mommy daughter matching pink shoes
and I can’t just stop at one!
mom and girl matching

 

bumpdate 30 weeks

 

This is what happens when the garage door owner catches you taking pictures…you get a free family photo!
(by the way–can you tell who was being a little stubborn about our photoshoot?)
large family

 

thankfully, it looks like they’re already on their way to having more artistic talent than their mom!
kids watercoloring

And now on to May!!