Birthday Princess

Our internet has been down the last week and has not been the greatest the last few weeks so hopefully it is up and running for good now.... So now that I have finally uploaded the "draft" posts that I didn't realize were sitting in my folder I can start trying to get everything else caught up!
So next up in March was Alli's birthday and it was so much fun.  Ryan was actually in California on her birthday at another expo (it has been a crazy few months of not many weeks/weekends totally home for him, but luckily we are finally at the end!) so we really had a birthday weekend-all the better if you ask me! And seeing as she got to celebrate in Ohio too it really was like a week long celebration.

 First she was excited to take her birthday treats to pre-school and she wanted cowgirl treats so we did sugar cookies.

Then Saturday on her birthday my mom bought her this cute mini birthday cake since we weren't having her cake until Sunday and Monday, she got a new birthday outfit and balloons, we went to Provo Beach resort so she could do the games, carousel, and the "big" kid playplace-seriously underwhelming but she and Ilene had fun playing in it so that worked.  Then we went to Joe Bandidos for some fried ice cream and her favorite enchiladas for dinner :).

Opening her presents Saturday morning.  A birthday outfit from me and a talking rabbit stuffed animal (that responds to parts of its special book when you read it) from my mom. 

         Snuggling her special talking rabbit stuffed animal-talking Abigail and her book went everywhere with us!

Sunday morning Ryan was home and he had brought her a special surprise from his trip-a super cute Minnie Mouse who lights up and talks.  She opened her presents from us (scriptures with her name on them-just a mini Book of Mormon- since every week she wants to take scriptures to church, a cowgirl dress up outfit and some new bedding since you are getting a bunkbed-or "bump bed" as you sooo excitedly call it) and after church we had a family party for dinner and cake and ice cream.  She picked meatballs "with the sweet sauce" as she calls it (random I know, but anytime I asked what she wants for dinner that is her pick...), go-gurts, Pink lemonade, yummy rainbow jello and a few other favorite foods of hers that I don't remember now that it is two months later!  Luckily it worked out that Ryan's mom was here visiting Erin and her cute new baby so she was able to join us for the party!

Monday Ilene had an appointment with a pediatric cardiologist because her pediatrician was concerned about an "abnormal" heart murmur she has.  So they did an EKG and when that came back that her heart is functioning fine :) they did a chest x-ray because it still doesn't sound right so they wanted to see if she had an enlarged heart and luckily everything came back normal on the size so they know nothing is seriously wrong.  So we are all hoping that when we go back in six months it will be gone or not as prevalent.  I wasn't super worried because she hasn't had any symptoms of a heart defect and I have a heart murmur, but it is classified as "innocent".   So after that appointment at the hospital we let Alli pick where she wanted to go for lunch and she picked her favorite-Rubios.  That afternoon was her friend birthday party with a few of her friends in our neighborhood and she wanted a "Cowgirl Pinkalicious" birthday-sweet.  It was a lot of fun though! We had the kids decorate vests, do a horse toss-to get a little stuffed horse, pin the tail on the horse-to get their handkerchief, do a horse race around the house-to get their hat, and then they had what Alli deemed "cowgirl food"-nachos with their cowgirl cupcakes.

This is a whole lot of things about you right now because I want to try to remember what you are like-the random, funny things you do!

You take care of Leo during the day while Dave & Karen are at work.  You love to get the keys and go let him out and play with him.
 You love music and singing.
 You love jumping off things-stools, your bunkbed,  tables etc.
You are mostly happy, but you can have a serious grumpy attitude at times :).  You get VERY excited about things.  Today we are going to Las Vegas since daddy has been traveling so much we are going with him this time :).  The first thing you said when you woke up is "Now we can go to Las Vegas" because yesterday you asked if it was 'after this day'.
Instead of yesterday, today, and tomorrow you will say-before this day, right now/today, and after this day.
Oh my Alli girl-Alli Balli, you are so much fun! We have so much fun every single day! I LOVE hearing you tell me stories or anything-how you are feeling and especially what you are thinking.  You are so smart and observant and intuitive and you think about soo soo many things! You have a great imagination and you absolutely love to learn! Your favorite things to learn about right now are animals-you love dolphins, horses, and oddly enough dinosaurs-although you are very glad they are "extinct because they are all dead".  You always take me to the non-fiction section at the library to get at least one book about animals.  You love to read and be read to.  Some of your favorites are anything Fancy-Fancy Nancy, Pinkalicious, and Katy Duck.  You also like the If You Give a..... books.  You love helping me do projects and especially love helping your daddy do projects! I love seeing your concentration! You even know how to use a drill :).  You still love pretending to be a doctor or dentist, but usually it is an animal doctor or veterinarian.  You have such a tender heart and you hate to see anything/anyone sad be it animal or person so watching movies is interesting at times.  You don't like movies with "meaners" or any bad person!  You like to watch Barney, Wonder Pets, and some Dora and occasionally still Backyardigans.  Often though you will find random Netflix shows (cartoons or animal shows) you love.  You love playing on the Ipad, doing puzzles, coloring, and anything "crafty".   You love your little sister and are usually soo helpful with her.  You guys definitely fight-some days a lot-but there are a lot of days you share soo good with her and help her do things.  She loves you and most of the time wants to be right with you doing whatever you are doing.  You really like to sit in the back of the car and you can buckle your seatbelt :)
I wanted to hear some of your answers so here they are: When you grow up you want to be a- veterinarian.  What does a veterinarian do? It does helping animals.
What is your favorite animal? horses and dolphins
What is your favorite color? mm pink
What is your favorite food? Meatballs and Macaroni and Cheese
What is your favorite treat? any treat-I really like mm cotton candy and suckers and tootsie rolls
TV show? Barney and Backyardiganst (as you say it)
What is your favorite primary song? Teach Me to Walk in the Light
Who is the prophet? Mom can yo help me with this one? I said president and she said Monson.
What is your favorite thing to do? go to the beach resort.
Favorite friend? mmm  Haven and Ruby.

When I ask you to pick which book first (or many other choices) you will often have me pick and then when I pick you will happily say-that was my plan! Or that was what I wanted!
 You often surprise me with words you use and know the meaning for.
You are "slightly" dramatic and the smallest scratch is a BIG deal for you!!