My 5 Year Old!

Dec. 13:

Sunday afternoon, we celebrated Lyric's fifth birthday as a family at Jamie's house. She had been telling Jamie that she wanted a Hello Kitty cake, so that's what she got! My mom was nice enough to find lots of fun Hello Kitty decorations to put up. We made hogie sandwiches, per Lyric's request. Her initial request was Quiznos, but we settled on making our own :)

We sang Happy Birthday and then she got to open her fun presents. She was so excited to see what she got.

Dec. 14:

Monday was her actual birthday. She had the privilege of being VIP at preschool. When they are VIP they are in charge of snack, bringing something to share from home, and other fun things at school. I decided since it was on her birthday to do cupcakes. She couldn't wait to take them and share! She also brought her new Hello Kitty book to share with the kids that she got for her birthday.

After preschool, my parents took her out on her birthday date. She had been requesting to go to Chuck E. Cheese for quite some time, so that's where they went! Of course she loved it! One on one time with grandma and grandpa at Chuck E. Cheese, what more could you ask for!

After she got home, we had her birthday dinner at Quiznos. This girl loves that place more than the average kid!

She had a fun two day celebration of her special day. She is so excited to be five, especially since that means that kindergarten is around the corner! Everywhere we go, she loves telling people that she is five now.

Here is a cute little survey I did with her that I found on the blog of one of Jamie's friends.

• If you could have one super-power, what would it be? To be a water bender like Guitara
  
• What was the last chore you did? Cleaned the office
  
• What is your favorite song? I am a Child of God
  
• What's your favorite food? Turkey sandwich
  
• What's the nicest thing you've done for someone in your family lately? Give mommy a card
  
• What makes you mad? If someone takes away my birthday toy
  
• Where would you like to go on vacation next year? Seth’s house
  
• Who's the smartest person in your family? Mommy Why? Because you’re a mom
  
• How are you like your dad? We both like Castle Crashers
  
• How are you like your mom? We both stay home
  
• What's one thing that your dad had that you'd like to develop? He takes me shopping on my birthday
  
• What's one thing that you and Dad do together that you'll always remember? Playing games
  
• If you had a million dollars, what's the first thing you'd buy? Some food
  
• How do you know that I love you? Because you like me a lot
  
• What's your favorite cereal? Lucky Charms
  
• What's your favorite TV show? Phineas and Ferb
  
• What's your favorite vegetable? Corn
  
• What personal item that you would never give away? My birthday stuff
  
• What's your favorite game? My Princess Wii game
  
• What's your favorite book? The Elmo Book
  
• What food would you eat every day if you could? Oatmeal
  
• If you could choose a different name, what would it be? Lexi
  
• What's the scariest thing you've ever done? Go on Haunted Mansion at Disneyland
  
• If you could eat at any restaurant for the rest of your life, where would it be? Jeb’s (ice cream parlor)
  
• What's your favorite candy bar? Skittles
  
• What's the last thing that you did that you were proud of? Obey
  
• What's the best age to be? 11
  
• What's your favorite holiday? Christmas
  
• What's the best present you ever got? Dora Doll
  
• What's your greatest word of wisdom at age 5? Make a manger scene
  

Preschool Program

Dec. 6:

Lyric's preschool put on a cute little Christmas program. Jamie and her girls along with my mom and dad were able to attend. They practiced their songs at school for a few weeks.

Lyric was so excited to perform. She got up there with her class and sang her little heart out! She loves going to preschool and all the kids she gets to play with, especially now that cousin Peyton goes to preschool with her!

Decorating

Paxton was absolutely obsessed with the singing toys!

Nov. 30:

I'm so glad that Mike enjoys decorating the tree. I love a decorated tree, it's just not my favorite thing to actually do. I love decorating the rest of the house. The kids had a blast helping Mike. They love looking at all the fun ornaments we've collected in the past years.

I've always been against getting a fake tree, but this was the first year that it felt very tempting to do so! It's a lot of work getting the real ones up! But, Mike is still very much not with my same thinking on the fake thing, so we'll do real for now!

Getting Our Tree!

Don't mind how deathly I look, kind of a representation of how I felt :)

Nov. 28:

We have a yearly tradition of getting our Christmas tree the day after Thanksgiving. I love the smell of it in the house. Mike and the kids love decorating it.We've had pretty good luck with getting healthy trees that make it through Christmas!

We ended up going on the Saturday after Thanksgiving this year. It was quite the stretch for me to be able to go, but I was able to push through. The kids loved looking at all the trees and picking one out.

Halloween

Oct. 28:

This year we went to our ward Halloween party. The kids had lots of fun. Unfortunately, that's when my "morning" sickness started coming on, so I wasn't feeling too great, but nothing like what it would turn into!

Lyric was a candy cane witch and Paxton was an FBI guy. On Halloween night, Mike took them out trick or treating to collect their loot.

Ready For the Ride.......

5w5d, ha, hardly pregnant!

Oct. 2009:

Well, ready or not, baby number three is on the way! We found out we were expecting October 16. It was planned, but happened a little faster then we expected :) I have felt so scared to jump onto this boat, but I felt like the timing was what I wanted. Paxton and this baby will be three years apart. For me personally, I didn't want much more than a three year gap, so I knew the window was small!

I had my first appointment on October 26 to confirm my pregnancy. My mom was able to come with me. My dad was nice enough to have both of my kids. Lyric was very brave to take a little swim in the chilly pool!

Little did I know what kind of a spin my life was going take!!!!!!!!!