Sutty's Big Day!

Today we celebrate our middle little… Miss Sutton Grace. The one who bounced into our room at 5:30 a.m. this morning and proclaimed, "Today's my birthday!" The one who requested a “Barbie Princess Charm School” cookie cake for her family party. The one who has a flair for the dramatic. The one who wore four Halloween costumes this year—not one of which was the new costume that she chose when her grandmother so graciously offered to get her whatever costume she wanted for Halloween this year. The one who asks daily when she can start music lessons—any type of music lesson: piano, violin, guitar, etc. The one who when asked what she’d like for dinner, always gives the same answer—macaroni and cheese. The one who, on the eve of her fourth birthday, shared that the best things about being three were: being a Frog, playing at the park with her family and Eastyn spitting up on her :-). The messy one. The one who it seems changes her outfit every time you turn around. The one whose current pretend play of choice with her big sister is school or college girls. The one who loves to "shake her booty." The one who sings and dances her way through most days. The one who literally jumped for joy and squealed with excitement when she unwrapped her Tinkerbelle dress on her birthday. The one who makes us laugh and shake our heads multiple times a day. The one who says "Oh, fine" more often than not with a smile on her face and lets her big sister have her way. The one who, like her daddy, lives by the mantra "Go big or Go home!"

Happy Birthday to our middle little, Sutton Grace. We can't wait to see watch you navigate, help to guide you through and see the "best parts of being four" through your eyes. Love you. Proud of you.

PS - Since our computer where all Sutty's previous birthday pictures are stored was not charged this morning when I started this post, the photo below (first day as a Frog picture) represents one of Sutty's "best of being three-years-old." Sutty's birthday pictures to come!

Counting Down...

It’s likely that most other families are coming down off the Halloween high this week, not this family. We are riding that Halloween high straight into November birthday celebrations! Our first Scorpio babe, Sutton Grace, will officially put another year behind her tomorrow morning.

Sutty is in full count down mode and cannot contain her enthusiasm. The first words out of her mouth this morning, “I’m so excited… tomorrow is my birthday!” She proceeded to (very dramatically) preface EVERYthing that she did this morning with “this is the last time that I will (fill in the blank) as a three-year-old.” This is the last time that I will get dressed in the morning as a three-year-old… This is the last time that I will eat breakfast as a three-year-old… This is the last time that you will brush my hair before school as a three-year-old… Seriously. I could go on, but I think you get the picture

With all that being said, this is the last time that I will write a blog post as the mother of a three-year-old Sutton Grace.

Sutty's last plate of spaghetti as a three-year-old :-)

Too much fun

I happened upon a wonderful photographer when I was looking for someone to take Miss Eastyn's newborn pictures last fall. To say that she is talented and amazing and good with kiddos (or a kiddo i.e. Emme) who don't love to have their pictures taken is an understatement. Not too mention the fact that she simply possesses this "cool" factor.

This is the second time she's shot our girlies, and I definitely hope this isn't the last time. The girls were giggly, silly and even a little giddy. They were for the most part well-behaved. However, the silly did take over every now and again. You know the silly that can make you cringe just a bit as a parent.

I opened up facebook this morning and Miss Sarah Ulrich of Uniquely You Photography endeared herself to me for life. Her post was at the top of my news feed. I love the fact that she saw and captured the "too much fun!"

"There's never such a thing as too much fun! This makes my heart sing. ♥"