Mia Turned 4 years old!

Mia turned the big 4 on March 21st. She's

been waiting for this day for a looong time, so she's

just a little excited. What can I say about my big 4 year old

without filling up with tears. She's my miracle, my little spirit

who waited in heaven for me to get away from a terribly abuse relationship

and find the perfect dad for her- Rick. I always say she's an old spirit, because she is so intuned with adults

and what is going on in the world. She looked like she was a year old the second she was born.

She is so lovey dovey, always wanting hugs and kisses, yet at

the same time she needs her space (like her mom) She's so amazingly smart , stubborn,  fiesty, and can be a pistol

at times (especially when she's trying to win an argument) but she LOVES church, is so spiritual, is the teacher's pet at preschool (like her mom used to be in school)

LOVES animals, has a smile that could melt your heart ( like her dad's) and wakes up every morning excited about the world, saying, "Mom what do I got today?" She always wants to be busy. We love her so much and are so proud to be her parents. Love you Mia :)

On her actual birthday, Wednesday, she wore a cute shirt

to preschool and brought some chocolate chip cookies that

she made Grandma B make because she said that she

makes better ones than me. haha :) Then after work,

I took her to Toys R Us with Grandma Lil who was visiting from Idaho

and she got to pick out a few toys and get a balloon. On the way home,

we picked up Subway( one of her favorites) for dinner.

This was the CARS cake we made, my mom and I, it

was the first time I tried fondant and it was really hard.

Mia was helping us the whole time and holding the picture up

making sure I did it perfectly, little stinker!!

This is what it looked like with the CARS characters on it.

She helped me set up her entire party and colored about 30 car

pictures last week to decorate with. We did a cake walk

and walked around listening to CARS music:)

And she REALLY wanted a pinata, so we had

to figure out where to put it, since we didn't have anything to hang

it on, so Rick made up this..

And this was the set up before the party.. She had all her grandparents

and her Aunt Brooke, and her babysitter Kirstin there. One of her cousins

was supposed to come but couldn't and she was really upset about it,

but she didn't want any other kids so she was fine. ( I'm not doing friend

parties for a long time) If all her cousins lived here, they would all be here, but

unfortunately they don't.

Rick got all these fancy balloons and she did all the rest of the decorating

We had this on the front door and when each guest arrived,

she said, " Welcome to Radiator Springs!" So cute!!

waiting patiently for the cake, we did little cupcakes for everyone

to eat since I knew she wouldn't let me cut into her fancy cake,

I think her Rapunzel cake stayed in our freezer for 4 months before

she let us throw it out.

Blowing out the candle- notice the flag caught on fire, oops!

Then right into opening gifts where we spent seriously 45 minutes  

Of course everything mostly CARS, but she got the cuttest stuff

from Aunt Nicole (an Ispy bag and a church bag) and she loved it!

She's obsessed with Charlie Brown and wanted the figurines.

Notice she's wearing her Nascar shirt and racing ribbon

This was her frustrated look when she couldn't open a present.

CARS stuff

Grandma and grandpa M gave her some really cute clothes and

a fun CARS book.

Kirstin her babysitter gave her a coloring book

I had to... she hasn't touched it yet. Haha:)

Grandma and grandpa M

Aunt Brooke let her pick out her own present at Target on Friday

before the party , so she thought that was pretty cool!

THen after presents, we all walked outside to surprise her

with a little simple swing set we got :)

Bentley needing attention

Grandma B trying out the slide- notice she's the only one in a

birthday hat?

Mia and Kirstin- I can't even tell you how much she loves her.

And look at the yummy food- we ordered from Ray the neighbor down

the street because it's Mia's favorite pizza and he gave us lots of extras,

we had salads, pizzas, breadsticks, orzo, shrimp salad, garlic knots, yum :)

After dinner, we did the pinata

She had a blast

lots of chocolate- she's such a chocolate head, she always

says, mom girls just love chocolate don't they. Yup!!

Mia and all her gifts- I had grandpa bring this tire over for

a game but we ended up using it as a centerpiece for her

birthday, so that was fun1

She definitely made a haul: CARS stuff, dinosaurs, clothes,

stamps, and more!

had to involve Spock since he was on her invite list

and bear

Grandpa B made her get in it, oh was that fun!

This could've been a disaster, first my mom wanted to stand on it,

then my dad tried...

look at Rick's hand like Oh no!

And that's all I got, I pretty much threw the camera down when he tried

to stand up and had to jump off and slide on my floor- crazy grandparents!

Mia had an amazing birthday and was so happy that all her grandparents were able to

be there. Yes we are lucky they live here, we know that. We missed cousins but Mia

loved hearing them sing her Happy Birthday songs. Here's to many more years of amazing birthdays!

We love you Mia :)