A Very Belated...

...birthday shout-out to our sweet Sevvy!

Sevvy turned one the end of September.  We celebrated the day with a trip to an apple orchard and farm where we picked apples, chose our fall pumpkins and squash for the house, and rode ponies.  Aunt T and Uncle T and the cousins came with us and we wrapped up the day with an evening of pizza and cupcakes at our house.  It was a great day!

Heading out to make our picks.  It was miserably hot and humid that day, not what I envisioned for apple picking, but we managed to get a couple of baskets before we couldn't stand the heat any more:

 Wondering if she should throw it or eat it...

 Sweet birthday girl!

 The cousin crew...

 I wasn't sure that Sunny was going to go through with the pony ride.  She looked really nervous the whole time, but in the end was very proud of herself!  (Have you ever seen such a tiny pony?)

This lady needed no convincing.  She just swung herself up without any help and off she went.

We didn't get a great family picture that day, we were all pretty hot at this point, but Sevvy's face in this picture just cracks me up!

 Checking out her candle...

 Slowly getting into it...

 That's more like it!

And... the obligatory first birthday kitchen sink bath.

 Sevvy was amazed that everyone was giving her things instead of taking them away.  She looked a bit baffled while opening her gifts.  :)

 It's been pure joy having you in our family and watching you grow, sweet little one!

Dance for the Cure 2010

I've been trying to post these photos for a couple of days now, but Blogger and I weren't getting along very well.  Our issues seem to be resolved now, so here we go...

The girls started taking dance lessons six weeks ago and on Saturday they had their first dance performance at a show to raise money for the Susan G. Komen foundation.

Sparkle dressed as a "celebrity," which was a little difficult for me to wrap my head around, but I think we pulled it off.

I had told her that she could wear make-up that night and she reminded me of my promise just before we walked out the door.  I slapped some eye-shadow, lipstick, and mascara on her and regretted it almost immediately.  WAY too grown up for my six year old.  She loved it, of course.

I'm still nursing a wound inflicted by the curling iron that night, but she was worth it.

Sunny and the rest of her preschool friends dressed in 80's garb for their "Maniac" performance.

It was HOT and muggy and there were plenty of bugs in the grass.  Sunny made sure that everyone got a bug repellent wipe.

Daddy got to join us for the performance and was a huge help in making sure that Sevvy didn't eat too much grass while I took video and pictures.

Did I mention it was hot?

I leave you with photos of Sunny and the highlight of her night.  Scroll down to my two previous posts for video of their dances if you haven't seen them yet.  Thanks for visiting!

Sparkle's Dance for the Cure 2010

Sunny's Dance for the Cure 2010

Another First

Sunny woke up yesterday with a mysterious purple upper lip.  I'm not usually one to panic, but I did page Buzz to ask him if he was aware of any rare disease with this symptom.  He wasn't, but agreed that it was strange when I described what it looked like.  I carefully checked the rest of her body for abnormalities but didn't find any.  When asked if her lip hurt, she said, "No, not at all," in the sweetest of sing-song voices.

I noticed nervously after her nap that her lip was even more purple and that the bottom lip area was becoming involved as well.  When Buzz came home for dinner, he agreed that it was very odd and we discussed whether we should take her in the next day to get some labs drawn.

After watching Sparkle with a water bottle though, Buzz had a thought:  "Has she been playing with a water bottle at all?"

We searched the girls' bedroom for a bottle but didn't find one.  Then as we were reading a bedtime story, a large white cap from a pretend bottle of lotion caught my eye.  I picked it up and sucked the air out of it, suctioning it to my mouth.  Sunny looked at me with a twinkle in her eye and giggled uncontrollably.

"Do you like to stick this to your mouth?"

"Yeah, like this..."

She demonstrated and when she laughed and it popped off, the purple color around her mouth had deepened even further...

Our silly, silly girl had given herself her first hickey.

Happy 4th!

It's a...

BOY!!!
I'm still debating about posting pictures of my son's private parts on my blog.  I assure you, they are there.  And daddy couldn't be more proud!

Wow!  We have a son... I honestly thought that this would never happen.  I am so, SO glad to be wrong!