SEVEN?! How can this be?

HAPPY SEVENTH BIRTHDAY!!
Preslee turned 7 on Sept. 16th..but we celebrated the entire weekend! She is so much fun! I cannot believe it's been 7 years since the day I held her in my arms. She has grown into the most amazing little girl; I am so proud of her!

For her birthday, Preslee wanted her room redone--a little more grown-up, now that she's seven, of course! So the night before her birthday I made her sleep in Cash's room and I started on painting. Ryan helped with taping and garbage duty (she had TONS of it under her bed!!) and I took care of the design. SHE LOVED IT! We revealed it to her the next day (her actual bday) after she got home from school. So happy she loves it so much! Of course, Ryan didn't want to just leave it at a room, redo, so he went out and bought her a bike!! Can you say SPOILED?!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY PRINCESS!

For her family birthday parties we chose an Asian theme this year (everyone who knows me knows I *must* have a theme... and then I tend to go overboard no matter how much I say I won't! lol...) Anyway--we had candy sushi, fortune cookies dipped in chocolate, a dragon cake, chinese lanterns, the Chinese Zodiac on place mats and ordered chinese food! We had the Burraston's here Friday night and the Jones' Sunday night.
Preslee had a little party with the youngest girl cousins. We decided on a "baking party" for this one. I put up some cupcake liner garland and called it good. LOL! We decorated aprons with puff paint and sequins, then each girl got her own bowl and whisk. I found a recipe that makes just 2 cupcakes--so Meg and I put all the ingredients in each bowl and the girls got to choose which food color and flavor they wanted---and of course SPRINKLES!! Some of them put so many sprinkles in their batter that it changed the colors! :) It was a lot of fun for the girls... exhausting for me and Meggie (Thanks Meg for all your help!!)

Now back to the Asian theme.... Here was our little surprise!
Expected Due Date: April 21, 2012. We were able to have an ultrasound at 8 weeks to check and make sure there's a healthy baby in there...and sure enough, there is! :) We could see the little heart beating so fast, and got to hear it too. 174 beats per minute!! It's so amazing to be able to see that, even when baby is only an inch long! We are beyond excited about this..and it was just one more special birthday surprise for Preslee!! :D