This afternoon I took Sydney to get her haircut before she started school.  I had no intention of getting Casey's haircut (even though Daniel thought it should have been done months ago) but for whatever reason she demanded that she get a haircut too!

Not my baby anymore huh?

Wow!  Not sure where to start because this is extremely bittersweet for me.  When Sydney turned 3 I had a newborn, was trying to sell a home and although I reflect each year older they get it just didn't hit me as hard as Casey's 3rd bday is hitting me.  Maybe it's because Casey is the last baby, maybe it's because it means I am getting OLD - who knows but it hit me pretty hard this weekend!

I swear to you that when I look at Casey and I still see a newborn baby with flaming red hair, helplessly sweet in my arms.  But in all actuality she is turning 3 today - UGH!  

Casey is AMAZING and keeps us on our toes and keeps laughter in our home.  She loves with everything she has and most days she can't walk past us without a hug, kiss or at least a little touch.  She is in fact a TRUE redhead.  Sweet as can be but then one thing doesn't go her way and the beast is unleashed!!  But those moments don't last too long and then she is right back to being her sweet little self.  

We could not have chosen a better child to complete our family and we look forward to the years that follow with our BABY - Yes she will always be our baby!  

Here a little collage from the weekend...

Princess Cake...

Sweet Sydney ready to celebrate with Casey - 

So excited about her Presents from Sydney (shopping cart) and from Christopher, Alisia and Kale (Princess purse)

Playing with her new "lipstick" and reading her Bday card.

Right here she is schooling Sydney on "this is mine - DON'T TOUCH!!!"

And then the gift from Mommy and Daddy...

A BRAND NEW BIKE!! 

This morning we got up SO early and traveled to Utah - our very favorite place.  Christopher, Alisia and Kale drove in from Vegas to visit also.  The only thing missing is Daniel but he wasn't able to get time off work -BOOO!!!

This trip is really just to relax and have fun with the kids - so that is exactly what we are going to do.  

When we got into Salt Lake it was cloudy and rainy but about an hour after arriving it was SNOWING and the kids might as well have been given the best gift ever!!  Nothing stuck to the ground in the city but we will be going up to Park City later in the week so we will definitely get to throw them into some snow while we are here.

Since Christopher, Alisia and Casey all have birthday's in April we thought what a better time to celebrate than right now?

Ripping into presents was the highlight of her day!

Baby Alive - Yay!!  

Another toy that talks so at 2 am when it says "I'm Hungry" I can get all freaked out.  

Thanks Grandma!

Casey and Kale playing DS together - They were fast friends!!!

I think Casey is the true artist in our family!

What kind remains to be seen BUT I'm leaning toward make-up artist!

Casey continually draws on herself BUT only her face!

Daddy sent her into the office to see me and she came screaming 

"Mommy hugs and kisses for you" 

and when I turned to get my sweet surprise this is the face that greeted me.  

I LOVE THIS KID!!!

Yes "I Kitty" are the exact words I heard when I found Casey sitting in the pantry with a pen and a chocolate chip cookie in her hand... You can still see the crumbs from the stolen cookie hanging out on her chin. UUGGHHH!

But those big blue eyes and that sweet smile made me giggle and the anger faded quickly.

At least it wasn't a Sharpie!

Of course Sydney pouted like a champ (still does) but Casey - well I'll just say that Casey is a PROFESSIONAL.  Once she commits she sticks with it to the very end!!!

Bottom lip out, stone pose and complete silence - it really is an art for her.

The other day she was being a monster and was told to go to her room.

I hadn't heard anything for a while so I went to check on her and this is what we saw...

Mind you after peeking in and seeing this I had to grab the camera to capture it and she STAYED in the exact same spot while I ran around the house looking for the camera.

Bottom lip is definitely out and the "Please pity me stare"

So after telling her that she could come out of her room if she was ready to behave she decided that her acting for that 5 minutes had worn her out and she took a little rest on her bedroom floor.

So when we had kids I had this absolute LOVE of the way desitin smelled - weird I know but apparently Casey has developed the same affliction...

Remember a year ago this is what Casey's room looked like

Then a few months later we had to move onto the toddler bed

This past week we made ANOTHER change!  Casey is now a proud owner of a real "Big Girl" bed.  The toddler bed just wasn't big enough anymore and we were tired of checking on her and half her body hanging off the edge.   So a little rearranging happened and this is what she got...

So Happy! 

This week has been all about Sydney so far.  And with Grandma and Grandpa in town it was only fitting to take Casey out for a little fun and in this family shopping is our kind of fun!!!

So with Sydney off to school we headed out the door to the mall to Build-A-Bear for the very first time with Casey!

She picked out the Kitty...

She kissed the heart and helped stuff it...
She gave it a bath...
Got it dressed...

And here is her newest favorite "baby"...
What is a trip out without making your child put on funny sunglasses so we could all laugh at her - but she thought it was just as funny!
It was such a nice day out with Casey and the Grandparents!  Wish we could do it more often!

This is a blurry dark picture but Casey is absolutely in love with Sopapilla's and this was such a cute moment - she was absolutely covered in the cinnamon, sugar and chocolate sauce and although she loved eating them being dirty was really freaking her out...

IS ON THE POTTY!!

To say that the master closet was what sold us on this house would be a total lie - We hated it.  It always looked crowded and there was SO much wasted space.  We recently decided to have a professional come look at it and he wowed us with a great design and we did it.  My newest love is my custom closet!!

I totally forgot to take before pictures but just picture a mess with shoes everywhere and very little organization and you'll get it!

Looking into the closet.

 I love the drawers and shelving it lets us hide clothing and also get the shoes up off the floor..

To the right inside the closet.

Oh and this is what happens when you leave a 2 yr old in the bathroom for 2 minutes so you can take pictures of your new glorious closet...

Yes that is mascara!  What can you do?