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the story behind the party. first she wanted to take her friends to a movie...nice and easy was my thought. next she wanted to have a party at the rock gym. she loves to climb with her dad and she's really good at it. then she found out we would be inviting family there too. we've usually had family separate which is where we play her annual slideshow. she said "what about my slideshow?" instantly the party became a girly girl party at out house where she could play the slideshow. i love that this tradition is as important to her as it is to me.

so here's a peek at her party...manicures, pedicures and sparkles galore....

and of course the slideshow. click the image below...

update

"first grade is awesome!" i realize i left you hanging on a sad note with the previous post. i was probably more sad and anxious than my little girl. she had a great first day and loves the first grade. school is just exhausting.

first grade jitters

i've got a ton to share...july to september are just crazy around here. but today i had to share this. miss lily's first day of first grade. she was excited and ready to go. when she walked into class she found her seat and put her head down. i took a couple photos and kissed her goodbye. she was sad. i asked her why. she said it wasn't going to be any fun. well we know that's not true, lily is the fun. so i peeked through the door window and watched and she sat with her head down not participating as class started. my heart sank to my belly. my baby girl is nervous. she is confident and happy and loves to make people laugh, but today she is scared, an emotion i rarely see.

today...

...i painted 110 toes

this morning

me "what day is it?"
lily "my birthday eve!"
today my baby is five.
tomorrow she is six.

catching up on her first years. i'll get there. it's getting a bit harder since i was blogging at this point. she was three.

best birthday present. she would ask me to write names and other words. within a couple weeks she was writing them on her own, drawing stick people and jellyfish

dressing for the first day of preschool
photo shoot...she was soooooo difficult to shoot at this age

bedtime...always falling asleep with a book, but the matching dress melts my heart

just can't get enough of these

seriously...who falls asleep with their hand in the popcorn bowl

your almost one now little sister...time to dress up

that's my girl...the jealous year, pouting on ava's birthday

she has to be one of the only three year olds put in time out at dance :) obviously not ready

climb in here sis

omg...eye contact!

just call us the underpants family

she loves the rose fields out here

my mornings...this was the next catalog she carried around for months...picking out toys

collecting her ornaments....always with a collection

she was an adorable candle..before she ate it

she had the chicken pox on christmas

her lashes were the first thing the dr. noticed after she was born

she loves to be silly because she loves to make you laugh

she wanted to wear my wedding shoes for months...so i gave them to her

just noticed the peace sign here

that's my girl...first fishing trip

the princess turns four

the third year

oh boy was it rough...on me. a two year old, a new baby, a new house and a husband busy changing careers. after the third year i always wondered why on earth so many people have their babies two year apart! lily was a challenge at two...looking back it's more likely that i had unrealistic expectations. she was an animated, fun, loving and smart little girl. looking back this is when my little baby turned into a little girl.

buckle up dora, so we can be safe

"she has a noes, and knees"
learning spanish she loves this image

yes, i take this with each kid, i love how chubby her face is here

getting down and dirty

she loves her sis

the layer stage, she would change 50 times a day...it drove me nuts

nursing baby

meow

changing baby, no kidding she has always been a little mommy

look at all of these socks

she loved puzzles and could put them together on her own

my princess

that face is soooo familiar

she always has to pose with something...toy, sister, flower

i loved this day...she was pushing her sis giving her the loudest belly laugh

she fell asleep at dinner

her best friend

playing with daddy

" i want to shave like daddy"

she really will sleep anywhere

you would find her sleeping in random places in the afternoon

she is an independent child

sleeps just like her daddy

i'm not sure why i bought her clothes at this point

posing with another toy

definitely the year of the tea party

{kiss} she was such a challenge to photograph...no eye contact

one of my favorite images ever!

she would carry this catalog around looking at all of the birthday themes picking one out for each of us

she still has that same laugh

her first camera "click take a pic' it's a dora table

every night we would take a wagon ride with popsicles

she never sucked her thumb, not sure why she is here

love her messy buns

finally a real camera

my baby's growing up