Brynn's 4th birthday

Brynn turned 4 on Saturday, March 7th.  We had fun celebrating her birthday for the whole weekend.  We love this little girl so much!

We were in Sandy on Friday night for the kid's photo shoot.  April came to help me and then we just went to their house after for a little party.  We had pizza and then Brynn opened her presents from Grandma and Grandpa.  She got some magic-clip princesses, the Precious Moments porcelain dolls (one for each age), and a box of Lucky Charms (it was tradition in Justin's family that they got their favorite cereal for their birthdays).

 

I didn't do a big cake but did make some sugar cookies bars with purple frosting and sprinkles.  We sang happy birthday and Brynn blew out her candles.

On the day of her birthday she woke up to a few presents waiting to be unwrapped.

We got her a purple thermal teddy bear (Molly has one that Brynn always wanted to use), some paint dabbers, and a purple Razor scooter.

I asked her what she wanted for breakfast and her request was Lucky Charms.  I felt a little guilty not making a nice birthday breakfast for her, but it's what she wanted.

After breakfast, we drove to Plain City.  Abby got baptized on Brynn's birthday so she got to spend the day with her Moyes cousins.

My mom had ordered a cake for Brynn-a Cinderella one, as requested.  We sang to her at Bryce and Erin's house after the baptism and shared the cake with all of Abby's guests.

A little later we headed over to my mom and dad's so Brynn could open her gifts.  She was completely spoiled with clothes, a new outfit for Bitty Baby with a bigger one to match Brynn, a swimsuit, an apron made by grandma, and a roller coaster.

It was a nice enough day outside that we let the kids play for an hour or so longer before we headed home.  This left plenty of time for Brynn to get pushed on the swing by grandpa, one of her absolute favorite things to do.

We hope Brynn had a great day!  We love her personality and are grateful to have her sweet little spirit in our family.

Here is her birthday interview:

Favorite color: Pink and purple
Favorite movie: Cinderella and Frozen
Favorite breakfast: Purple crepes (she does love crepes, although I have never turned them purple...I guess I will have to next time)
Favorite dinner: red meatballs (she only says this because it's what her siblings always say...I would say she gets excited for "slurpy noodles" the most)
Best friend: Owen
Favorite TV show: Bo on the Go
Favorite scripture story: a rock one (the wise man and the foolish man)
Favorite book: the bear one (The Bears in Bed and the Great Big Storm)
Favorite game: Sorry
Favorite story: Miles the Moose (a story Justin made up)
Other kids think that I am: Nice
What do you like about your Mom? Playing games with her
What do you like about your Dad? Wrestling 
What do you like about Molly? Painting nails with her 
What do you like about Stockton? Playing outside with him 
What do you like about Ivy? Playing with her 
What do you like about yourself? Playing by myself and having my birthday 
When I grow up I want to be: Cinderella, the big one 
I like learning about: being reverent 
I want to go to: play with Makaibree or play with Owen 
If I had one wish it would be: playing 
Favorite thing to do: paint nails 
Favorite song: I Am a Child of God

*Ivy update 4/8:
-Ivy's eyes light up when anyone talks to her.  She is such a smiley baby and is on the brink of laughing.  She loves when Justin tickles her and lets out lots of grunts that we are certain would be giggles if she could just figure it out.
-She is always trying to fit her fists in her mouth.
-She is getting so super chubby.  I am loving the rolls on her thighs.  She was 10 lbs 4 oz at her 2 month appt, which could possibly make her our chubbiest baby.
-She has started to extend her eating to every three hours, or maybe 2 1/2 hours, just in the last few days.  We are getting there.
-Napping is about the same...just short little cat naps with an occasional long nap thrown in randomly.  She has become a little easier to put down at night and once she's down, she is sleeping like a pro.  She has slept through the night a handful of times but mostly just does one night-time feeding, around 4 or 5.

**Molly decided to spend some time blogging today.  I tried to tell her it would be easier to just start from right now, but she thinks she wants to go all the way back and try to play catch up.  We'll see how she does.  She used my blog to help her remember what had been going on that long ago.  Here's a link to her blog if you want to check it out: Molly's blog