"Der-ree!"

Aniah Evelyn-Rose Mason aka Nye Nye turned 3 on March 1st. She is happy to announce that she is "der-ree." We all just laugh everytime she says it. It's so cute! She can tell you the date of her birthday as well. She is very smart and quick-witted. However we do think she is in the "terrible 3" phase. It's not as bad as we've heard, but she has been more testy and whiney and mouthy. She has also started to put her toys in the dryer...shout out to Hudson. Lol!

This year we celebrated(Sunday) Nye Nye's birthday at Ballorig, an indoor family fun center. Nye Nye wore her favorite purple dress that has a detachable clutch on the front of it and the tiara her Nanna gave her.The Melson's drove down from Belgium to celebrate with us. Nye Nye really wanted Kaelyn there. Kaelyn is a little smaller than Aniah and I think she loves that. Out of Aniah's 3 years on this earth the Melson's have celebrated 2 of her birthdays with us. We think that is a special thing, especially since we have no family around. The girls get along well. Before going to the family fun center we went to church and then to Nye Nye's favorite fast food restaurant...KFC. We always laugh that she likes KFC the most because most kids prefer McDonald's or pizza. But it was her choice so KFC it was. Lol! After playing at Ballorig for a couple hours we went back to our place for cake, ice cream and snacks. This year I made her cake. As you know I love to design cakes but I always have someone else make them because I'm not much of a baker.Not this year though.... I'm proud to say that my cake turned out okay. I made her a yellow bundt cake with drizzled chocolate frosting and sprinkles on top. The cake was gone the next day, so I think that was a good sign. Lol! Aniah got clothes and toys for her birthday and money from her guests.

On Monday, the day of her birthday, Daddy and I took Nye Nye out to lunch for french baguettes and then she wanted to go shopping with her birthday money. She bought earrings and more toys. She kept wanting to buy duplicates of everything for her sister as well.....I wonder where she gets that from? Lol! We always have the best time celebrating each others birthdays and it always lasts more than just that day, we just can't help it....we are just so grateful and feel so blessed! Happy birthday Aniah! We love you sooooooooooooo much too!