Party Time!

Yesterday our big-little girl turned 3 years old! We had a fun little party in the backyard with a few friends. What fun a kiddie pool in the sunshine and some friends can be! Thanks, guys for celebrating with us!

Bombs away!

A satisfying splash

The water was colder than they let on, and after this particular self-dunking, she showed how she really felt. :)

Singing at the top of their lungs, running through the sprinkler, splashing in the pool, eating birthday cake, sipping cold lemonade... pretty much the best day ever.

All three girls, "Can i please have the PINK flower???" Good thing we made more than one pink flower. Super yummy cake made by Memere. Nothing beats Memere's chocolate cake with buttercream frosting!

This little party pooper slept through the whole thing.

Munching in the shade and gearing up for another round in the pool.

Auntie Lindsey cuddling our big 3 year old. Lindsey is my cousin/childhood friend - and like a sister to me. She was there in the delivery room the day our Quinn was born, and has been a huge help playing with Nadia while we go to dr's appointments, etc. Thank you, friend! Love!

Her husband, Jeff, is generally less helpful. (grin) But here he's taking our newborn for a test drive. Quinn is a perfect baby to warm up with. It looks good on you, Jeff.

Despite our most earnest efforts, our friends came with lots of fun gifts.

She put some of those gifts to good use immediately.

Just under 2 weeks after delivering our new baby boy, we decided to throw our big sister a party. We might be a little nuts. My mom did almost all the work herself (Phil blew up a few balloons and set up a table and chairs). I sat around with our newborn and soaked it all in. Thank you so much, Mom! Nadia will never forget this party.

The end of an outrageously fun day, watching the sun sink away.

And painting a picture in the pretty evening light. Happy birthday, sayangku, si kecil, bocah 3 tahun!