December birthdays

I have a new niece, Hazel, born on the 15th.  This is Ashley's new baby girl, her fourth child.  I made this polka dot blanket for her, which didn't turn out great, but she makes it beautiful.  I haven't met her yet, but I love her already!

Owen shares a birthday with Hazel's brother Jaden (who turned 11).  Owen is 7 now.  We had a friend party planned for him, but had to postpone it because of a stomach bug going through our family.  Stay tuned for those pictures later.  Owen was very excited about his new Legos and light saber.  (We all enjoyed watching the new Star Wars movie after Christmas).

I hadn't planned on a big cake on his actual birthday, but luckily a friend brought this one over since we didn't do another party yet.  

Owen was also very excited about getting long underwear.  He desperately wanted some when Nathan and Jared got theirs for their backpacking trip.  He got some for his birthday!

Savannah's birthday is just a few days after Owen's.  Her presents ended up being bigger than her!

It took us a while to put this plastic bed together...she was patient, yet excited to put her babies in there.  Weston took over the manger set, as you can see the piggy is visiting the baby Jesus!  We got Savannah her own white board and markers, because she really loves drawing.  She draws on any paper around, the chore charts on the fridge, the walls... I thought she might like her own coloring board.  And she seems to like it!  She loves being able to erase what she has done and start a new picture.  We'll see how long the markers last though.  She's not good about putting the caps back on them.  

Savannah wanted a Dora cake - I cheated and used part of the huge cake that Owen got for his birthday.  I also just printed out a picture for the top.  She didn't seem to mind.  She did take a hard fall off her chair right on her head just before we got ready to do the cake.  (She was trying to put on her new dress up heels and tumbled right off the chair.)  She was okay, but needed a few extra minutes to recover.  

I did make some fresh cupcakes too for her birthday.  She wanted one of those with the pink frosting and sprinkles.  I'm not surprised.  She's a girly girl!