A Party in Pixie Hollow

Layne celebrated her 3rd birthday on January 30th, but I am just now getting those pictures downloaded. She had been saying that she wanted a Tinkerbell party for many months, so when it came time to plan the BIG day...it was a no-brainer! As a child, I ALWAYS had my birthday parties at home with friends and family. My mom would bake and decorate our cakes and we would have simple decorations...streamers and balloons! I absolutely LOVE how personal it was, so I have tried to create this same atmosphere for my kiddos birthdays. I have always made the cake myself (or with help from my mom). I was not impressed with my work on this particular cake, but it is what it is and hopefully someday Layne will appreciate the effort!! I won't promise that my kid will never have a birthday party outside of our home, but while they're young I hope to continue to keep things simple. My pictures our in reverse order, but I think you can get the idea! Layne had a fabulous time with her cousins, grandparents, and aunts and uncles. Lance couldn't be there of course, but she took time out from the party to chat with him on the phone.

Here's a picture of our smallest fairy right before she fell asleep.

Here's my Bug blowing out her candles...it's supposed to be a giant sunflower with the faires on top in case there was some confusion!

Jerid and I got her the purple princess bike she has been asking for since Santa brought Autumn a pink one!

Here's the gifts Lance got her...101 Dalmations and an outfit. Thanks Lance!

Here is the party...(top) C.J., Reece, Cash, Autumn, Layne, Bella
(bottom) Kamryn, Avery, Carson

Cash was conducting a very important business call!

Here's my sweet, little Tinkerbell...loved the headband and bow "Aunt" Leia!!!

Happy Birthday Reece!

Flashback...Lyla is 7 Months!

My sweet Lyla is now 7 months old...today! I don't know where all the time has gone!! She is now sitting up by herself with an occassional fall, loves her solid foods (even the green ones), and is chabbering a lot (she says dada)!!! Those teeth that had found there way to the surface at three months are still not poking through! I'm thinking this will happen any day now! I was limited on recent pics because I'm at Kandace's and don't have all my photos downloaded over here. So, here's a pic of Lyla recently and one of her as a newborn...babies are so much fun!

Layne Juleian is 3!

Layne Juleian born January 30th, 2007 at 5:45 P.M.
Height-19.75 in.
Weight-6.12 lbs.
Layne at age 1!

Layne at 2!

Layne at age 3! She looks so old to me!!

My sweet Layne turned 3 last Saturday!! We had to reschedule her party from Sat. to Sun. so that everyone could make it. She had a great time and I will post party pics soon. I just wanted to share some of the things that she has been up to and what she is like at 3. She is very independent, but still loves having the sympathy of Mommy and Daddy when she gets hurt or discouraged! She is extremely witty and kind, with a bit of sassiness from time to time. Lately, her favorite thing to do is "DRESS-UP". She loves wearing her Disney costumes or just putting on one outfit after another. We spend all day changing clothes!!! She is of average height and weight which many of you know EXCITES me! Some of her favorite foods are "macaronies", tomatoes, blueberries, strawberries, bagels and cheese (she is my daughter after all)! She loves books, coloring, singing, bubble baths, and playing with her dolls. Love you Layney Bug!!!

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Christmas 2009

I know that it is almost February and I am just now posting Christmas pictures, but it's better late than never...right? As you all know we had a very snowy Christmas Eve in OKC and it was absolutely beautiful!! Of course it made it impossible for us to attend the Christmas Eve service at church and extremely difficult to get to Woodward Christmas Day! Many of our neighbors came over Christmas Day and helped Jerid dig our way out of the driveway so that we could head to Woodward...they are such wonderful people! Here are way too many pictures from our various Christmas celebrations...it was hard to choose just a few!!


This is our house Christmas Eve

I still put Layne and Lyla in their Christmas dresses and took pictures even though we couldn't go to church! I had a difficult time getting a good pic.

Layne holding Baby Jesus in her hands.

Here's the Barbie Jeep Santa brought Layne...she HAD to sit in it while opening all her gifts!!

Lyla got a play gym from Santa which she loves! It worked out well because she played with it while the rest of us opened gifts.

This is the baby doll we got her...she LIKED it a little too much!

Autumn and Layne in their dress up costumes with their favorite Dar! I just love this picture!!!

Layne in her Christmas outfit at Grandma and Grandpa's...she LOVES Snoopy and "Woodscotch"!

Lyla in her matching Christmas outfit..."MERRY Christmas to all"!

My incredibly talented mom made all the girls in the family aprons for Christmas...she even made Lyla a bib!

She also found these aprons for the guys and thought it would be funny...I mean fun to get them for all the "men" in our family! They all looked so thrilled!!!

Here's a picture of the kiddos making their "SCARY" faces...C.J. was still half asleep and not interested in being photographed!

This is a picture of the two princesses putting their wands together to create some MAGIC! They have such a great time playing together! I love Autumn's pose!!

And of course, what would Christmas be without a snowman??? Jerid made this for Layne while she stood there doing her only job...holding the carrot until it was time to add it. I was inside with Lyla and I heard someone digging in the fridge. When I asked Layne what she was doing this is how the conversations went...

Layne: "I'm getting a carrot".

Me: "I already gave you a carrot".

Layne: "Yeah...well...I ate it, so I'm going to need another one".

That's my girl!!!