Lucky Number 3 (and Number 8!)

McCall turned 3 yesterday and Baylor turned 8 Months Old on Wednesday. Oh my how time is FLYING! I seriously feel like I just found out I was pregnant with McCall and now she is THREE!!!!!! {and has a little sister!!!!}
Anyway.... we had a fantastic birthday week/weekend with her. I took Thursday and Friday off of work to finish up some errands for her party and spend some much needed time with my girls! Davy and I have both been crazy busy with work over the past several months. In fact, I don't think there has been one week where one of us hasn't been gone at least 3 nights out of the week for the past 5 weeks!!! :(

So, it was a nice change to take time to slow down and focus on our family. Thursday night really kicked off McCall's Birthday Weekend when MiMi and PaPa arrived! They got to spend some time with the girls while Davy and I went to "Dancing With The Stars- Florence." Then on Friday we let McCall go to school for part of the day and celebrate her birthday with her classmates by taking cupcakes {MiMi, PaPa, Daddy, Mommy, Grandpa and LaLa came to have cupcakes too!!!}. Then Friday night Papi arrived! Goodness,  the girls were in Heaven-you could just hear lots of playing, kisses, and giggles all weekend long! 

And then Saturday rolled around and it was time for McCall's ice cream party! McCall had a fantastic time celebrating with family and friends {even though it started to rain and we had to move most of the party to our garage. ****A HUGE thank you to my sweet Mom, Dad, Ken, Amber, Will, Carmen and Jamie for all of your help setting up for the party. Davy and I couldn't have done it without you!!!! And Carmen thank you for taking pictures-- I would not have had anything to document this special day had it not been for you!)

Sweet Kellyn came! These two were too cute together!

 M's cake! Thank you Jennifer Robinson- you are awesome!

 The Birthday Girl!

 Baylor had a fun time too! {Kimberly, the dress worked out perfectly for Baylor-- thank you thank you thank you!!!}

 One of my most favorite people in the entire world, Koehler! So glad she and her family could make it!

 Papi and Baylor Bear

 Papi got McCall a bicycle! She loved it!

 Bounce house fun!!!

 Sweet Ansley! We love hanging out with the Whites--such great friends!!!

Singing to the birthday girl!

 The Taylor's were able to come! So glad to see sweet Hadley again!!!

 McCall loved her big Minnie Mouse!!

 Our friend Carmen made these delicious cupcakes!!!!! She is SO talented! Thank you again for EVERYTHING!!!!

 Opening gifts

The group watching M open gifts

Sunday was McCall's actual birthday, but we decided to have the party on Saturday so my parents wouldn't have to drive back late Sunday afternoon. 

So Sunday morning Davy and I had planned on continuing with our tradition of getting McCall up together to video tape her and sing "Happy Birthday." However, that was not to be! Poor McCall woke up at 5:30 Sunday morning not feeling so hot. Actually, she was VERY hot-- and definitely had a fever! So MiMi and Papi (my parents) offered to keep the girls while Davy and I went on to church. I'm SOOOO glad we decided not to take her to church because not long after we left she starting throwing up!!! AH! Poor baby was sick on her birthday! I felt terrible when I called to check on her and my mom told me what was going on.

By the time we got home McCall had gone down for a nap (on the family room floor). So, I fully expected to have a pretty low key afternoon after that........

Have I ever mentioned that McCall is an April Fool's Baby and she's ALWAYS full of surprises? Well, she definitely lived up to that yesterday. She woke up from her nap ready to go! As in.... ready to go play! Yes, she was fine and no longer felt bad! Not sure how that happened, but so glad it did!!!!! 

Because.....AMBER AND WILL CAME TO PLAY!!!!

Davy and I have been blessed with some really special relationships in our lives and one is with his cousin Will and Will's girlfriend, Amber. Those two have the sweetest, most special bond with our girls! They spend so much time with our girls and truly care about them-- AND boy do the girls love them! Will and Amber brought McCall a fun sprinkler system for our yard. So, of course she had to try it out!!!! 

 McCall had so much fun with Will in the sprinkler!

So after all the sprinkler fun was over, we grilled out cheese burgers and sang to McCall one final time....

The Birthday Girl with Amber and Will 

 Happy Third Birthday sweet, McCall!!!

 Happy 8 Months Old, Baylor!!!

 M sporting her new bicycle helmet!

 M eating her cupcake at school with her friends!

 McCall's reaction when she saw the bicycle Papi got her!

 Golf cart ride on McCall's Birthday

A random picture of the girls from last week that I just wanted to throw in :)