WEEK OF BIRTHDAY!!!!

It has been birthday week around the Barlow home. I absolutely LOVE birthdays so this week was a DREAM! There was some sort of cake on my counter for the ENTIRE week! HEAVENLY!!

To start:

Last sunday we celebrated my birthday and Savannah's birthday with my family. We had yummy Chicken Pot Pies (DELICIOUS MOM!), and a castle cake that everyone helped with. We had quite the crew of Leonard contractors working on this project!

You would never believe that this beauty started out as three 8 inch round cakes, two 4 inch round cakes, six cake filled cake cones, five sugar cones, two containers vanilla frosting, a package of vanilla wafer cookies, and TWO containers of blue sprinkles! Oh, and let us not forget the 6 princess figurines perched on their BRAND SPANK'N new POSH castle!! It was tasty!

Savy and I were spoiled ROTTEN! (THANKS EVERYONE!!!!)

Savy got lots of books, a purple tinker bell dress, crayons, and . . .

A new BIKE!

Mommy and Daddy gave her "a bike like Mia's" (Savy's friend) just like she asked.

I was spoiled with a free babysitting night, a nail kit (BOTH of which I DESPERATELY need!), bubbles to blow outside (I LOVE bubbles!) money for clothes and a calendar for my kitchen (that Jake made!).

Jake designed and made this for me! I have a dry erase calendar printed on a transparency that goes on the metal part that I can write on. I can put a cute piece of scrapbook paper behind the transparency to make it seasonal. I LOVE IT! Thanks EVERYONE!

Moving right along:

For my birthday Brandon and I took advantage of the Christmas present my parents gave us and went skiing for the day. Dumb me forgot my camera. Dumb! Why beat myself up over this . . . because it was BEAUTIFUL!!!!!! It was PERFECT!!! It was everything skiing should be! Warm sunshine, groomed runs with a small amount of fresh powder on them, only 10 other people on the hill, no kids. Thanks mom and dad! And, BRANDON! After skiing Brandon and I picked up some dinner and ate at home with no kids. He had a cute table set up with flowers,(which are STILL ALIVE!) and presents. It was honestly one of the best 29 birthdays I have ever had! THANKS BRANDON!!!

Almost done:

On Savannah's birthday we took her to the "Make a teddy bear store". She was very excited! She picked out a cute pink monkey. It's hands have Velcro them so she can latch it's arms around her neck. It is a constant monkey hug! She loves it!

The Process: Picking out the monkey.

Choosing a voice box. She picked out the monkey sound. (That's my girl - it all has to go together!)

We didn't get any pictures of the stuffing of the monkey because Savy was a bit scared of the very outgoing 25 year old man thrashing her monkey around and putting needles into it's back. But . . . moving on . . . Daddy and Savy gave the monkey a very nice bath and a good brushing.

And finally Savy picked out a very STYLE'N outfit of a denim skirt and sparkly pink princess shirt. The monkey and Savy do share a common love . . . princesses.
After all this we now have a new member of the Savy stuffed animal family - FIA. Yes, Fia is the name Savy chose. It was a great time and Savy sure LOVES her FIA!

The day ended with a Happy Meal from McDonalds, some various treats, and a few presents from mom and dad. Happy Birthday PRINCESS!!! You are BEAUTIFUL!!!!!

Last, but certainly not least:

We celebrated Savy's birthday with Brandon's family on sunday. Again, she was SPOILED!! She received a baby doll, books, a hopper ball, colorwonder coloring books and a princess dress. She had a GREAT birthday! THANKS EVERYONE!!

And, a cupcake for the princess!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SAVY!!!!!