Never thought I would ever be, a busy mom chasing after three…

disclaimer: I am no good at taking indoor pictures without lots of cool flashes and lights... sorry...

I am also sorry it took me so long to blog this. It is so discouraging that pictures just don't capture everything about it.... I was a little bummed!






I have been planing Abby's fourth birthday party since her party last year. And it was such a great success. I got my inspiration for the color scheme from some wrapping paper I bought this summer and I LOVE it.

It started out as a cupcake theme. But then we went with "Abby's birthday Bakery".

She even got to have a few friends from school and church come in addition to family.

We began by giving all the girls aprons... they turned out adorable.

We played pin the cherry on the cupcake.... so cute.

And then we played pass the present. It was a huge hit.

The girls all got to decorate their own cupcakes however they wanted and then they got to take them home in their very own "Abby's birthday Bakery" Boxes.

And of course their were tonz of sweet treats.

Adorable goodie bags.

And lots of laughter

Abby got so many fun gifts and her cake turned out adorable!

I am so glad that my little girl felt so special. I just love her so much. What a great way to bring in the FOURTH year!

I am sorry... just too tired. but it made my official list of things to do tomorrow.. so it will happen.

No, I am no longer having one of those days.. I am fine. So busy, but fine.

My sister-in-law designed this amazing blog for me.... she is the best! Thanks Whitney! You can reach her at : specialmadeblogdesign.blogspot.com. She is seriously so talented and is making amazing christmas cards for the holidays....

Now I am motivated to keep up with my blog...I promise, even if its at 11:59 pm... I will be posting tomorrow so stay tuned!

I am having a day.. One where I am sad that I can't have babies....

Makes is really hard to edit newborn pictures

The end.

I have so much to post about.... for my own record here it is
Our california trip
abby's amazing cupcake party
The pumpkin patch
Halloween
But instead of catching up like I should be, I cannot stop staring at our family pictures my sister took of us last night. I just want to say 3 things.....

1. Sis you rocked this photo shoot
2. I love what we are wearing
3. I am beyond blessed

And for your viewing pleasure here are a few.....

Ever since I was very young I had two dreams...
1. I was going to get married in the temple to the perfect man, and have the perfect marriage....
2. I was going to be a mom

I will never forget the day that all my dreams came true. I already had the perfect marriage, the most wonderful husband in the whole world and so much happiness with him. And then in an instant I had everything I had ever wanted. I had my beautiful baby girl, Abby Lynn Wood. She was so perfect. Really the most beautiful thing I had ever seen. She had so much personality right from the start. But even at that moment, when all my dreams came true, I had no idea how wonderful she was going to make my life. How much joy and happiness she would bring me.







She has such a way about her.. I love watching how she touches the lives of those around her with her whit and whimsy. She is such a curious little girl with a thirst to learn and is so smart. She is a good friend and is kind. She knows how to share and has a such a desire to do good. I love how she is thoughtful and that she takes everything in. I love her confidence, her sense of security and independence. I love her sense of humor. I love that she assumes other people mean well and I love that she is fair. She has so much spunk.... she negotiates like no one I have ever seen, and she doesn't back down easy. She talks constantly.....she never stops! And she can memorize the lyrics to a song like you wouldn't believe. When I look and listen to her I see so much of myself and it causes me to reflect on who I am and who I want her to be.







I have been telling her for months that I didn't want her to turn four. That I wasn't ready to have a little girl and that I just wanted her to stay my baby. I would tell her she can still have a birthday party, she just has to stay three. She would always explain to me gently that it must be, that she has to turn four and that she really wants to be a big girl. A couple of days ago as we were discussing this subject she kindly explained to me that she has to turn four... because she wants to be a Mom....






She has so much wisdom. I love her more than anything. I know she is going to be the best mom someday... I just hope she doesn't mind if I always consider her my baby.

I love you baby girl. Happy fourth Birthday!

I wrecked my blog....the end

As weird as it sounds..... I often have the urge to take a bite out of my child....

Peaches and cream maybe......

Feast your eyes on this......



















PS She is as sweet as she looks!
PSS I have a new favorite dress... holy cow!
PSS I know I am behind... but what the heck.....13/52....

I was so lucky to be able to know several of my Great Grandparents. In fact, up until about four years ago three of them on my Dad's side were still living. Well I just found out that the last of my surviving Great-grandparents passed away a few moments ago.






I feel so blessed to have known this sweet woman. I feel even more blessed that my daughter and my husband were able to know her as well. We went and visited her just one month ago in Northern california. I am so glad that my Grandparents felt the need to bring all of their posterity together. I don't believe that it was an accident that they did it when they did.

One of my favorite memories of her was when we were taking the first set 5 generation pictures when Abby was a baby. I remember she was feeling Abby's feet and asking her if her toes where large. I told her yes and before I could explain to her about Abby's birth defect she preceded to tell me that Abby got her big toes from her..... because her Toes were also abnormally large. I had to laugh... and I didn't have the heart to correct her.....



I love my Great Grandma, She will be missed. But I am so glad that she can now be with her husband and with her beautiful daughter that passed away a few years ago. I am so grateful of the knowledge that I have about what happens when we die and that we can be with our family forever. I am grateful for the legacy that she has left and the influence she has had on my life and will continue to have on the lives of me and my family.

We are pretty lucky to be abundant in Five generation pictures in my family. When I was a baby we were able to take one with Mary's mother before she died, I was the fifth generation then. Now I am the fourth and Abby is the fifth. I feel pretty special to have these amazing pictures.