Three Birthdays Already?

How does time pass so quickly?  I always heard, when a was a wee child, the adults talking about time flying and never thought twice.  All I was worried about was running around and playing with my friends. Now that I'm older (and wiser), I appreciate every single minute of my days.  Having a child makes even the seconds seems so important!

I can be filled with disappointment about something, look at my little girl, and know that there is she is so much more important.  Macie makes everything else seem so small.  I love that little girl so much!  Here are some of the many things I love about her:

-I love how she doesn't know the words to a song, but sings it anyway--oh to be a child again!

-I love how she'll get a present and remember who it was from months later.

-I love that she is very polite.

-I get so irritated with her when she talks back to me, but I love the way she is so confident in her decisions and sticks to them (even though mean ol' mom steps in for interference).

-I love the way she loves her babies, she's such a sweet mommy to them.

-I love the way she cuddles up to me whether I'm on the couch or in the recliner.  I dread the day she doesn't want to anymore!

-I love the way she doesn't want to sleep in her bed or our bed, but on a pallet on the floor of our bedroom.

-I love how she says "I love it" and says "thank you" whenever she gets something new.  It cracks me up!

-I love how much she loves our families and how she lets them know.  She's such a sweetheart!

-I love how she doesn't like me to call her pet names (even though I would really like to call her my sweet baby).  She won't even let me call her a princess, tells me "I'm Macie."

-I love how sweet she is with animals, she's truly an animal person (definitely gets that from her mommy!).

**I'm sure I could go on and on, but I'll stop there.  You get the point that I'm crazy about my little Macie!**

Well, my sweet Macie had her 3rd Birthday this weekend and I cannot believe we've already celebrated 3 birthdays.  Times does fly when you're having fun!  She had an absolute wonderful time with lots and family and friends.  She is definitely a very loved little girl.  The theme was Minnie Mouse and most of the decorations were handmade by yours truly.  I enjoy doing her party planning so much, even though I was extremely late letting everyone know about the party.  It definitely snuck up on me!  Anyway, we had a nice lunch, played a lot, she blew out her candles, we ate cupcakes, then finally opened presents.  Let me say, this little girl got a ton of presents and she remembers pretty much who gifted each of them.  It just amazes me!  I hope she grows up appreciating how much love surrounds her.

It looks like there weren't any guys at the party from the pictures, but there were.  They all hung out outside for the majority of the party!

Here are some pictures from the celebration:

Playing with the goodies!

Playing inside.

Everyone getting some grub.

One of Macie's friends, Ayden.

Sweet Birthday girl!

Some of the yummy sweets!

Cheese!

Grandma assisting in opening presents.

Opening Avery's gift.  She loved her new baby!

Loving new books!

Check out the mess!

Alyssa, perched checking out what she's going to 'try' and play with.

We had a wonderful time!  I would like to thank each and every one of the friends and family that were able to make it.  Macie has so many wonderful, special people in her life.  We're thankful for each of you!