Five Years Old (Gigi's Yearly Photo)

Gigi turned five on February 19th. Her yearly stats are:

Height: 39.3 inches; 3rd percentile

Weight: 32 lbs; 3rd percentile

Gigi is such a girly girl. She loves to dress up a a princess, her favorite is Elsa (of course!). She loves to play with her Barbies, My Little Pony, and her American Girl Doll. She also loves to color, paint and draw and she's becoming quite the little artist. She just loves preschool! Her teacher tells me that her favorite thing at school is art. Here are her yearly photos, and of course she had to wear her hair in an Elsa braid...

and some silly faces...

Gigi Turns Five

As soon as Gigi woke up on the morning of her birthday, she wanted to open up her presents! Here she is with all of her presents. :)

She had preschool that day, so she got to wear a special birthday crown!

Liam and I stayed for the first 20 mins and Gigi loved showing Liam all of the fun toys she gets to play with. She also got to show her class some of her baby pics and baby clothes. 

That night she got to invite a few friends over for cake and ice cream. She wanted a pink and minty green heart cake!

I can't believe this little girl is already five!

Valentine's Mantel

I love hearts, no I heart hearts. :) So of course I had to decorate my mantel for Valentine's Day this year! I kept my pallet up since it provides such a great backdrop for just about any type of decor. And I love the rustic and warm feel it brings into the space!

I made the flowers out of crepe paper, and I love the fact that they won't die on me! First I attached a cotton ball to some floral wire using both glue and floral tape. Then I cut the crepe paper into little squares with some scalloped-edged scissors, bunched them up and glued them to the cotton ball. Easy peasy!

I also made the felt heart garland which is pretty self explanatory. The mercury glass garland is vintage.

I got the marquee heart light at Michaels (sim here) and the XO letters are from Anthropologie.

I got the various hobnail and tin vases at BHLDN a few years ago, but it looks like they still sale similar ones here and here.

So that's it! I hope you all have a wonderful Valentine's Day tomorrow!!!

Twenty-Two Months Old (Liam's Monthly Photo)

Liam turned twenty-two months old on February 11th.

Liam is starting to learn his colors and numbers. He loves to point at things and tell me what color they are. He also loves to count the stairs as we walk down them. Liam's favorite food is hot dogs, just like his daddy! Here are his monthly photos...

I always put toys on my head to get him to look at the camera, so Liam started copying me! :)