My New Favorite 4 Year Old

Faith's birthday fell on a Wednesday this year so we had cupcakes and opened presents before scooting off to Family Quest. She loves FQ so she didn't seem to mind sharing her birthday night.

I used left over frosting to make just a few cupcakes after all the sweets we had over the weekend for her big Pinkalicious Party. (photos coming soon...)

Grace had picked a book Faith already received for her sister's gift so I took her to WalMart and let her choose a new gift. Wow, that took a lot longer than planned. She was very indecisive. I finaly boosted our budget a bit and let her pick out this Pinkalicious doll. I was having a bit of guilt over spending the extra $10, but this picture and the joy Grace got from her sister adoring her gift made it worth it.

We got Faith the first 8 books from the Magic Treehouse series on cd. As you can see from the picture she was little uncertain about these at first. But, the girls have been listening to them before they go to bed and I'm not sure who is loving it more us or them. It has made bedtime go much smoother. I definitely see more books on cd in their Christmas future.
Did I mention she LOVED the doll? ;)
She insisted she have a number 4 candle. Apparently it looked very yummy to Titus because I found it later with a big bite out of it.
Faith,

You are growing up before our eyes. You are such our girlie girl. We treasure you and see many great ways the Lord can use you as you grow. You have become much braver to pray at dinnertime and I enjoy hearing the list of many things you are thankful for. We pray that you will come to love Jesus with all your heart and that he will use your life in a mighty way. We love your our precious princess.

Daddy & Mama

"These are the Moments" Monday

These are the moments...

I realize my "baby" is growing up fast! We have our first official loose tooth at the Humiston household. I was all around shocked. (I didn't lose any teeth till like 2nd grade)

Didn't we just suffer through getting these teeth the first time around?

Well, soon enough one of those precious baby teeth will be under her pillow instead of in her mouth. (and yes, it will be a "good" thing) We will keep you posted on this so very important first.

"These Are The Moments" Monday

These are the moments...

I love having sisters.

I will never forget the day Jeremy and I went to baby #2's ultra sound. Jeremy was excited because after Grace being a surprise I had agreed to let him find out what was in store for us come October. In small talk with the technician we told her we had a daughter and she immediately thought we would be hoping for a son. She assumed Jeremy would be devastated if she couldn't confirm our hopes and dreams that we were getting a boy. I think she was operating under the perception of one girl, one boy & perfecto you are all done. But I assured her this wasn't our last baby and we would be excited no matter what. It was then she said, "Well, we don't ever tell people 100% but believe me you are having a girl." I think she was truly surprised at our genuine excitement. Jeremy started thinking about the possibility of them going to prom the same year or wanting to get married at the same time. I however was dreaming of perfect sister moments like this one. Snuggled up with dolls with matching pajamas as the cherry on top of a perfect sister sundae.

And of course I can't forget their trusty tag along too! (who insisted on inserting himself into the picture)