Our Little Princess Turns 3!

I have always hated the days right after Christmas for as long as I can remember, it seems so hard to realize that Christmas is over and that a new year is upon us. I hate taking down the Christmas Tree and decorations and packing them up in storage for another 11 months. But all of those feelings changed 3 years ago, when our little angel was born on December 29th. And although I still hate taking down Christmas, I get all excited about celebrating a fun little girl's birthday.

This year our little Princess turned 3 and boy was it a party! After dinner, we all sat down to open a whole bunch of presents. Does she look excited or what?



She got so much that it's hard to even remember all of them. She got a backpack, towel, and outfit from Nana, Papa, and Uncle Taylor. She got a fun little doll and lipgloss watch from Uncle Jon, Aunt Holli, and her cousins. She got a fun Barbie doll with baby set from Uncle Bubby and Aunt Afton. And she also got a fun pink jewelry box from Aunt Kylie and Uncle Jedd.




Then she was on to the presents from us. Zachary gave her a Princess pretend makeup set. And she got a bunch of dress-up stuff from Jeremiah and I. I have been buying all of this throughout the year, so I was able to get it all for a really good deal, but when I finally put it all together, it sure was quite a bit. We gave her a Princess Vanity, a trunk full of Princess dress-up outfits, 3 or 4 fairy dress up outfits, about 5 pairs of shoes, a bunch of hats, scarves, boas, tiaras, purses, and wands and of course a whole ton of play jewelry!




We had to have her model a few outfits for us so we could see how cute she was. Isn't she darling???





After presents we headed into the kitchen for birthday cake and ice cream. She was so excited about her princess cupcakes that she helped make and decorate. And of course she had to have princess plates to put them on.




Needless to say, Hailey has been playing dress-up every spare second she's had. She loves all of her presents and doesn't even want to stop playing to eat or sleep. Even her brother has gotten into the "dress-up spirit" with her. The other day they both came down to show us their outfits. I didn't have the heart to tell Zach that he was in a "girls" outfit, so I guess this will just be a picture to use for blackmail when he gets older! :) Too cute!



So it was a pretty fun day. Thanks to all of you who were able to come down for her party, it really meant the world to her. I can't believe my little girl is 3, she's really getting to be a big girl. HAPPY BIRTHDAY HAILEY-BUG!