Happy 5th Birthday Natty Kate!

Happy Birthday to our sweet Natalie!  In the blink of an eye our precious baby has become a capable little girl! She loves to play dolls, and continues to live a very pinkalicious life!  This year she has added a love for bike riding, swimming, and playing t-ball!  As I was putting together her birthday video, I also noticed that she is a girl of many great expressions!  She brings incredible joy to our lives and we are grateful for the gift that God has given in this little girl!

Here's her birthday video:...(click play and then click the cog at the bottom to change the "quality" to 1080)

Today was a special day...

We have been waiting for today to arrive.  Can you guess why???

Here's a hint...

Today was Natalie's first ballet class.

There was some tippy-toe twirling...

And a whole lot of absolutely adorable, heart-melting, wanna stop time, cuteness going on!

Happy 3rd Birthday, Natalie!

Dear Natalie,
Happy 3rd Birthday, sweet girl!  It has been a fun year watching you grow, change and having a lot of fun.   This year you went to 2 year old preschool, which you loved...playing with new toys, doing art projects, and your favorite...snack time!  You became a big sister in January, and while it took you a little time to adjust to that role, you have become an incredibly loving and protective sister. You also fell in love with all things girl!   Your favorite color is PINK.  And, one of my favorite quotes from you this year was, "if it's pink, then I yike it!"  You take impeccable care of your baby dolls...feeding, changing, and loving on them.  You are a great little mommy, and I often find myself "babysitting" one of your dolls or stuffed animals.

You bring such joy to our family!  Your adorable pink-princess-loving-ways are a fun addition to a home full of brothers!  You are a smart girl who has a precious heart.  You have a great sense of humor and are the perfect combination of sweetness and toughness.

Thank you for being our daughter!
We love you more than you can ever imagine!

love,
mommy


Natalie's Birthday Video (once you push play be sure to change it from 360p up to 720p)




We celebrated Natalie's birthday over the weekend.  We had princess decorations, pink and purple cupcakes, flowers with princess wands in them, and almost all of her presents were some shade of PINK.  Do you see a theme here?!?!

I can't believe our baby girl is 3 years old!

A whole new level...

Natalie calls her big-girl bed, her Princess Bed.
This is how Natalie fell asleep tonight.
This brings the Princess Bed to a whole new level!

...goodnight princess natty-pants.

Huggle Buggle Bear...

Last year, Great Grandma Lawler gave Natalie the book, "Huggle Buggle Bear."  It is her absolute favorite.

Several times the book says, "Where oh where is Huggle Buggle Bear?  I can't find him ANYWHERE."   Since we have read this book about a hundred-thousand times, Natalie has now adopted this saying.  So, I will say, "Natty, please get your shoes on." And she'll reply, "buuuuut I can't find them ANYWHERE."  Usually they are sitting right in front of her, which just adds to the humor.

One night, she was "reading" the book to Peter...it's pretty cute!

Sometimes, there's just not enough PINK in the world...

PINKALICIOUS...

The other day Natalie said, "Pink is MY color.  I  Y(L)OVE  pink!"

She certainly appears to be loving all things pink...

Pink from head to toe...and accessorized with a pink bucket!

Someone found lipstick!  She did a pretty good job getting it on 

her lips.  A little blurry because I was chasing her...she didn't 

want me to wipe it off.  

Taking a bath in Auntie's BIG tub.  She insisted on the crown.  
We may be in trouble with this girl!

And the cherry on top....today she asked me to paint her toes...pink of course!  So, for the very first time, these cute little toes were painted and danced around the house with joy.  She refused to wear footed jammies tonight, because she didn't want to cover them up.  

Happy 1st Birthday Natalie!

Our sweet Natalie turned 1 today! Our hearts are full as we celebrate her first year of life! If there is one thing I could say about Natalie, that has been true since the moment that she was born, is that she is a JOY! She has been an easy-going, precious little girl that has added so much to our family over the last year. God has truly blessed us!

Here are a few pictures from today.

Don't you love her birthday tiara?

Even the birthday princess melts down after too much cake!

Here's Natalie's Birthday Video...