sally is two!

what an interesting year it has been! didn't she just turn one last week!!! Last year at sally's second birthday I was 6 weeks prego with our third child.  i was beginning the feelings of morning sickness and trying to supress the need to vomit every time i stood up.   but we had the lady bug party anyway! :)  

this year was a much different year.  we were so excited to see our daughter turn two! she has been such a blessing.  there are so many times that she truly brightens up our lives.  she has a great disposition and lots of laughs to share.  

this year we had a monkey party!!! she went around telling everyone "I have a muuunkee party."  It was great! We had a fun time.  I found the pic of the cake on the internet and copied it.  I made a pound cake because they hold up so well with lots of icing.   i also made all of the icing from scratch.  it was so very good! :)  all of the recipes are from my pastor's wife, let me know if you need a copy!  we also had big fun tissue flowers... not sure why i made those but i thought they were really so cute.  and they were so colorful.  

ryan's parents and grandparents came over and we had a nice time with them.  Lots of BBQ was to be had for the men in the family.  It was enjoyable.

we got her a pottery barn anywhere chair with her name on it to match david's.  

enjoy the pics and guess what...

I am NOT prego this time around! 

David is SIX!!!

  New Years Eve is never a dull night for us.  We always have a party, although, the past themes have included farms, super heroes, spiderman, and pirates... not my general choice for the a themed party with adults but you see it is a given that the party will surround the birthday of our first child, David, who came into the world at 11:07 pm on the 31st.  Yep, he came right before the New Year.  The nurses even changed shifts in the middle of the c-section. ( I am sure they had places to be so they could celebrate with friends.)

I can't believe that I am a mom of a SIX year old! I still feel like I am 18 and in college on most days.  It is hard to believe that I spent most of yesterday helping him wait for his friends to come over for a party.  I spent the rest of the time transforming the dining room into a Star Wars theme and making a light saber cake.  

It was a great party with lots of fun for all.  So much fun with the making of the light sabers that we forgot to open the gifts that people brought until the very end and to give them their treats as they were leaving.  I think the treats were the sabers! Somehow the cups with candy and stickers were not as much fun! :) 

As we begin 2008 I am in shock that I have a six year old and that I have been married for almost eight years.  I am also so thankful for all that the Lord has done in our lives.  If I think back on the past few years and all that we have done I know that if I would have been told that we do the things that we have done I would not have believed it! Or I would have cried and not wanted to endure most of it.  :)  But I know that God is working all things for our good and His glory.  He is taking us thru these times so that we can know Him better and glorify Him.  

So I am thankful to the Lord for the New Year.  I am thankful for our son and his 6 year old Star Wars party and I am excited to see what is next.  I know that I would like to know what this year holds for us but I also know that I want to be faithful to see the days come one at a time.  I don't need to see the future  but I do know that I am excited about this year and God's unfailing love as we begin 2008.