party time...

Last Saturday we had Marley's 3rd. birthday party at Hope Park Splash Pad in Frisco.  Since it has rained every year on Marley's birthday since she was born we were very worried!  To add to that worry it rained for a week straight leading up to the night before her party!  Luckily we got sunny skies for the party!  We had lot's of friends and family come and celebrate with us and I think everyone had a blast!

Ranger

Max

Erin, Marley and Nate

Max, Sarah, Dorota, Adrian, Taylor and Loren

Aunt Lauren, Uncle Randall and Ranger

Callie

Nate

Erin and Nate

Callie and Taylor

Nate and Erin

Callie

Erin, Marley and Nate

Nate and Landry

Max, Piper and Callie

Nate

Nate, Erin and Cade

Marley and Erin

Audrey and Ella

3 years old...

May 24, 2016...3 years old...

Today Marley turns 3.  She has blessed my life in the past 3 years more than I could have ever imagined.  She is outgoing, funny, moody...basically all girl!

Our amazing photographer, Bobbi Van Reet once again captured her true spunky spirit...
She is wearing the pearls that Adam gave to me when we found out we were having a girl!

I decided with her 3rd. birthday to start "interviewing" her every year on her birthday and ask her the same questions.  Here goes for 3...

1.  What is your favorite color?  pink

2.  What is your favorite toy?  princess dresses

3.  What is your favorite fruit?  apples

4.  What is your favorite TV show?  PJ Masks

5.  What is your favorite thing to eat for lunch?  spaghetti

6.  What is your favorite outfit?  jammies

7.  What is your favorite game?  hide & seek

8.  What is your favorite snack?  grapes

9.  What is your favorite animal?  giraffes & pigs

10.What is your favorite song?  "Dinky Dink"

11.What is your favorite book?  Shine-A-Light Planes

12.Who is your best friend?  Erin

13.What is your favorite cereal?  Lucky Charms

14.What is your favorite thing to do outside?  go to the park

15.What is your favorite drink?  milk

16.What is your favorite holiday?  Christmas

17.What do you like to take to bed at night?  babies

18.What is your favorite thing to eat for breakfast?  oatmeal

19.What do you want for dinner on your birthday?  spaghetti

20.What do you want to be when you grow up?  teacher

big girl room...

Well we finally made the leap to a big girl bed!  We had planned to make it to 3, and we probably could have considering she never once tried to get out, but it was getting more and more difficult for me to get her in and out.

I must admit that I had a blast decorating her new room.  We moved her to the front room since it is a lot bigger.  After about 10 paint samples on the wall (literally 10) we chose a color Koral Kick...it is PERFECT!  Then I sewed curtains, a bedskirt, and a tent cover in the same fabrics as her baby bedding.  We already had a patchwork quilt that matched to put at the end of the bed.  We went with a simple off-white quilt on the bed and lots of fun pillows.  My favorites - the stuffed unicorn head and the collage wall.  Everything on the collage wall was chosen with much love and meaning.  The best part...the guardian angel picture that has been passed down in my family and hung in my childhood bedroom until now.

The transition went great!  She loves her new "big girl princess room"!  She stays in bed once we tuck her in and then she calls us when she gets up.  

Fingers crossed this continues!