Celebrating 3 (again and again and again)

Xaris turned 3 in May, and we celebrated lots of times!  Since her birthday was a Wednesday (one of my long work days), she got cupcakes and balloons with her preschool class.   Her birthday party was a few weeks later, and we also squeezed a little celebration in while we were in California for Mother's day.

Pink cupcakes were what she chose for preschool.  Homemade treats are not allowed (state laws), so I had to order them.  I was not expecting HOT pink frosting (I had just requested pink).  This frosting stained--so all the little toddlers had pink fingers and faces for the rest of the day...and into the next.  Ooops. 

This is Xaris's friend Estella.  Without knowing, their mama's bought them the same t-shirt.  They were thrilled!  Estella is about 2 months older than Xaris--so they moved up to the "big kid" class at the preschool together!

Xari got a bike!  Which she helped put together.  

It took her awhile to get the hang of it.  She really isn't heavy enough to use weight to push the pedals, so it requires more strength from her, but she's doing better at it!

Swings after bike riding!

Her birthday party was a rainbow themed party.  We had a rainbow pool for the kids to play in, this is her and her friend Jack.  

Rainbow cake :)

Aunt Alisha made the girls rainbow shirts and tutus!

8 months and soooo big!

Went into her room and found her pulled up on her knees.... Went to get her papa to see it, and when we came back:



Guess it's time to lower the crib!


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California Mother's day

The girls and I flew to California to celebrate Mother's day with my grandma, and my mom and sisters also flew in--it was a fun weekend!
I didn't bring a camera (traveling solo with both girls meant I didn't want the extra stuff to carry--I already had enough!) so all these photos are from the various iPhones/iPads present at our weekend. I think my uncle did take a picture of all of us with his camera, so I'll try to post that one when I get a copy of it.



Grand-grandma, Gramama, Xari, iXy and Mama




First glimpse of the beach!!



We need to get sand toys!



Yes. The beach is for this girl. And this girl is for the beach.
















There was also lots of playtime...yay tias!!



We also met up with some college friends who live there, and have a little boy who's 20 months. We met at a kid's gym that had some open play, and it was pretty fun! Xaris even rode the zip line, which shocked me--she's usually not quite THAT bold.




Snail races....I don't think they have snails in Dallas--at least not the big California ones. (everything's bigger in Texas?? I guess not). Xaris spent a few minutes every morning looking out the window to count all the snails on the bushes.



We had a birthday party for the May birthdays--just Xaris and my uncle since,y aunt couldn't be there. Complete with cake, ice cream, funny glasses and a piñata :)


And a giant Raggedy Andy as a gift for Xaris from GreatUncle Chef Bill!



Lots of love and snuggles with grand grandma



Another trip to the beach on a sunny afternoon--and sand castle lessons with great-aunt Jeannette!





What IS this stuff??





Sigh, ocean breeze, sand, sun, salty air, I was born for this! (it was really hard to get her off the beach...she wasn't ready to be done).
















We loved it!!

On a slightly sadder note--X is sick and we're trying to figure out what's wrong, so prayers would be appreciated. She had strep and an ear infection about 10 days ago (just finished antibiotics last night), but she has not improved much, and has had a fever since Monday. Yesterday's visit to Dr confirmed that strep was now negative, but since everything (ears, nose, throat, etc) was visibly ok, we ended up having to do bloodwork and stuff to try to figure out why she still isn't well.
On top of this, she's not really eating, and not sleeping well, so it's been a miserable few days. Poor baby.


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Location:Santa Cruz, CA