Birthday Party!... Finally!

Well it was a successful "do over" birthday party for my gorgeous baby girl! We ended up doing it this morning; sort of like a glorified playdate:). Honestly it ended up being fantastic. We actually had a better turnout than we would have had Saturday morning, crazy how God works things out just perfectly. Anyway here are some pictures from our birthday party this morning for Emma Grace! She had a fantastic time and she's actually just waking up so I have to run but hopefully you'll enjoy!

It was ALL things train "choo choo" this year!

(ps try finding pink train stuff; yikes!!:)

Her new favorite color is yellow (Lolo as she calls it:) and I think it's becuase she likes to say it! So it was great that we happened to have this yellow tutu already; worked out perfect!! yay:)

Eyeing the cake....

I could just tell she wanted to stick her little fingers in it:)!

Busted:):)!!LOL

Found amazingly cute pink train stuff on etsy!

Cutest pink train cake ever:)!!

Rmbr those cookies she was decorating for all her friends....

Well everyone left with one:)!

Pictures of birthday week so far (explanation below)

Enjoying the museum

Red Robin birthday lunch!



Look what mommy & daddy got me for my 2nd birthday!!








decorating cookies for all my friends to take home at my birthday party!

So proud of my work!!

I might have eaten some while decorating!:)

Finally I get to blow out a candle & eat a cupcake!!

Grandma & Grandpa bought me a chuggington sticker book!!

Morning of my birthday party; feeling much better but not great so grandparents came over to give me hugs & of course more gifts! Still in my pj's and finally breaking my fever:(!!

Unwrapping more gifts of course...

coolest bubble maker EVER (Thank you Haas's)

I don't care how sick I am I have to see how this works!:)

I am never leaving this tent!!

Pictures from my actual birthday coming soon!!

Birthday! Barf! & Balloons! (pictures see post above)

So Emma Grace's 2nd birthday was on Thursday May 12th! But truthfully started on Tuesday the 10th and is still in progress as we speak; let me explain....

My mom & dad came over to celebrate Emma Grace with gifts and yummy dinner on Tuesday night because they were busy Thursday night. Well it ended up being a bit of an impromptu bday gathering for my little angel because I ended up watching Jameson (Emma's BFF:) for my friend Megan. Our friends Allie & Jason and their girls Hayley (Emma's other BFF:) & Elysa ended up stopping by as well. So with pizza, gifts from the parents, a nice evening we laughed, played outside and thoroughly got as hyper as possible enjoying her 1st (of many) birthday celebrations!

Fast forward to Thursday (her actual birthday) and Chris took the day off and we had an amazing time at the WOW childrens museum, lunch at Red Robin and shopping at Target for a toy. She crashed out and we put together her bday gift so that when she woke up she was surprised! It was awesome:)! Then Chris' parents came over to enjoy a little Chick fil A and sang happy birthday! She finally got to eat a cupcake and blow out her candle!

Well all this to lead up to her actual birthday party Saturday morning; with all her friends! We were so excited... first though we had to pick up Uncle Mark on Friday at the airport who flew in for her birthday celebration. We got stuff done for the party, hung out with another friend and by the time we got home from airport & running around it was 5pm! Well we got home to my poor beautiful Emma Grace sick! Barfing with a temperature! So needless to say the party must NOT go on! So we had to cancel her party for Saturday morning.

So here we are Monday afternoon with a pink train cake that feeds 20, 36 sandwiches, 30 bags of chips, a dozen balloons, 12 chocolate cupcakes and 12 decorated cookies for a parting gift!!! I'm exhausted just typing all this:)LOL.... so we just figured out that this Wednesday morning we are having a "do over" party for Miss Emma at our house with anyone that can make it:)!

Pray for continued health the next couple of days:) and I'll be adding pictures of the actual "party" after Wednesday!

So as I said before the LONGEST 2nd birthday EVER!!!

xoxo

Yay Mothers Day!

I hope everyone had a FANTASTIC mothers day! I felt loved, appreciated and honored. My Mom, Dad, Emma Grace & I went to church (which PS was seriously fabulous and just amazing as always:) and then my dad treated us ladies to brunch at a fab hotel. We came home and my mom and I got each other flowers and planting stuff (great minds think alike I suppose:) so we spent the afternoon after Emma's nap planting as grandma, mom and daughter, IT WAS AWESOME! To me it was exactly what I wanted and needed!.... where was Chris you ask:)?? Well that's another amazing and fabulous thing that happened. Two of his closest friends who ROCK; you know who you are;) flew in from So Cal & Germany of all places! and whisked him away to a much needed weekend away to reconnect with each other, with the Lord and just be able to speak into each others lives.... and watch sports and of course play settlers!! but I'm sure there was some talking & praying at some point;). So when I say the Garcia's are being shown the most beautiful & perfect & most amazing picture of the body of Christ I'm not joking!!! God is SO good and SO faithful!

So I'm sure you're thinking "huh? 3 guys, wedding rings, having bkfst on mothers day morning together no sign of their wives anywhere???LOL!! Chris did say they were getting some pretty funky looks:)LOL!!!

And to my dear Katie & Louise I have no words to describe my thankfulness for your sacrifice of your husbands on such an important weekend as mothers day, without your selflessness, sacrifice and willingness to be alone with all those kiddos this weekend would not have happened; BLESS YOU!!!! from the bottom of my heart...