Maebelle's birthday and mine are next door neighbors.
After celebrating our birthdays during our thanksgiving dinner at my mom's house, Maebelle and Orion came home and dug right into her Jelly Belly's from Jonah, Brandy and Josh.
When we were at the Gingerbread Homes for the Holidays (see Gingerbread Barn post), I mentioned to Mom that I was sad they didn't have puppy chow at the bake sale. She totally remembered and made me a whole bag of it for my birthday!
It was so delicious, I could not stop!
My mom gave Maebelle a tree for her birthday that was decorated for the holidays! What a wonderful idea! Maebelle loved it and still has it in her bedroom. : )
And these are just the remains, but of course, Maebelle got her turkey cake.
Then on the evening of Mabelle's actual birthday, we celebrated with Hannah, Kyle and Heidi. Here she is now, being weird with what they were pretending were light sabers.
Since we had so many sweets over the few days prior to this evening, Maebelle wanted poppy seed bread for her birthday treat. It was a great choice and turned out DELICIOUS! But the bread has an amazing glaze on it that we didn't want to compromise. So, butter candles it was.
And it suited Maebelle perfectly. She LOVES butter. Disgustingly enough, she could eat it straight if we'd let her. Ewww...
A new book and handmade bookmark from Heidi, Hannah and Kyle.
As she began to open the gift, a strange song began to play, explaining the curious look on her face above.
A PHONE!!!!! All her own.
Brandy gave me the cutest little tea kettle for my birthday. She had noticed that I didn't have one when she and Jonah hung out with the kids earlier in November. So sweet of her to remember!
Maebelle hiding with her phone. After I took this picture, the thought occurred to me that we might not really see her anymore. However I do have to say (in true Maebelle style) she has done really well with the phone. She loves to play on it, but it has not overtaken her life.
I really had no right to be concerned. Maebelle is about the best girlie anyone could ask for. : )
Thank you to everyone for such wonderful, thoughtful gifts! We are blessed to be surrounded by amazing family.
I have lots of holiday pictures to come. Hopefully soon!
