All American Girls

The American Girl store was a first for Grace, so we drove down to the Grove to round out the 4th birthday festivities. Her buddies Olivia and Ella joined us and in between laughing, playing and throwing herself on the ground having a temper-tantrum, it really delivered! Grace had a blast with her little girlfriends enjoying lunch in the Cafe and shopping to her heart's delight.

Now, I may have a had a moment myself (which I'm so glad was not caught on tape) but by golly, that little Max deserved to be thrown on the ground and put in time-out. Hey, that's what moms are for. Right? We also got to enjoy shopping with some of our besties, Sara and Avery.

It was a special day for our sweet Grace!

Cupcakes and Curry

Grace officially turned 4 on Tuesday and we were so lucky to have my mom here to celebrate with us. We had so much fun making curry together and I feel like I am now "in the loop". The recipe we used is from my Grandmother's side of the family from South America and it is so delicious. We were even able to find the Indian Rotti! Yum. We had a few friends over to sample our delights and then we celebrated with yet another rendition of "Happy Birthday" for our little Gracie. It was an awesome visit with my mom and a great evening with good friends.

P.S. The first official MRI results were awesome! Couldn't have capped our few days together any better. Praise God!

Four.

My baby is 4 today and I'm a little bit sad. She has now informed me that her friend Andrew told her when she turns 4 that she is no longer a baby so I'm not allowed to call her that. It actually brought a little mist to my eyes. She is so darling and sweet and mischievous and funny and adorably cute. She is so totally four.

Happy Birthday to you, Gracie.

Merry Christmas to me! Look at the booked-blog-beauty that landed on my doorstep today! Yep, 2009's blog has been booked, bound and is beautiful. I'm so excited! Blogging now seems much more thrilling, less time-consuming and way cheaper than scrap booking ever was. There is so much more in this book that I would have never scrap booked but now have the memories to keep. These pictures do not do it justice! Thank you, M. Waddy for the awesome gift of timeless memories. I LOVE IT!

Green Eggs & Ham

In honor of Dr. Seuss' birthday, Bailey's school is having a few days of activities including crazy hat day, which was today. We decided to get creative and make a Seussical top hat, complete with green eggs and ham. I think she did a wonderful job with her execution.