It was a Pinkalicious kind of Birthday!

WARNING: This is fair warning that this could possibly be the longest post ever! Sorry in advance for the ridiculous amount of pictures. This is a day that I want to record to the fullest. It was such a special day that I never want to forget!

I can hardly believe that my baby girl turned 3 years old! Three? THREE! Where have the past 3 years gone?! I had every intention of throwing Ty a big bash this year. I hate to admit this, but being 9 months pregnant at the time a BIG birthday party sounded more and more unappealing. Around the same time I had been wanting to take a sick day from work and spend an entire day with just Tylie and I. I wanted to have a total girl day. I wanted to have a special day just the two of us, that we would never forget. (I know what you are thinking, she is three of course she will forget! Well, if you know Tylie, you know that she does not forget ANYTHING) Mostly, I wanted to spend this time together before the baby came. Since her birthday was so close, I decided that this would be the perfect day to ditch work to have "our" day!

Tylie loves Pinkalicious and she wanted a pinkalicious birthday, so that's exactly what she got. Here is how our day went...

February 15, 2011...

We started out the day getting mani and pedis at our favorite spot. She loved it and thought it was the coolest thing ever!

Pinkalicious mani and pedi's that is.

This was her pose when I kept telling her not to touch anything. Didn't want to mess up those fancy nails!
End result...

Next stop, L.A. We had a date at the American Girl Doll store. We were all ready, but her Bitty Baby definitely was not! She needed a new outfit, a birthday outfit!
This is her pick...I think she looks pretty cute and ready to party!
Our next reservation was the cafe at the American Girl Doll store. It was seriously AMAZING. No really, I loved it just as much as she did. I recommend it to anyone and everyone. Age does not matter!

On the menu, pizza of course.
Her baby loved it too.

Dessert! She loved when the whole restaurant sang Happy Birthday to her.
Delish.
Next, we shopped around at the Grove.
Our favorite thing to do is throw coins into the fountain and make wishes.
Our, last stop in L.A. was Static to visit her very best friend.
Had a quick nap on the way home.

Lastly, got ready for a pinkalicious birthday party with the fam.

Here is her pinkalicious cupcakes.

Pinkalicious presents

Birthday girl, giving all her guests party hats...

even this one.

#1 request for her party was a pinata, not just any pinata, a donkey one. Thank you Bri for making her wildest dreams come true! :)

Obsessed with the dang pinata! This girl loves her daddy.

Make a wish!

Birthday Kisses

Pinata time!

Jack Pot!

I have never seen a happier little girl all day long. She was so sweet and kept saying "oh thank you mommy, you're the best" all day long. What a perfect day, wouldn't have changed anything about it.

I had planned to go on maternity leave the week before my due date to have some more one on one time with Tylie. Ryder surprised us a couple weeks early, and we are so glad he is here safe and sound and love the sweet spirit he has brought into our home, but we are so glad we were able to spend such a special day together, just us! I will never forget that day!

Happy Birthday Tylie Belle! You surprise us everyday with how smart you are. We can't get anything past you. You are so intune with people's feelings and you care so much about people. You are such a sass but the biggest sweetheart. I know your whole world is about to change and we know you are more than ready to be a big sister. You are already so sweet with Ryder and love him so much, even though you are still adjusting to having someone else around. He is the luckiest kid in the world to have you! You are so much fun to have around and we love you so much more than you will ever know! Here is to being 3!

GUESS WHO...

IS A BIG SISTER...?

YOU GUESSED IT...

RYDER SHANE BULKLEY

BORN FEBRUARY 23, 2011 @ 5:26 A.M.

7 LBS. 19.5 IN.

IT WAS LOVE <3 AT FIRST SIGHT FOR ALL OF US

SHANE AND I FEEL EXTREMELY GRATEFUL AND BLESSED TO BE PARENTS OF ANOTHER HEALTHY SWEET BABY!

WE JUST GOT HOME WITH THIS DUDE AND IT'S BEEN A CRAZY 3 DAYS, BUT AS SOON AS WE GET A LITTLE SLEEP (YEAH RIGHT) I WILL POST ALL THE DEETS AND PICS OF OUR NEW ADDITION!

