Pinkalicious Party

Yesterday at our home, we had a Pinkalicious Birthday Party to celebrate Lilah's 6th birthday. The word Pinkalicious came from her favorite book about a little girl who turns pink! We had pink everywhere! It was about 100 degrees here yesterday, so we planned her party for about 6 pm when the temperature came down a few degrees. We cooked BBQ w/trimmings, and hot dogs for the kids. My husband doesn't like to take pictures, but I got one real fast while he was cutting up the meat...

We borrowed a big inflatable water slide and set it up outside for the kids to play on. They loved it! We had about 20 kids in the backyard. The kids hit a pinata, and we had to stop all the kids from getting candy so baby sister could grab a few...

Celeste was happy to get some candy, even though she doesn't look happy in this picture...

Trinity was only happy when I was holding her, which made serving, cleaning, and cooking a bit harder. I set her down for a second and caught her smiling.

I ordered this cake without seeing a picture of a similar one, and was a little worried about how it would come out, but I have to say it was beautiful and it tasted even better. It was strawberry of course to go with our pink theme...

and here is the birthday girl holding her cake.

By the end of the night we had a big mess inside, lots of mud outside, VERY tired children...

and a wet, dirty dog who was trying to jump on the tables to eat the leftovers...

Anyone who knows me knows that I try to keep my house clean at all times, so I stayed up last night till 2am cleaning, mopping, and disinfecting my house. Lilah stayed up with me, and played with her new things. She tried to open something with her teeth, and this is what happened (look at he bottom right of her mouth)...

I don't even think this tooth was loose. She just bent the tooth down, and it was laying sideways. Gross I know, but she pulled it and got tooth fairy money on top of birthday money. It was a great ending to "birthday season". I don't need to plan another party until March!

Autood

As some of you may know by reading my last post, my oldest daughter recently turned 6, and I am totally convinced she is going on 16. Ever since she has been a baby she is very much independent, wanting to do things her way. Recently she has had a bit of a sour attitude. I don't know why, but we are working on changing it now, rather than waiting till it's too late. Anyway, the other day she said something to her dad with a lot of attitude in her voice. My eyes got big when I heard her, and before I knew it she was in her room at 6:30 with the lights out! A few minutes later we heard her door open, and she walked over to her dad and handed him an apology letter she wrote for him. Keep in mind, she just learned how to spell by sounding out the words. This is what she wrote...

It reads...

Dir Dad

Sore for

my

Autood

Love

Delilah

Translation...

Dear Dad

Sorry for

my

attitude

Love

Delilah

Lets just say it melted his heart.

A Beautiful Green Eyed Girl Turns 6!

Today my first born baby girl is celebrating her 6th birthday. I shake my head in disbelief while writing this because I can't believe it's been 6 years. Where does time go? Sometimes I can't even remember what it was like to only have had 1 child at that time. She was born July 3, 2003 at 5:14 pm. She weighed 6lbs 10oz and was 19 1/2 inches long. She was perfect. My husband named her Delilah Faith. In memory of his mother. She was born with blue eyes, and since then they change from green to blue, depending on her mood as my mom says. She is the only one in our family with colored eyes. This is a picture of her moments after her birth.



and here she is 2 days old ready to go home


The first year was a learning experience for my husband and I. She didn't leave the house for 6 weeks, everyone had to wash their hands before even looking at her, everything was disinfected before she even touched it, and we constantly looked over her during sleep. Before we could blink she turned 1.

Lilah is big sister to two younger sisters, and we always tell her she must set a good example for them to follow. She loves her sisters even though hair gets pulled at times. She was 2 when our next daughter was born. Celeste stayed in the NICU for about 3 days, and in this picture Lilah was so happy to hold her baby sister for the first time after a long wait.

I will never forget the sweet look on her face as she held her sister for the first time. She asked us if she could sing to her, and as she sang her a song I cried. It wasn't long after another baby sister was born. This time the NICU stay was longer. 8 days. So when we brought her home Lilah was the first to hold her.

She is a great big sister, teaching the girls how to fix hair, have a tea party, or dress "fancy", as she says. After watching her grow all these years I thank God for giving her to me. She is much more to me than some may know. I believe God gave her to me to save me. I wasn't a horrible person, but not living for the Lord like I should have been. When she was born it was like at that moment I knew I needed to get things right, and I wanted us to raise her in a godly home. I know God has a plan and purpose for her. I know this because God spared her life when she was only 3 years old. While traveling, a truck hit us head on going 70 mph on the highway. She was ejected and thrown about 30 yards from the car on the side of the highway. All onlookers including ourselves watched her in shock as she got up and walked away with only a small scratch on her foot. It was a miracle, and I have only God to thank for that. So, as we watch her grow over the years I want her to know she is a life saving miracle, who is loved by her parents, sisters, and most of all God.

Happy Birthday Love

Breakfast