Happy 3rd Birthday Lily!

We celebrated our big girl's third birthday on Saturday with a trifecta of Lily's favorite things - bouncy castles, Dora the Explorer, and Chick-fil-a - by doing a Dora-themed party at Jungle Jumpers with catered Chick-fil-a for about a dozen friends.  We went all out, but it was a great party and she really enjoyed herself and felt special.  Then she got to come home and open her present from Mommy and Daddy...a new fish tank!!  She picked out three fish yesterday that she named Nemo, Marlin, aaaannnnndddd...Duke.

 

What mom, do I have something on my face?

looks like somebody learned how to take the tops off the markers...

Cuties in shades

What a difference a year makes

Remember these girls from last August???

Can you believe how much they've grown up???  We had to buy a bigger pool!  So glad Lily has a buddy to eat popsicles with this year :)

Ginny's first haircut - 7/27/2012

Lily setting a good example for her little sister

The "before" shots...it was so long on top, she couldn't even see!  Her baby-hawk had gotten pretty out of control...

"I'm not so sure about this, Mom"

She did pretty well sitting in my lap, only got squirmy right at the end.

Happy Birthday, Ginny Binny!

To celebrate Ginny's first birthday, we had a block party cookout in our back yard, the first time we have hosted our neighbors since we moved into our home.  It was a really good turnout (I was worried I would run out of food!) and we had about 50 people here, mostly neighbors with a few of our good friends from playgroup.  Ginny got a stand-up water play table from Mommy and Daddy, and we also had a baby pool, multiple slip-n-slides, and lots of tents and fans to help everyone stay cool.  Ginny definitely knew that the party was all for her and she enjoyed all the attention.

eating Mommy's homemade macaroni and cheese - one of her favorites!

She was such a little lady with her cake...she enjoyed it, but mostly just ate the strawberries and frosting off.

She did end up getting a little messy though!

Opening presents with the neighborhood "big girls"

Keys Trip 2012

Daddies back from deep sea fishing

Ginny Binny looking so pretty before going out to dinner

Girls with their babies, waiting to blow out candles for Jake's birthday

Lily and Audrey at the Dolphin Research Center

Lily met a dolphin named Louie...awesome!!

Mommy and my beautiful (and very patriotic-looking) girls

Ginny at the sandbar

Lily and Audrey in action...forget the ocean, our pool was their favorite thing!

Feeding the tarpon at Robbie's in Islamorada

Ginny making new friends at the Worldwide Sportsman