Paisley's 1st Birthday Easter Celebration

Wow, what a celebration we had...thank you to everyone who came to celebrate our baby girl! We all had a wonderful time! I can throw the greatest party in the world but without guests it means nothing, so thank you for taking the time to celebrate her birthday with us!

We are so very thankful that Jonathan's brother and family were able to come all the way up from Florida to visit and celebrate with us. We really enjoyed their company and it was the first time they were able to come and stay with us for the whole weekend! Their son, Junior, is almost two so it was really nice for Sebastian and Paisley to have someone their age to play with. We can't thank them enough for making the trip! 

Paisley's party was a huge success. We themed it after Easter since it was her first Easter celebration and seemed like a perfect fit for a little girls party. Finding decorations was easy and fun. We didn't go over the top with anything, just simple and cute. Naturally, we had to have an egg hunt for it to be a true Easter party. The kiddos seemed to really enjoy the hunt. Sebastian had a whole basket full within a minute or so! Paisley was content with just a few.

Unfortunately, Paisley was exhausted by the time we were ready to eat cake. She did not want any of it and barely made it through the birthday song...but her brother helped her blow out her candle and we all enjoyed the sugar rush. 

Everyone helped open gifts...they all enjoyed testing them out thoroughly. 

All in all it was a terrific 1st birthday celebration! We are so thankful to everyone who made it fantastic! 

Thanks to our guests: Mamie, Aunt Kelly, Uncle Mike, Aunt Janet, Aunt Brandi, Uncle Ricky, Hunter, Junior, Aunt Kate, Emma, Lilly, Nicole, Peyton, Vaughn, Bob, Rachel, Josh, Becca, Allison, Annika, Abigail, Chase and Brooklyn!

Strawberry Tasting and a Bit of Picking

I am so thrilled that a strawberry farm has opened literally across the street from my neighborhood entrance...and it's wonderful! We took the mere two minute straight drive to farm this past Saturday and loaded up on tons of sweet berries! It was Paisley's 1st time picking strawberries...she didn't actually pick any...and Sebastian's 2nd, he thought it was cool the first 5 minutes then was over it all! 

The farm was wonderful, the owners super sweet and they had plenty to keep the kiddos occupied. Sebastian loved feeding the chickens, we had to do it twice...then he really enjoyed playing on their obstacle course/playground. 

I'm not sure who was having more fun...

We stuck with the chandler variety of strawberries as they were supposed to be the sweetest and went home with 5.5 lbs!

Yes, she is standing all unassisted and taking lots of consecutive steps!!!

She was far more intrigued by the straw then the strawberries.

Losing interest...

Completely done with this...

Had to visit the chickens again...

We finished up the cute evening by tasting some of our strawberries and sipping on an Icee while playing on the playground! Highly recommend you enjoy a visit to a farm this spring!

(That's his cheese face!)

(Not very happy I took the Icee away to shoot the picture!)

(She was an Icee hog!)

Of course, it wouldn't be an adventure without a boo boo...he busted his lip too, poor guy!

18 Week Ultrasound

We finally made it to our 18 week ultrasound...sometimes it felt like we had waited forever and then others I was like "geez, 18 weeks already!" September can take its time getting here, I need more time to spoil the two I have...and not be sore from delivery. I feel like it takes longer to recover from delivery then adjust to having a new baby. 

The ultrasound went beautifully...we had a wonderful tech who explained everything in detail. She was very sweet and that just makes the whole process more exciting. It was the first time I actually got a great profile picture! I would always see these wonderful profile pictures and wonder how they got those cause all mine were always blurry or almost profile! I was so worried that baby wouldn't cooperate for us finding out the gender since we were actually having a gender party this time. BUT, it did wonderfully...when it came time to see, the baby was very accommodating. 

We have the in-depth fetal medicine ultrasound to rule out any birth defects or issues due to our past history and family history. Thankfully, everything looked great...we have a very heathy baby growing in there. We can't wait for it to join our family in the fall!