Princess Party

Maddie insisted on having a princess party for her birthday. I think it was a hit. The girls all wore princess dresses and made magic wands and goblets. We borrowed a bella dancerella princess version DVD from a friend (thanks Erica) and it was the hit of the party! They danced and danced most of the party! We are really grateful that Maddie has such sweet friends. They are all a pleasure to be around and she loves each of them. The only thing missing from this party was Rachel Teeples! We miss you Rachel! I realized as I was planning that this would be her first party that you would not be here for since we have lived here and it made me so sad.

We bought at cookie cake for Maddie's 6th birthday for our family. The kids loved it! The last picture is Kiersten's face after Dallin kissed her with his frosting mouth. Most days of the week she has something on her face or head from his mouth. Ketchup, chocolate... you get the picture.

In no particular order

Ok. So this is really addictive. I was going to "catch up" in order, but can't find some of my pics. Since I am hoping they are on Seth's laptop, and he has been working late every night, I decided I would just post out of order until I get caught up. So here it goes.

This is the picture I took of Kiersten to send out birth announcements. I had about 50 copies made, and they are all still sitting right here on my scrap table. Sorry- this is probably going to be everyone's official birth announcement since she is now 4 months old. However, if you would like a copy of the pics since I have so many- let me know I will gladly send you one!

Comments????

Okay, so I really am new at this. I just found out that people can leave you comments. I am such a dork. I am really sorry that I have never responded to all of these comments. I honestly had no idea they existed. I just found the ones that were left on my original blog a million months ago. I am soooo embaressed! Soooo, to all of you who took the time to leave a comment THANK YOU! I promise I will respond (as soon as I figure out how.) It was especially exciting to hear from those of you that I haven't talked to in a long time! I am really starting to like this blogging thing!

After Kiersten was born, Maddie and Dallin got to go with Nanny and Awha (Melissa's parents) to stay at their house in Hilton Head, SC for 3 weeks. They played on the beach, fished, rode a charter boat to see the dolphins, watched fireworks, went to the children's museum and just got spoiled rotten the whole time. They loved their trip. They then rode the train to their Granny and Papa's house in Louisiana and stayed another week before I finally got the see them again! We were all amazed to see Maddie in the ocean. She has always been afraid of it! Dallin was never afraid of it before, but this time he was. Oh well- you can't please them all, all the time.

Kiersten Anne Bounds

Kiersten Anne Bounds was born on June 27th, 2008. She was 7lbs 4oz. She has blue eyes and brown hair. Most people say she looks like Dallin, but I think she also has Maddie's eyes.



Maddie was so excited to have her new baby sister, that she spent the entire day on Saturday at the hospital holding her. She would not leave to go to the mall or the movies with her grandparents. She held her for one stretch that was at least 4 hours, we finally convinced her to take a break when her arm was asleep.


Maddie and Dallin could not wait for their baby sister to be born. They were at the hospital bright and early and were so excited when they heard her lullaby play over the hospital speakers.



Well, she finally came! Kiersten was born on June 27th, 2008. She is absolutely wonderful and her brother and sister love her to death! We feel very blessed to have her.