Twins' Birthday Bash

When I say "bash," what I really mean is petit party for close friends. But you know, it just sounds good. So my cousins and I hosted this lil'party to celebrate my mom and aunt Kay turning six-o. I hope they don't mind me announcing that to the world. I don't think they will be too mad though, especially since they certainly don't look a day over...35! :)

I was very happy to design the invitations for the party, and I really loved how they turned out. They were 4x6 folded cards and went like this:

front

inside (open)

back

So we kept with the light blue and gold motif for the party too. I found these matchy napkins and plates at Berings. I love that place. They have awesome party stuff, and great invitations too (that is, if you don't want unique custom invitations by me, of course).

My cousin Alysia put together (and cooked up!) this beautiful, coordinated dessert table:

everything was delicious, but these cupcakes were especially heaven

so were these little guys! yum yum

I made some colorful fruit skewers, and this here in front is BRIE!! one of my all-time favorite things. I almost didn't have room for the rest of the menu because I had a few (nine?) too many. We also had avocado soup, shrimp-cherry tomato-mozzarella pasta salad and peach bellinis, all made by my cousin Kingslea--all amazing!

Do you want to see some actual people now? That might be nice right? ok-

hostesses: Kingslea, me, Alysia

the birthday girls!

more party animals...

here are the mommas and daughters

thanks girls, it was tons of fun :)

Oh July

July, July....can't believe this year is half over. And busier than ever! We just added two speech therapies and swim therapy to our weekly schedule. I know I know. I'm nuts right? Yep. But lil'bub is just making leaps and bounds all of the sudden, and we want to keep the momentum going! Let me re-cap:

-Someone asked me about photos from 4th of July....hmmm, how do I put this? Let me be direct. I took approximately nine million photos and the munchkin was being a stinker in all of them! Don't believe me? I'll have to prove it then.

Avery, will you smile for the camera?

please? pretty please?

we tried inside...

we tried outside...

tried just with mamma...
but no luck.

we did get this one of her telling me a secret though,
and you can see her cute shoes :) so at least that.

-Moving on, lil'bub has been getting so much better with her utensils! we are really thrilled! her teachers at school have worked especially hard at this.

and she is using big girl plates now!

-Avery still looks great in yellow. I'm just sayin'
 

-Uncle Drew came into town this past weekend and we had some fun. He can't resist kissin' on lil'bub, just like the rest of us.

-Last but not least, my cousins and I threw a lovely birthday party for my mom (Nana) and her twinkie, Aunt Kay this past weekend. It was a lot of fun, super delicious, and I have lots of cute photos. Here's a teaser of the invite I made, I'll post the rest later this week! 

Proudly Presenting...

pretty, pig-tailed, prancing princess!!

yay!

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Vintage Avery

I have been busy lately working on Avery's scrapbook. I am pitifully behind....but now I'm catching up! Slowly but surely. So I have been looking at a lot of old photos, and then found some old videos today that I could watch a million times. They just make me smile. Here are two of my favorites below. The first is a very new lil'bub, about 2 months old. It's actually enjoyed a well-watched life on YouTube because of what happens near the end I think. You won't be disappointed, I promise. The cuteness will knock your socks off!



In this next video, she is a little bit older, being an adorable wiggle worm. She kind of looked like she was dancing, and if you have ever seen her daddy-Bub the hub-dance, you will notice it looks exactly the same. Ha!



It's hard to believe y'all, but this last video was taken just weeks after her final brain surgery. It's even sweeter to watch for us, because we knew by then that we had definitely gotten our precious lovebug back. The surgery had not affected her little personality, and she showed all the signs of moving forward.
Our little miracle :)