Birthday aftermath....

Here's just some cutesy pics of the Mabelle with some of her gifts that had to be put together...and at tumbling class (she's the crazy child in those pics...hahahaha!). And some of her just being silly!!!!

Her new trike...she loves it!

Eating with her new trike...posing on her own!
Coloring at her new desk...she's serious about it.
Reaching and jumping at tumbling.
Supposed to be doing the butterfly legs, but was laying and rolling around instead.
Figuring out that she can pull her shirt down over her knees!

She just had to wear her bunny ears and tutu around...she kept hopping and saying she was a bunny!

Then her new snow boots came, and got added to the outfit. Do you think she might like to play dress-up????!!

23 Weeks...almost a week later..

I know, I know...I'll be 24 weeks tomorrow (yup, that's 6 months preggers). We've just had a ton going on, and haven't been able to get back in our groove...but I figured posting a pic of myself, might get my groove back. HAHAHA!

Ok...so 23 weeks, feeling a ton of movement, even seeing it move in there already. Starting to get uncomfortable, but that's mainly at night after a long day of toddler chasing and getting up and down off the floor or from playing. So it's expected...but still gets me sore. We go back to the doc next week to do the glucose test (yummy), and check to see if this Peanut wants to cooperate this time and reveal him/herself!

Alright the moment you've been waiting for....it's ME!

As always, feel free to click on the image and get a close-up of that gigantic belly!!!!!

It's a rootin' TWOotin' Jamboree!!

Mabelle had her Rootin' TWOotin' cowgirl jamboree last night, and it went really well. She had several friends come, and had a blast playing with them and opening all her gifts. She loved everything, and wanted to play with it right then and there. I didn't go "all out" with decorations, but we did do some fun things. We had WANTED signs for all the kiddos, along with their favor bags wrapped in burlap and tied with bandannas. I also made the hanging pennants, tablecloth, Mabelle's birthday shirt (although Daddy did draw the design), and we did some fun food to go with the theme (pigs in a blanket, peanuts, fritos, dips, potato salad, and macaroni salad). We also had a horseshoe cake that we put a cowprint on, with fun red and white cupcakes and some fabulous balloons--featuring a HUGE cowboy boots balloon. We had a great time and are soo thankful for all the gifts she received, as well as all the people who were able to come. Here's some pics to prove there was an actual par-tay :)

Part of the decorations...without the balloons. You can see the WANTED signs, gift table (with the basket of favors on it), the pennants hanging, the birthday girl's rocking chair, and Sunny sleeping (but decorated as well!).

Mabelle in her Daddy's new truck, checking things out.

Greeting her BFF, Charlee, as she got there. Charlee dressed up too...YEE-HAW! Mabelle's cowprint leggings with her cowboy boots :) Momma & Mabelle dressed for the party--we didn't get a picture of Mimi dressed up too! :( Just being sooo darn cute.

"Momma...moneys!!!!" She quickly closed the box (only letting one of the hundred dollar bills get away). She loves moneys--Sissy, Chris, Izzie, Nick, y'all did good!! Food......mmmmmmmmm......"don't eat it"!

The other hit of the party...a HUGE Cinderella card that sings. Oh, how she loves those cards that sing...thanks Mimi & Papa!Her new trike from Momma & Daddy.
Her new rocking horse from Charlee..."woohoo".

The cake and cupcakes, with a splash of peanuts!!

Blowing out her candle on her horseshoe cow cake...yeah, Mimi and Momma have skills (that don't really pay the bills....hahahaha).

Mmmmm....cupcake...

Mabelle LOVES a cupcake!

Goodbye hug for Charlee.

Goodbye hug for Race.
After party snack...
Thank you everyone...keep a lookout for your special thank you card soon!!!!

Happy Birthday Sweet Mabelle Grace!!

Mabelle's birthday was yesterday (and no tears from anyone...me or her!!), she had the best day. Mommy and Daddy got her a bouquet of balloons featuring Tinkerbell, along with a fabulous breakfast. She picked a donut with sprinkles, and proceeded to eat only the sprinkles off her donut...never taking one bite of the donut! Then decided she wanted to wear her tutu all day...I let her, even when we went out to go see her BFF, Charlee (who brought her a very yummy smoothie). When I put her down for her nap, she babbled to herself and then sang herself the entire "Happy Birthday" song...such a silly girl! Later that night, we got her her favorite dinner, PIZZA, joined by a new fruit drink with Cinderella on it. We then opened a ton of presents...from Mommy & Daddy, Aunt Elise & Uncle Dave, Nana & Grandad, Bubba, and Papa Joe & Grandma Teresa...and we thought she wouldn't have enough to open! After the craziness of present opening, we decorated cupcakes together, where she just licked 5 cupcakes' sprinkles, and helped me by placing the sprinkles on them one by one. We then got a visit from her friend Rylee, and she got to open another gift! With all that sugar, you'd think she would've been a bear to get to sleep...nope, she went right to bed...the exciting day just wore her out. Here are a ton of pictures of her very special day!

Eating her breakfast sprinkles.

Opening her card from Mimi & Papa...20 $2 bills...she's a baller!
Posing with her balloons...saying cheese!
Her new Cinderella drink..and her yummy pizza dinner.
Starting on the gifts...

Every gift gets this reaction...

Some dishes from Nana & Granddad

Mr. Potato Head gets some new outfits.

Money, money, money

Reading a card....ooohhh!

Her pile of gifts from Weezer & Uncle Dave.

Ripping open the bag of goodies.

It's a Princess Little People set...so perfect.

Opening her gift from Papa Joe & Grandma Teresa...a Princess House!

It's HUGE, but she loves it sooo much!! Jason thinks it'll be a great babysitter!

Making sure to taste each cupcake after I put sprinkles on them. Placing the sprinkles on one by one...sooo careful.
Blowing out her candle, I was prepared to help, but she got it "all byself"

Finally eating one...oh wait, nope still just eating the sprinkles off them!

Giving Mama a cupcake...they were sooo good!

Thank you everyone who helped make her birthday an extra special day for her! We are looking forward to extending the celebrations to her party on Saturday...can't wait to see everyone and then show all those who couldn't make it--the gazillions of pics we take of the rootin' TWOotin' good time!

Her first push-up...what a mess!

So after we got home from Mabelle's friends birthday party...Jason wanted to give her a push-up. Her very first one..he was soo excited. She loved it, and I hated the mess...whoa those are messy!

Here she is, in her party dress, eating her first push-up!

Those are when it was still a neat treat...the messiness ensued shortly after.