Paizlei Turns 4

December 17, 2008, was one of the scariest and happiest days of my life.  At 7:58pm, I gave birth to our GORGEOUS baby girl.  She was 2 months premature, weighing in at 4 lbs. 10 oz and 17" long.  She surprised everyone, doctors and nurses included, and came into this world full of sass, spunk and a lot of attitude.

As we celebrate her BIG 4th BIRTHDAY, marvel at just how strong-willed she is.  She came into the world kicking and screaming like she was ready to face the world all by herself.  And, if you ask her, she will tell you just how strong-willed she is.  I absolutely LOVE her BIG ATTITUDE, sometimes her sass, and always LOVE her spunk.  She is one of the sweetest little girls, best little sister, best big sister, loveable, huggable, caring, kind, imaginative, creative, funny little girls I know.  How truly blessed Zane and are, to have been chosen to be her parents.

One thing that I will never forget the night she was born, was when I was wheeled back into recovery (I had her in the L&D OR because it is closer to the NICU), my Daddy bent down, kissed my forehead, and whispered 6 sweet words into my ear.  "You just made your Grandpa proud."  Even though I was super drugged up from the preeclampsia, headache, and labor pain, it hit me.  That day, December 17th is my Grandpa Young's birthday.  How sweet it is, that such a sweet, sassy, spunky, lovable, huggable, caring, kind, imaginative, creative, funny little girl, gets to share her birthday with her Grandpa.  A Grandpa she never met...only in Heaven.  I'm sure he protected her with she was in Heaven.  I'm sure he told her to come into this world fighting.  I'm sure he told her to be strong-willed.

On Saturday, December 8, 2012, we celebrated Paizlei's birthday.  This was the first year she was able to have a friend party, which she thought was SOOO NEAT!!!  She was so excited to go pick out her invitations and to take them around to all her little school friends.  Her little friends that came were, Jaylee, Rylee, Esme, Sariah, Autumn, and Gracie.  After her friend party, we also had a family party.  Those who came to her family party were, Grandma and Grandpa Young, Grandma Black, great-Grandma Despain, Aunt Melanie and cousin Jacob, Aunt Shaunna, Uncle Travis, cousins Bridger and Kanyon.  She got completely spoiled...and LOVED every minute of it.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, PAIZLEI MAE!!!

Your bring so much love and joy into our little family!

I LOVE you as BIG as the sky!

For Paizlei's friend party, we decorated salt dough ornaments and made hand print snowmen on glass ball ornaments.

It was a HUGE hit!  All the little girls LOVED it!!!

 The star and heart shaped salt dough ornaments they decorated.

 The crew decorating their salt dough ornaments.  Each one had already put their hand print on the glass ball ornament, hence the reason they are in the cups.  

 Of course Paizlei would choose Hello Kitty for her birthday party theme!  I found a kit to make these Hello Kitty red velvet cake pops.  This is the first time I have made them so they actually stay on the stick. 

 She also wanted strawberry and vanilla cuppiecakes!

 Paizlei's very own cuppiecake for her birthday!

She LOVED blowing out the candles!  She thought it was the coolest thing!

 For her family party,m I had this Hello Kitty cake made!  She LOVED it!!!

 This was the look she gave everyone while we all sang "Happy Birthday"!

LOVE IT!!!

 Cousin Jacob, Hunter and Paizlei playing with the wooden paper dolls Mommy, Daddy, Hunter & Cooper gave her.

 My GORGEOUS baby girl!!!

LOVE HER!!!

 Paizlei, cousin Jacob, Hunter, cousin Kanyon, and cousin Bridger had an absolute ball playing with the balloons!  I was honestly surprised that no one was hurt.

Cousin Jacob and Hunter...Hunter wanted to show Jacob how to play his Batman game on the Wii.  They were both so into the game.  It was funny.