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Ashlyn's Third Birthday!

Ashlyn doesn't have her three year check up until later this month but I wanted to post about her third birthday party now.

We decided that we throw a big first birthday party for the kids but the next big party wouldn't be until five.  For Ashlyn's second birthday, we just had my parents come over to our house to give presents and have cake.  This year, Ashlyn made her own list of people she wanted to invite to celebrate.  The list was small (about 15 people) so we were ok with it.

We served appetizer type foods like mozzarella sticks and meatballs.  We had snacks like chips and pretzels.  And of course we had cupcakes.  We didn't really do any decorations or anything since it wasn't really supposed to be a party.

Unfortunately we started our day at the doctor because she and her brother were sick.  That didn't keep her down, though.  Ashlyn had a blast.  The party was full of adults, aside from my nephew who is 12.  The only other kids that were supposed to come were sick but Ashlyn still had fun.

She was allowed to choose whatever dress she wanted from her closet to wear for the day.  She chose her purple Elsa & Anna dress and her sparkly purple shoes.  Of course she had to have Elsa hair too.  I did my best!

She chose which cupcake she wanted and waited not so patiently for people to sing the birthday song so she could blow the candle out.  She didn't wait so we had to do it a second time so I could get a picture!

She was more than happy to open her presents but she really wanted to play with each item as she was opening.  She really loved her new Elsa and Anna dolls and she immediately chose to wear the Elsa dress her Great Uncle and Great Aunt got her.  Of course she is really excited about the new bike her Nana and Pop got her.

 

She had such at great time at the party.  She was so exhausted that she actually slept in her own bed all night long for the first time in months.  It was amazing!  Too bad her brother decided he didn't want to sleep.

On her actual birthday (Tuesday 12/9) she was, again, allowed to choose whichever dress she wanted to wear.  We blew bubbles inside since it was too cold outside.  She opened her gifts from us and promptly played with them.  We took her to Friendly's for dinner where we had to get our birthday ice cream to go because she and her brother were just coughing too much.  We really should have stayed home but I wanted to get them out of the house for a bit.  No matter because we enjoyed the ice cream as soon as we got home!

 
 

I think she had a great birthday party and birthday.  I just want to thank everyone who came to the party on Sunday.  I think we all agree that Ashlyn is a special little girl and you all made her feel like a princess.  We are so thankful to have so many people who care about our little girl.  She loves you all so much! 

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