XOXO

I love Valentines Day, I always have. I love everything about it, the hearts, the decor, the colors, I love it all. This year was no different. I had an amazing day with my Valentines. Shane was able to take the day off at his internship so we started the day like this...

I made Heart shaped pancakes in the a.m.

opened a few Valentines

Gave lot's of kisses

Made some Valentine cheesecakes for people we love and are grateful for

Of course wore red

and spent the whole afternoon hanging out together in Oxnard. The real reason for Oxnard was Cafe Rio...does a Valentine lunch get much better than that? I think not!

Happy Valentine's Day!

We were showered!

We are so very lucky to have such great family and friends! I feel overwhelmed and grateful for such amazing people in my life! Ryder is set and we are now SO ready for him to come! Thank you to everyone who came to celebrate, there were so many people who came from near and far and it wouldn't have been the same without you! Thank you! I wish we took more/ better pictures but my camera was being weird so most of them came out blurry.

Believe

Believe in yourself... Believe you are a child of god... Believe that Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ love you... Believe that there is a purpose and meaning in your life... Believe in Heavenly Father's plan for happiness... Believe in Joseph Smith and the first vision... Believe in the Book of Mormon... Believe that Thomas S. Monson is a prophet of God... Believe that you can follow the prophets course... Believe that you can find joy and happiness in your life... Believe that there is beauty and goodness in the world... Believe that being positive and optimistic is the best way... Believe that Christ was born in Bethlehem... Believe that Jesus Christ lived and taught true principals... Believe that he died for you and atoned for your sins... Believe that you can repent and change... Believe that Christ was resurrected and that he lives... Believe that you too will live again... Believe that your family can be eternal...Believe in the magic of Christmas!

We had such a wonderful, eventful and memorable December. We are so lucky to have such wonderful friends and family to celebrate the life of our savior with. This Christmas was even more special because Shane's mom came to spend the holiday with us. We had such a great time with her! I'm pretty sure Ty is still on overload from Christmas with two Grandmas, one Grandpa, one mom, one dad, one Aunt and one uncle all in one house on Christmas morning= spoiled to death.

Here is a few of our favorite things about December...

Decorating our very first "real" tree since we've been married.

Seeing Santa

Christmas Cards! (We were slackers this year with Christmas cards! Maybe New Years cards instead?) We still loved getting all of yours!

Picking out the perfect tree.

New Christmas Jammies. (Bri and I swear we too had an exact pair of these in the 80's!)

Parties with great friends.

Hot Coco.

Mmmm...So good!

Ward Party.

Hanging out with some of our favorite people.

Making Gingerbread trains.

Writing letters to Santa

Giving.

Stockings.

Leaving cookies and milk out for Santa...

and carrots for his reindeer.

Realizing that Santa is real.

Being completely spoiled.

And last but not least. I have been HORRIBLE at taking pictures and documenting this pregnancy, but here is the belly at 29 weeks. I feel bigger this time around than I did with Tylie, and I keep growing bigger everyday. I am now 31 weeks and I really can't imagine what I will look like in 9 more weeks...quite frankly, it scares me!

HALLOWEEN

I'm bias, I am, but all I can say is this is the most Delicious cupcake I have ever seen, and I've seen a lot of cupcakes in my day!

We took pumpkin carving very serious this year.

Note to self: Never have Tylie pass out candy! Her philosophy: one for you, two for me...she is no dummy.

She kept shaking her pumpkins hand and would say "I'm Tylie, nice to meetchya."

And she heads out for some trick-or-treating...

COUSINS!

For the first time in a VERY long time Shane's whole side of the family was able to come together, and I'm talking about everyone! 1 mama, 6 kids, 6 in laws and 21 kiddos. We had some very important family business to take care of, 2 baptisms, 1 baby blessing and a welcome home to Shane's brother Jason who came home from Iraq just for 2 weeks to meet his new babe and bless him and then had to go back until June. Like always, we had a ton of fun catching up and making new memories!