a fear of birthday candles?

Last Thursday our precious little

Abigail Elizabeth

turned 3 years old!

Here's how we celebrated

with our special girl!

Started the morning off with Abby's favorite...

Orange Rolls!

Then, Mam Jerry came by to

pick Abby for school!

After school, naps and playtime

we headed to Abby's favorite...

Bluesky!!

{Abigail LOVES 'bur-gur's :)}

After a yummy dinner we went to

my Dad's house for a little party & presents!

& cupcakes!

{Abby's fav....Dora!}

{Abigail has a terrible fear

of blowing out her candles}

...& I have NO idea why...

{...more on that later...}

Ethan LOVED the 'cupcake weekend'!

Abby, Campa & Emma

After the yummy cupcakes & presents

we headed to the movies to see

{The Lion King in 3D}

The girls first time!

{It's their new fav :)}

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Saturday we celebrated with

our friends Megan & Ryan Watson

{their daughter Addison has the

EXACT same birthday as Abigail!}

We decided it would be fun to have a

double 'Princess' party & cookout :)

The 'makeup' & 'nail polishing' table

The Birthday Girls :)

...Ethan trying to stay sane with all of the

pink around...football balanced it out

{a little} :)

Pretty Princesses getting dolled up!

Ethan found another boy to hang with,

his new bestie, Michael!

{Aren't they CUTE??}

Princess Abigail getting her makeup done!

Princess Emma getting her makeup done!

And after... :)

Just before the candles were lit and the singing began...

{Abby's starting to freak out about the candles here...}

We're not sure why she's SO Terrified

of blowing out her candles...but she IS!

She commissioned Emma to take her place,

but Emma was no where to be found...

Last resort, let the other birthday girl finish the job!

A's cupcakes!

{Abigail & Addison...how cool did that work out?}

{relieved that the candle part is over

and she can just enjoy her cupcake!}

The adorable cake!
{matches the invitations :)}

The Princesses enjoying their cake!

SO thankful that the Watson's opened their

home and shared a wonderful memory with our

beautiful girls! Thanks you guys! It was a fabulous

party!

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On Sunday, after church we

celebrated yet another time

{this time with more family}

at Mam Jerry's house!

Abby got an adorable baby carrier from

her bday twin, Addie!

{she carries it with her everywhere!}

Beautiful Birthday girl!

Mammy & Poppy got Ethan a truck

& he pushed it around everywhere!

Mam Jerry got Abby a new barbie!

{she LOVES it!}

Poor baby, look at that face...terrified!

{and we went thru this 3 times...bet she's glad she wont

have to blow out any more candles any time soon!}

clapping with relief...

Mammy & Poppy got the girls makeup...

{combing Mammy's hair...}

painting her own fingernails...

i.love.her!

Abby also got her very own

trunk FULL of dress up dresses...

Belle & Ariel

...hands on the hip...

Whew...ya still there...that was like the worlds longest

post...anywhoo, we thoroughly enjoyed celebrating

our beautiful little girl! We are so very blessed by her!

We LOVE you Abby Beth!

We're excited to see what the next

3 years have in store for you!

Happy 3rd Birthday!

Love, Mommy & Daddy :)