
Happy birthday, dear Jude! You’re TWO! We love you bunches!
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by Aliesha

Happy birthday, dear Jude! You’re TWO! We love you bunches!
by Aliesha
On Saturday we celebrated Vera’s birthday (early) with both sets of grandparents and a couple of uncles! I wanted to go ahead and have her birthday celebration early since my energy is waning each week. We’ll still have a special day on her actual birthday though!
It was so nice to have Tad’s parents, my parents, and my brothers here with us for the low-key party.

I know Vera felt very loved by everyone!


We had a taco salad bar which was AWESOME. We’ve been eating leftovers all week!

I found some really cute Daniel Tiger printables to help make her party special!

Of course I made our favorite chocolate cake recipe, per Vera’s request! She also requested a banner on the cake, sprinkles, and a “5” candle!

Smiles with MiMi


Too distracted for pictures!


Hugs for Grammy

Ready to blow out the candle!

We’re so thankful for our happy, spunky Vera and we can hardly believe she’s about to turn five!
by Aliesha
On Saturday, we celebrated Cordelia’s third birthday! She requested a penguin party!

My mom made some adorable penguin bunting banners.




I made a coconut cake and decorated it with some cute penguins!

My talented friend Stuart made penguin and snowflake sugar cookies for the party! 

If you’re local and want her contact info, I can put you in touch! I’m convinced she can make anything!

We were blessed to have our family come celebrate with us! Pops, MiMi, Grandanny, Grammy, Uncle Phillip, Uncle Nich, Uncle Jed, Aunt Angela, Brayden, Drew, and Haley all came to the party! Our table was as tightly packed as it can get, and we used every available chair in the house! I love having so many people in my dining room!

We ate warm soup, homemade breads, fresh salad, and lots of cheese on the soups!




MiMi made the cute penguin shirts for Vera, Cordelia, and Jude!



Jude decided to ham it up for some of the photos!

It was a special day and we made some great memories!


Happy 3rd birthday, sweet Cordelia! We love you, little penguin!
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