Sick and Entertained...

If you are a mommy and you've ever had a sick child, you know it's hard to make him/her happy when they aren't feeling well. Thanks to some recent NEW things, my kids were happily entertained today while they had fevers.

Tobin's Valentine's gift from Mimi and Mamaw was a little cellophane envelope of beads. We put it in water and this is what happened (over the course of 6 hours- talk about entertaining!)
He Loved looking at them in the water...

An hour later... they started looking fuzzy and grew a little bit bigger...

2 hours later, yet even more growing had occurred...

3 hours later, they started oozing to the top of the water...

After nap... Oh- to his surprise! Look how they had grown!

I told him to smile, this is the face he made. Poor baby had a fever all day!

Fruity cheerios and these new girly cars kept Miss. Caroline happy today! Thank you cousin Emily for the Cars!

I Love You

Happy Valentines Day to all our friends and family! I hope you spent the day with the one's you LOVE!

Frosting Recipe's

Okay ladies, for those who asked, and those who are wondering... here's where I got my recipe's for the Buttercream frosting and Marshmallow fondant. I added color to my fondant after I had it made-that was the hardest part. If you are going to just use all one color, I suggest adding the food coloring in the 1st step, before you microwave it.

Good luck! Enjoy! It's sooooooo worth it- There is nothing like a homemade cake!

Birthday Party Fun

On Saturday we had a family party to celebrate the 1st year of Caroline's life. We had it blown out with pink everything...

Pink Banner...
Pink Balloons...

pink plates, napkins, and utensils...

... and even a homemade pink cake!

Caroline LOVES anything pink or purple, so that's what we did! My parents (nonny and papa) came over from Arkansas, Mimi (from Choctaw), and Uncle Carl and Candace from down the street. It was great having everyone together, and it all went by too fast! Here are some photos of the day to summarize the events.

I frosted the cake with homemade buttercream icing, dyed pink of course and made homemade marshmallow fondant to decorate the cake with flowers. It was my first experience and I was surprised at how easy and tasty it turned out!

I also used fondant for the "1" on top of the cake, and brushed pink glitter glaze on top to give it some sparkle.

While we waited for everyone to arrive, Nonny and the kids had a blast playing

Even her high chair was decorated in pink!

The chair below was bought by my great grandfather years and years ago. My grandmother sent it over for Caroline's birthday. Isn't it precious!? She LOVES it, too!

Papa enjoyed doing what he does best... reading the paper! (while waiting for everyone to arrive)

Nonny made Caroline a tiara. She loved playing with it more than wearing it. (Thanks Kristina for making Caroline's shirt with pink letters!)

When everyone arrived we had PIZZA- Tobin and Caroline's favorite food!
(on pink table clothes, of course)

So unsure of what is going on... (cake time)

She got her fingers in it and did not like that... Until she tasted it!

YUM!

Everyone loved the cake!

Did I mention I dyed the inside purple?

Britney and TJ helped us celebrate, too!

I'm pretty sure Daddy loved the cake, too(he's going to hate me for posting this ) Ha!

Mommy's sweet girl!

You can't really tell from the pics, but she wore a pink tutu that I made. More pics of that to come, later.


Then, we had presents! ... In pink paper of course!

Caroline is such a girlie girl. She hasn't stopped carrying around her little purple purse and silver jewelry since the party!

The day was finished off by getting Caroline a new car seat- she out grew her old one. I bet you can guess what color it is!

Happy Birthday Sweet Girl!

I cannot believe our sweet girl is One today! Where does the time go? I remember a year ago I was wondering what it would be like to have a little girl. It has been so fun being a mommy to a girly girl who is all drama!

• You have an attitude like me when you're hungry or mad, or just want your way.
• You have your brother's expressions.
• You are a Daddy's girl! You have him wrapped around your tiny little fingers, and he knows it.
• You love snack time and wish all day could be snack time!
• You can scoot around the floor like nobodies business!
• You can pull up on anything and cruise around furniture(and we watch you balance by yourself without you realizing it) and know that any day, you are going to start walking!
• You are completely spoiled by almost everyone who meets you.
• You have heartbreaking blue eyes, that will break lots of boys hearts one day.
• You are totally in love with your glow worm baby. You can't sleep without her!
• Wherever your brother is, that's where you go. He is your hero!
• You love to flirt with boys(men to be exact). We may be in trouble one day.
• You can say "Bubba"(brother), "Momma", "Dada", "Papa", "NehNeh"(which means you want to eat something), "Neni" which means "pacifier".
• You LOVE your Pacifier. I'm not sure how we are going to break you of this.
• You are officially off the bottle and onto the sippy cup.
• You are oh-so curious, all of the time.
• We know you are so smart by the way you try to figure out everything around you.
• You love to play in the pantry and pull silverware out of the dishwasher.
• You watch me cook dinner every night from your highchair.
• You love taking a bath with your brother.
• You enjoy riding in the front of the shopping cart and looking at everything as we pass by. I'm afraid you will have a love for shopping!
• Your favorite room of the house is Tobin's room, of course.
• You love music and always dance and bounce when the music is on.
• At worship time at church, you clap and raise your hands.
• You still LOVE to bounce in the jumperoo
• When you don't get your way, you make the saddest frown anyone has every seen.
• You always greet me in the morning standing up in your crib, squealing your happy squeal and light up when I walk in the room.

You are our sunshine, sweet girl, princess, and sissy. We love you very much and are so glad you are a part of our family. We would not be who we are today without you! We love you, Caroline! Happy Birthday sweet pea!

love,

Daddy, Momma, and Tobin

Snow sneak peak

Last week we were promised a winter storm. Everyone acted as if it was going to be an apocalypse. There hasn't been school for days and it has snowed many inches. There are plenty of snow photos and videos to be blogged about; however, we have all been under the weather. We made one trip to the ER with little Miss. Caroline for dehydration and are now still recovering from a nasty bug. There is still lots of snow on roads and school's and businesses are still closed. Caroline's birthday and party are this week, too... So, I'm not making any promises that I will update this blog much this week. Eventually, you will see what a fantastic time our Tobin boy had in the snow! Hope everyone's week is filled with hot chocolate, family time, and warm fuzzies. Say a prayer for us this week!