Houseguests

Syd Pid turned ONE last Friday.  We had a very busy week leading up to her birthday with so many visitors...it was pretty awesome!  I still have to do her 12 month post and then a separate post about her beautiful birthday party.  But first, let's see who came to see us...

My mom (aka Nana) arrived the previous Friday and brought Buddy home, as seen in the last post.  She stayed until Sunday morning, when she left to go see her parents and sisters on Mother's Day.  We had a really low key Mother's Day here, which was nice and relaxing.

Millie made this for me at school.  It came in a package labeled "don't open until Mother's Day"...so sweet.  She's always so proud of her artwork.

Monday, Christie arrived!  One of my oldest friends, and I don't get to see her enough.  It was really nice to have her here.  She loves to cook, so we always spend some time in the kitchen making something delicious and catching up.  Buddy was glad to see her too.

I even forced her to run some errands with me, so Petsmart turned into a field trip with the kiddos.

Millie was super pumped to go to the cupcake shop again.  We all enjoyed it!

Then we had to walk a little to counteract the cupcakes ;)

Christie left Tuesday evening, and then mom came back on Wednesday!

Thursday, Aunt Midge arrived!  Wheeeee

This was so sweet...Midge was FaceTiming with Kyle and both girls got to see him too.  I love how Syd is sitting on her lap. <3

Friday was Syd's actual birthday, so the day started with birthday donuts...she was a fan!

Nana surprised her with her very own tricycle!  It has handlebars to push her around...we all love it.

Saturday was the big birthday bash, and then sadly, Nana and Midge left on Sunday.  I was really sad to see everyone go.  I adored having so much company for over a week!  It was a very busy week with all of the party prep, but I couldn't have done it without my mom, Midge, and JKK (and plenty of wine).  Love you guys...so hard.