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it happened about a month ago... addi turned 4.

on her actual birthday we kept it kind of low key: homemade oreo cookies at her preschool, bubbles at the beach park, lots of soccer-monster playing.

               

then we threw a party a couple weeks later...

me: "add, what kind of birthday party do you want?"

addi: "um, lollipops."

me: "well, do you want like a pirate party? or an adventure party? or... you, know...."

addi: "and popsicles. lollipops and popsicles!"

an idea was born...

lollipops. popsicles. corn pops. popcorn. pop tarts. and just plain ol' pop.

"mommy, i'm a bigger girl now, huh, sososobig that i'm almost bigger enough to play on the computer all by myself huhmom! and take a bapthtized!"

yah, not yet. slow down there, speed racer.

gwen grew

back in april gwen turned 2.

it all happened so fast.

just seconds ago i was the sleep-deprived nursing mother,

and she was the completely dependent little squeaker.

now she uses a toilet and opens her yogurt cups all by herself.

gwen grew.

needless to say, we threw a party. a BIRDday party, because gwen likes birds, or bir-DEEEz as we affectionately call them in these parts.

we played a couple bird games, like duck duck goose...

and we had a bird-egg hunt

and an over-abundance of bird-themed decor

this amazing cake was made by my friend michelle.

not only is it GORGEOUS and perfect, is was ohsodelicious!

and here is the exact moment gwen turned 2...

i need to get us some tickets to neverland...