Happy 5th Birthday, Sweet Emma

Instead of a party for Emma's birthday, this year we took a trip to the beach. I don't even remember the last time I was at the beach at this time of the year, but it was so nice and peaceful down there. It was a very cold weekend, so we didn't even go for a walk out on the sand, but we did play on the back deck of the condo some, which the kids absolutely loved! :)

This was my sweet boy on the drive down to the beach... just chillin with the girls...



My friend, Heather, who I just LOVE made this awesome cake for Emma! It took her hours upon hours of meticulous work and I could not be more thankful. Emma was in love with the cake and I didn't want to cut it because it was so pretty, but we did and boy was it yummy!



This is such a sweet picture of Emma, I just love it. And the band-aid on her head is a result of her jumping on the bed and banging her head on the dresser. Maybe she'll listen now when I tell her not to jump on the bed? Probably not.

Blowing out her candles!

The next day was Friday! I got up at 5:30 am to meet Jessica and Austin to go to Wilmington, where baby August was born. This was such an eventful day and I loved every minute of it.. well, except the 20 minutes where I left to get something to eat, because Ms. Jessica was only at four centimeters and in that 20 minutes, she went from 4 cm to a fully delivered baby. Who in the crap does that????? Anyway, I sprinted into the room just as the doctor pulled the baby out. I was pretty depressed that I missed the main event, but I'm over it now, I still got lots of good pictures, I just missed the best part.... ugh....

Anyway, this is one of my favorite pictures from that day, I just think she looks so cute putting on her chapstick.

The next day was Saturday and it was a very, very lazy day. I was tired from the busy day before and these pictures were all taken with a very crappy point and shoot camera that has since been returned to Best Buy, so please excuse all the red eyes and not so great pictures, but they're of my babies, so I love them just the same...

I love the look on his little face here! He loves playing with trucks, which believe me is a relief, because he also REALLY loves playing with his sister's dress-up clothes, mainly her crowns, necklaces, and sunglasses, so the mere fact that he likes trucks and bugs is quite reassuring. :)

And Emma took this picture of me while playing with the crappy point and shoot and she insists that it's great. I just think I look really gross and bored. Whatever.

Emma in her new princess dress that Mimi got her...

And this is her new Dora gown, princess toboggan, and Snow White crown.. all together.. boy is she a fashionista, or what?!?

And here's Noah with the crown.. he really likes it..

Emma being silly..

Sassyfras again....

Love this.. LOL...

Sweet babies.. in their non-matching clothes with unbrushed hair.. I love it!

And I look hideous, but I love it nonetheless, because it's me and my birthday girl... FIVE years old..... crap, life flies....