P is for PARTY!

For Pierson's birthday party this year, we decided to go with none other than a "P" theme since that is what she is called quite often and not to mention that she loves the letter P! So...P is for Party was the official theme! We took a chance with the weather and had it at Poage Park (thought it went well with the P theme!). No rain, but it was SOOOOO windy that morning, so many of the decorations I had prepared to put up just didn't quite make it. Oh well, don't think the kids cared too much :) The invites instructed all her guests to wear something that started with the letter P (pink, purple, polka dot, plaid, etc.) Pierson's Aunt Kelly made her a special "P" pink polka dot dress just for the party!!!

Playing with her daddy :)

Sweet Brodie giving P a snack

Merry-go-round with cousin Maddie and Addyson

Taking a break to eat some snacks!

Trying to keep the wind from blowing everything away!!

All the snacks started with the letter P. Pineapple cupcakes and a special one for birthday girl.

Peach Parfait cups

Pretzel mix

PB&J sandwiches

Maddie, Pierson and Lita enjoying some of the food

The birthday girl blowing out her number 2 candle!

Who needs a fork?

P is for Pinata so we attempted to have a pull string one for the littles to try

The candy didn't quite come out when the strings were pulled daddy had to help a little :) Still ended with all the candy on the ground!!

Mommy, Pierson and Daddy

P is for Painting!

Having fun with her friends at the paint table

Daddy's little girl :)

Pierson with her Lita

All the family that made the trip in. (Nana, Aunt Andee, Lita, Daddy, Pierson, Mommy, Aunt Kelly and Cousin Maddie)

Back at the house, playing with Cousin Maddie. Pierson LOVED having her cousin there to play with!

Checkin out the goods :)

It was a great party and she had so much fun with her friends and family! I adore all of her little friends (and their mommies!) and hope that they continue to stay friends as they grow up :)



Pierson Layne is TWO!!

My sweet baby turned TWO on March 9th and I can't believe that we have been blessed with her sassy little personality for two whole years!!!! It's one of the many things that every parent tells you, but you never really know just how fast they truly do grow up until you expereince it for yourself. Words can't express just how much joy Pierson has brought to our lives. She still loves to read. She now likes to "read" the books to us. She loves playing with her friends and talking about them by name and their parents names too! She loves looking at pictures of family and making sure that we know all their names. She amazes us at the things that she picks up on, how smart she is and how closely she pays attention. She can now spell her name without mommy and daddy's help and count to 10. Her favorite foods are still fruit and cheese, but she has been doing great at eating what we eat. Chick-fil-a and Jason's Deli are always at the top of her list if she gets a say so. She is also in LOVE with 3 Spoons Yogurt (so is mommy!). She is very much into her baby dolls still and dress up. She loves her dress up shoes! She likes to make mommy lunch in her kitchen and have tea parties with her new tea set. She TALKS and TALKS and TALKS! She makes sure that mommy and daddy know every little thought that crosses her little mind. She is starting to want everything to be pink! We want pink ice cream, pink clothes, pink shoes, you name it.

Anyways, we celebrated her actual birthday by having a birthday doughnut with sprinkles and candles for breakfast and then some Chick-fil-a and presents to cap it off.

After nap, she was happy to get a special delivery of balloons, candy and a toy just for her from her Nonna!

She was very excited to get her very own set of high heels from mommy and daddy

And LOVED her new pink dress!!

The "terrible twos" really hasn't been that bad so far. She defnintely has her moments and we have had to start doing time out a few times, but overall she is such a wonderful little tot! She has the sweetest little personality and I love seeing what new things she will do each day. Her birthday party post if coming up next............

Shower for Reid

A few weeks ago, some of my dear friends threw a "sweet" dessert shower for baby Reid! Everything was perfect and I could not have felt more blessed. The decorations were adorable and they even incorporated a little golf theme since he will be a little RC :)

The hostesses gave me this amazing banner (made by the talented, Mimi Harrision) for his room!

All the precious little boy clothes

The sweet hostesses: Suzanne, Sarah, Genny, Julia, Melissa, Shea. Stacy and Sally were missing from the pic.

The family: My MIL, Nina, my mom, step-sis Andee, me and sister Kelly

I am so thankful for all my friends and family that came to shower baby Reid with such love!

First Trip to the Dentist

Pierson recently had her first trip to the dentists office. I had no idea how it would go or what to expect, but she actually did pretty well!

She started off by checking out all the toys in the office. Once the dentist came in, she got to wear some pretty pink glasses and she even said "ahhh" for a few seconds to let her look at her teeth. Thankfully that is all they needed because that was as much as they were going to get.

She got a special sticker to wear, a new pink toothbrush and even got to pick out a new toy from the prize box!

The big girl ready to head to the car with her new goodies!



Snow Days of 2011!

It is no secret that the Cruthirds do NOT enjoy the cold weather! We are definitely a sun, pool and flip flops family and so those few weeks of extreme cold and icky weather was about to have the best of us. We did have a few fun days, especially with the snow! We are definitely glad that it has passed though. Trying to keep an energetic 23 month old entertained indoors for that long really makes you put on your creative hat!

We started by playing in baby Reid's stuff that mommy started getting out! They were like all new toys for little P!

We played A LOT of dress up! I mean A LOT!!!!!

We even did some finger painting with pudding when we got bored with the regular finger painting

The snow days were pretty fun! Pierson could hardly wait to get outside and play in it.

The best part of the snow day was getting to have daddy home to play with us!

All bundled up and ready to play!

Riding the sled down our street

Switched over to the laundry basket down our driveway :)

Walking around in her favorite boots!

We took a break from the cold and made some homemade snowcream!

It was Pierson and Ryan's first time to ever have some!!!!



Princess Party

At the beginning of January, Pierson was invited to her very first Princess Party for her cousin, Ainsley. She had never been to a "princess party" before so I had no idea if she would get into it or not, but we thought it would be fun to give it a try. When we arrived, she put on her first princess Cinderella dress and her "prettys" as she calls them. Pierson had an absolute blast! She loved watching the bigger "princesses" dance around. Sadly, my camera ran out of batteries right as the party was starting so I only have pics from my phone.

Cinderella herself was the entertainment for the party!

Pierson even let Cinderella paint her face! I was shocked that she sat still this long!

All the precious little princesses :)

Taking a break with daddy.

Learning how to be a princess from Cinderella

It was such a fun party and I absolutely loved watching Pierson get into the dressing up and girly, girly stuff. It was definitely a day that I was SO glad I had a little girl to get to do that with :)