Birthday Weekend

Our Lilllia Paige turned 5 on October 3!  Gramma and Grampa came here for the weekend to celebrate!  We went bowling, out to eat, to the apple orchard, and had a little gift opening.  Lillia was delighted with all the activities and loved having my parents here to celebrate with her!

 Lillia's new birthday outfit. Thanks aunt Carrie!

 In the wooden train play structure at the Apple Orchard

 Grampa lifting Lillia up to pick the best looking apples!

 The Apple orchard gang

 Happy Birthday!  5 candles in her Angelfood Cake

 Lillia's favorite thing she got as a gift...the one thing she really wanted....a Big Sister button!  (so she could be like Daniel Tiger!  Who knew she was so easy to please?!)

 Even Brandon got to open a belated birthday present....MEAT from Fareway!  :)

Happy Birthday Lillia Paige!  We love you!

Almost 5 years ago, exactly....

I woke up with a few sharp pains.....FINALLY!  Labor was just beginning at 11:30pm and I was about to embark on a 24hour labor journey to meet the sweet baby girl I had been dreaming about for 9 months.....

Lillia Paige turns 5 tomorrow!  How can that even be?  I don't feel "old" enough to have a 5 year old!  She's not a toddler, I can no longer shop for her in the "baby/toddler" section, she can out-eat me at breakfast EVERY SINGLE MORNING, she's moving out of being completely dependent and moving into the ability to be more independent....it's a little surreal that my first baby will now use all of her fingers on one hand when showing people how old she is! 

A happy birthday post coming tomorrow!