Skylar's Birthday!

Skylar turned 4 years old! She had a great birthday and loved opening all of her presents. Mimi and Gigi both came in to town to visit and celebrate her birthday. Savannah was all about the birthday and was singing Happy Birthday to "Kylor" for days. (she has moved on from "KaKa" to "Kylor"...I will probably be sad when she actually gets it right)

Playing with new toys....

Gigi's bed was a mattress on the floor in the living room...Lots of fun to jump and play on!

Presents Round 2...

Jake and Cubby from the Neverland Pirates...

Flynn Rider hugging Captain Hook...

Savannah looking through "Kylor's Nocurs" 

These little girls don't want to be in any more pictures!

We got to take cupcakes to Skylar's school on Monday after her birthday...

Birthday girl! 

The Meece girls get good and messy with their cupcakes!

Skylar walking in the hall at school with Gigi and Mrs. Jenny... 

I love this picture! Something about it makes me so sentimental and I feel like it represents perfectly how far she has come in four years. We had no idea what she would have accomplished, and now she is walking down the hall at school. She has a long way to go, but she has also come so far. 

I can honestly say that not a day goes by that I don't think about everything she can do and how grateful I am for each new things she learns. I don't take any of it for granted, and I hope that never changes. 

Happy Birthday to Skylar!

Field Trip to the Zoo

We got to join Skylar's class on a field trip to the zoo. It was a beautiful hot day and there were kids everywhere! For some reason as soon as we started walking around to see the animals, Skylar started crying and going bananas. She got so upset she was clinging to me and climbing up my shoulder. Everyone tried to distract her and make her happy again and she would scream even louder every time someone mentioned going to see a different animal. She was THAT kid at the zoo that is screaming and no one knows why. I have no idea why she was so traumatized this year, but it was very unlike her. She rarely cries about anything, so it was really sad to see her so upset. After a few tries for visiting more animals, we gave up and Skylar and I headed to the picnic area while Savannah and Daddy saw the rest of the zoo. She perked right up as soon as we got away from the animals and as soon as I mentioned lunch. She ended up having a great time at lunch and riding the couple little rides they have, so hopefully she is not fully traumatized by her zoo experience. Savannah on the other hand, had an absolute blast and would have jumped into the cages with the animals if she could.

Savannah and the Bengal Tiger. 

(she looks like such a big kid!) 

Savannah with an ostrich on her head

Mama and baby kangaroo

Savannah got to feed and hold a Parakeet! Tyler was holding the stick first and trying to help her. Then the bird landed on it and he said- ok, now you hold it...so, of course she grabbed the bird and not the stick. :) The bird was fine and ended up staying and eating the birdseed and letting her hold him. 

Lunch and carousel time!

The zoo had this fun little Jeep the kids could sit in. Skylar was very interested in the monkey sitting by her. She was so sweet checking him out and giving him a pat. 

Baby Wil's Shower

Lori and I were so excited to host a baby shower for Minde last month. Our newest addition to the family, Wilson Patrick Hurst, will be joining us in June! I am loving that we get to have another little boy in the family. I am convinced that IF we had another baby it would for sure be another girl, so I will love and buy camouflage things for both of my nephews! :) We had a wonderful brunch with family and some of Minde's closest friends. Baby Wil got lots of sweet little outfits and some good necessity items that he will need when he arrives.

The new mom to be looking fabulous! 

I got a couple quick pics of Wil's baby bedding...so pretty! His nursery looks like something out of a magazine!  Minde has some great pictures on her blog if you want to see more...

I also loved getting to spend a few hours of uninterrupted quality time with my niece Caroline. I was in Knoxville with no kiddos for the baby shower weekend- and we had fun playing babies and "teaching them music" and just being silly...

Caroline will be a big sister soon!