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My Sassy Niece Has Something to Say....

Last weekend I had the lovely honor of taking some of my favorite photos....

So I'll let those photos do the talking....

 

 

Yes!

I am going to be an Aunt again and I am over the moon excited!  

Toccoa was Bean... and we are calling this one Spike for now.  This is totally Toccoa's doing.  She loves My Little Pony and she has deemed it that she is Twilight Sparkle and the baby dragon is Spike.  So of course he had to be in some photos too.  It was such a fun day and we are all relieved we can now tell people!  In the next few weeks we will learn the gender....I must admit I am hoping for a boy.  That is Toccoa's hope too.  I think it would be so special since it would be like Michael and I.  Big sister...little brother.  :)

What is something lovely that has happened to you lately?

My Little Day Brightener Love.

I thought I would give you a dose of cuteness....and hopefully brighten your Friday!  :)

 

My niece loves to sing...and she loves my phone...well the camera on my phone.

So last weekend we spent some time playing with the phone and singing...and this is what happened.

 

Also... my sassy love likes watching herself...

and here she is....watching herself and singing along...of course.

She is my little day brightener....and I hope she brightened yours!

 

Have a fabulous weekend,

 

April with Toccoa.

It has been a while since I shared any photos of my sassy niece, Toccoa... so I thought I would share some photos from this month.  :)   I often take photos of everyday things with her on my phone because I make a book detailing her year and give it to her for her birthday each year.

Maybe I will make it a regular feature!

 

Easter morning at IHOP in her Easter dress.

Sass laughing because Aunt Christy is tickling her.

Going shopping with her dolly.

She stole her Mom's turkey sandwich and had it for breakfast!

Riding her horse, Bullseye. Yeehaw!

Lately she has become obsessed with going night-night in my bed. We are not sure why but it's her favorite place at our house.

Cheesin'

She can rock the pigtails!

Have a great weekend!

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My niece adores these toys so I had to share this great offer with y'all!  She has learned the names of many animals as we did their beautiful wooden puzzles :)

 

A Hoot of a Day!

Finally Peaches I can share some fun photos of my sweet niece's First Birthday party!  Let's just say Toccoa had so much FUN!

The theme was cute owls with the phrase...Look Whoo's 1!

This is pretty much what our girl did.  She walked the park and just enjoyed the whole being outdoors!  She seriously had a BLAST!

 

She was not a fan of everyone standing and watching her and singing...poor girl.

 

The cake was tasted....and deemed...YUMMY!

 

The most adorable cake ever!  (Yes we are aware her name is spelled wrong!)

 

One of many gifts.  This horn cracked her up!  (and yes her hair is wet from trying to keep her cool!  It was HOT!)

 

piñata time!  She did not want to give up the bat :)

 

And to end the day a little dip of her feet and hangs into the creek ;)

 

She really did have an amazing day.  She laughed and walked and had yummy cake and chattered her way through the day.

 

And because I cannot not share my new favorite photo I took the night before the party to put in a frame at the party.... my tiny love looking oh so beautiful...

I <3 her.  And thank God for the beautiful gift she is.

 

So it was a wonderfully delightful HOOT of a first birthday party!

Today I...

will be spending the day with

this girl.

 

Who is doing a lot of

crawling and pulling up on anything she can find to pull up on...as well as playing with lots of toys and making lots of noise!

 

So I am thinking my today shall be pretty great.

 

Being an Aunt is the best thing ever.  ;)

 

 

Have a wonderful weekend Peaches!

My Favorite Christmas Gift :: Toccoa's Book!

I wanted to do something special for Toccoa's first Christmas and a friend suggested a photo book.  I thought it would take a lot to do and decided to save the idea for her first birthday.  Well...I happen to win a free Shutterfly photo book from my friend Melissa so I decided to go ahead and create the book.  What came about was...

The Story of Toccoa Hayden.  Part 1.

I am going to detail Toccoa's life in book form like a storybook!  I completed the first one detailing moments from her first 6 months and today I received it in the mail.  

Oh. My.  

Peaches.  It turned out even better than I thought it would.  As I looked at it I cried.  I wanted to do something so special for her and this will be my favorite Christmas gift to give...ever.   My hope is that when she is older she will look at these books and see how special and loved she is...and she will know her story...as told by her Aunt Christy anyway ;)

I thought since little Miss Toccoa turned 6 months old this past Wednesday, December 8th that I would celebrate by posting her story here for you my dear Peaches to see!

 

Click here to view this photo book larger

If you would like to read it you will have to make if full screen and then do 1 page at a time.  

 

Have you ever given a Christmas gift that would be on your most favorite gift to give ever?  What was it?

 

Have a great weekend Peaches!