Halley's Birthday

My baby girl is twelve now.

We celebrated simple this year. No big party, just cake and ice cream with the family.

I took a break from making the cake this year and let the good talented people at our grocery store have the honor! I think they did a great job :)

Cake is cake right ??? :)

It's hard not to look at that number and realize ....

That only six more years remain until our little girl is all grown up ...

But for now - we are going to enjoy year 12 !!!!

There were less toys this year ...

More grown up stuff instead ....

Even a new e-reader ...

Just before bedtime we decided to take a drive ....

Somehow we ended up down by the river ....

We had a great time just throwing rocks ....

Here they are :

Now 12, 9 and 4 ...

Hard to believe ...

This Mama trying to freeze every second ....

Looking at my oldest baby knowing just how fast time really does fly by ....

The perfect end to a perfect day ....

 

Happy Birthday HALLEY :)

 

 

 

She's 12

It still seems hard to believe that 12 years ago today ....

I became a Mommy ...

To a wee little baby girl that didn't weigh much over 5 1/2 pounds ...

It didn't matter how small ...

She captured her Daddy's heart from her first breath .... 

The love we had for this little baby girl ran deep ....

 

Even though we seemed like just babies ourselves ...

And they let us take her home !!!!

 

 That's when we went from being a couple ...

To a Family ...

 

 

and then it happened ...

 

 

We blinked .......

 

 And now .....

 We no longer have that tiny baby girl ...

Instead we have a 12 year old young woman ...

Who is just as beautiful inside as she is out ....

 

Happy Birthday to our HALLEY Baby :)

 

and as a hindsight ...

 

We've also decided to stop blinking ....

 

 

 

 

At The Dentist

Yesterday was dentist day for the kiddos. I very smartly booked all three kids on the same day and at the time, then realized I would be a the dentist with three kids at the same time ... going from room to room ...  I needent had worried though, it all went very smooth and John surprised us and scooted over from work to help when the kids were split up ! God bless that man :)

Miss. Halley went first and sailed through her exam, cleaning and x-rays ...

Almost finished ! 

Teeth are cleaned and not a cavity in sight :)

Phew ....

Miss. Maggey got off lucky yesterday. When we got to the dentist they decided it best to wait on doing her exam and cleaning !

Ok, not completely lucky, she's only 8 and has had braces on for the past 10 months !

So they wanted to clean her teeth after the braces are off which happens in only 16 more days :)

This is what she wants as soon as those come off her teeth !

Braces are not fun at any age but  especially not when you're only 8 !

Mr. Cooper was slightly terrified when it was his turn . He kept his eyes closed at the beginning , maybe he was praying that this was just a dream ??? He was  brave though, and even cooperated during x-rays ...Well after Daddy decided to stay in with him while they were taking them.

He didn't get the wonderful " no cavities " news we were expecting ...

Turns out when three of Cooper's molars were coming in, he either had a fever, was on an antibiotic or it could be genetic ~  not from my side of course ;) 

So those three teeth came in without all the enamel on them :(

Which has now grown into cavities .....

I felt like a bad Mom when I heard that ... Maybe I should have brushed his teeth 4 times a day instead of 3 ??????

Then the sweet dentist said " there was nothing you could have done about this " 

Phew ....

So my poor little man has to go back 3 more times between now and Christmas to get his little baby teeth filled :( 

They can only do one tooth per visit because of the freezing and he's so young.

I'm not going to lie to you, I am already praying when his adult teeth come in , the enamel is all there !

Also I am so very thankful my husband has a job with good dental coverage now :)

If not we would not be eating til after Christmas ....

Plus you now know more about my kids teeth than you probaly ever wanted to !!!

Your Very Welcome :)

Girls & Horses

My oldest girl is back at riding lessons again , and could not be more thrilled !

She's had a love of horses since she was just a little girlie !

That love has never gone away, and she has a room full of everything " horses " for proof ....

She gets to ride every week with one of her besties Katelyn ....

Her baby sis Miss. Maggey even joined her last year ....

but this year has decided that she wants her feet firmly on the ground . For now at least :)

Little Man even gave it a try last year ...

She's so happy around them :)

This is Misty ...

Halley's ok with the whole manure on her boots and her clothes ...

even seems to like it ...

Her mother does not understand that !

Though I love watching her with something she loves so much ....

It's A Party

Our Halley turned 11 a few days ago. We celebrated a little early because we had heard the forecast of the coming days of nothing but rain. We love to celebrate everything during the nice weather on my parents screened in porch. So in order to have our screened in porch, pool and bonfire party we had to have it a few days early :) Glad we did cause the heavens opened up and rain it did - for a week :)

Yummy treats ......

Yes, I see what my darling son is doing in this picture .... but it was the only one I have from that night with all three kids in the same pic ..... 

Please excuse Little Man ~ manners are a work in progress :)

Special memories made ...

So thankful that we live near family ....

So thankful for how good they are to my kids ....

My hubby is so very flexible ....

Special homemade gifts from her little sister .....

And as it's been since she was little, there is a horse gift of some sort. This time it was one for her American Girl doll to ride. 

After a sweaty game of hide and seek freeze tag, the kids thought it would be good to jump in the pool ....

So they headed down the road to my Aunt & Uncle's to get cooled off .....

No one had their bathing suits but guess what??? Kids just don't think that's a problem !Maybe we adults should take a clue sometimes and just jump in :)

My girl in that age right between being a child and embarking on young adulthood :)

She handles it great :)

Then we had a fire ! Which we all got to sweat around because it was HOT outside !

Good times were had anyways, eating s'mores, roasting dogs, and playing with sparklers ..

 These 11 years have gone by in a flash .....

When she's all grown up and ready to fly, am I aloud to remind her that she promised to live right beside me forever ???????