Her BIG Birthday Present

A few weeks before Paizlei's birthday,

one of her little friends from school went to school

and showed everyone that she got her ears pierced.

So, when Paizlei got home,

she told me, matter of fact, 

that she WAS getting her ears pierced.

Back up to when she just got released from the NICU.

Mommy REALLY wanted to get her ears pierced.

Daddy said, "ABSOLUTELY NOT!"

For the longest time,

I kept asking him if we could get them pierced.

His answer was,

"Not until she can take care of them herself."

Fast forward to the day her little friend went to school

and showed off her pretty little earrings.

She was SO EXCITED to tell her Daddy

that she was getting her ears pierced for her birthday.

FINALLY!!!!

We got Daddy on board!

Paizlei (and Mommy) were over the moon with excitement!

Everyday, Paizlei would ask,

several times, "Is it my birthday?"

"I want my ears pierced!"

It was so cute!

I loved every minute of it.

The day finally came!

Paizlei's birthday!

December 17!

We took her to WalMart in Richfield.

She picked out pretty little pink & gold heart studs.

She was SO EXCITED!!!

She was telling the sales associates all about herself,

her baby brother,

her big brother,

what she wanted for Christmas.

Then, they asked her to sit down on the little chair.

The two gals put 2 little purple dots on her ears.

Then they told her to hold SUPER STILL!

One!

Two!

Three!

Ears pierced!

Not without a little bit of trouble,

but not from Paizlei.

One of the sales associates couldn't get her piercing gun to work.

Poor Paizlei got poked twice in one ear.f

CRY!!!

Did she ever cry!

Once the sting wore off,

she was completely over the moon with her pretty pink earrings!

She had to call her Grandmas!

Her Grandpas!

Anyone she could think of to call!

A couple weeks out and she is still showing off

her pretty pink earrings!

She has left them alone.

She doesn't play with them.

So proud of you Baby Girl!!!

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.

Paizlei 1st Day of Preschool

On Thursday, September 6, 2012, Paizlei started her fist day of preschool.  Boy was she excited!  The night before, we told her she HAD to go to bed, she couldn't stay up late and play.  We went downstairs about 30 minutes after putting Hunter and Paizlei to bed, Paizlei was sound asleep!  A few things Paizlei LOVES aBbout preschool:

~She LOVES her teacher, Miss Kim!

~She LOVES all of her new friends, especially EllaDee, Gracie and Jaylee!

~She gets to sit in a PINK chair!  Pink is her FAVORITE color!

~She gets to learn something new!

~She gets to learn to play with other kids (she is still VERY possessive of her own toys and has a REALLY difficult time playing with other kids)!

~She was able to go school shopping and pick out her own clothes and shoes!

~She gets to choose which toys to take for show-n-tell!

~She gets to choose what treat to take when she gets the "Treat Bucket"!

~She LOVES LOVES LOVES all the fun crafts, coloring and writing she gets to do!

 She was SO EXCITED to pick out when she wore on her first day!  It was ALL ABOUT Hello Kitty!

 Her beloved Hello Kitty "packpack"!

 My GORGEOUS baby girl...except she isn't much of a baby anymore. :(

Paizlei and her PINK chair!

Paizlei LOVES Miss Kim!