Norah Turns Three!

Well this just happened, We officially have a threenager in the house! We started her day off right with letting her pick out doughnuts (pink icing with sprinkles, shocker) as we sang Happy Birthday to her. I think we could have ended it right there and she would have been on cloud 9. But earlier in the week I took her to the party store and let her pick out whatever decorations she wanted for her party. 

No surprise to me, she chose My Little Pony almost instantly and did not change her mind. We had a My little Pony banner with My Little Pony Plates. 

She picked out all the balloons too! She made sure there was all her favorite colors which I guess are pink, another shade of pink, purple, blue and green.

I even let her decide what kind of cake she wanted. She told me a pink cake with purple sprinkles. This is the best I could do and she was thrilled. 

I picked out the balloon only because its awesome and I wanted a picture just like this! 

We invited over Norah's cousins, Jane and Caroline for dinner, presents and cake. She got a big stuffed Rainbow Dash, a Bell doll, and a My Little Pony backpack filled with PONIES! She's only been asking for them for about a month lol. 

We sang Happy Birthday and let her blow out the candles. As if throwing your child a birthday party isn't fun enough, I think it just got better when they actually "get it." 

Here's a video of all the fun moments on her big day

The girls played their little hearts out until us parents had heard one tantrum too many and called it a night! Norah slept with all her ponies, they ate breakfast with her the next morning and even went to church. I would say this year was a birthday win:)

We love you Norah, Happy Birthday sweet girl! 

7 Months

Welp, another month has flown by! These kids keep me pretty busy so I may not blog about every activity we do. But I do find time to post Hamilton's monthly pictures! Mostly because, I just look forward to them so much each month!

I will take this time to document our first trip to the ER, compliments of this little dude right here. 

A few days ago, I had H strapped into his little bouncer on my kitchen island (see where I'm going with this). And while I was making our breakfast, he had tried to sit up in the bouncer, which has him reclined, and the weight of himself brought him tumbling off the kitchen counter head first onto the floor. 

Panic. Hysteria. Terror. Shock. Anxiety.

All emotions felt simultaneously as I held my half unconscious baby almost life-less like in  my arms. The fall had literally knocked him out for a few seconds, after which, he still had trouble keeping his head up and eyes open. I made the quick decision to rush him to the ER. By the time we got to the hospital he was totally alert like nothing had happened. The Dr examined him fully and said he was fine. I was in complete awe! Not that I wanted anything to be wrong with him... I just thought when an infant falls 3 1/2 feet on their head an injury would be warranted! But thankfully he wasn't showing any signs of a concussion or other head trauma and we could go home! 

So I officially aged 10 years and thank my heavenly father every day for my children and pray for their safety. Apparently I also need to be praying to not be such a dingy parent by putting my child in  a bouncer on the counter top, which will NEVER happen again! 

Just days after his accident this is what remains....a happy, belly laughing, handsome little boy! 

And Norah gets an honorable mention for being the best little helper during her moms panic attack!