Lucy is Three | The Party

Today on my Facebook memories a photo popped up of Greg, 2-year old Lucy and 6-months-pregnant me standing together during Lucy's 2nd Birthday party... I literally blinked once and we arrived here... at Lucy's third birthday party.

Someone come tape my eyes open.... because it's all going too too fast.

We had asked Lucy awhile ago what kind of birthday she wanted.

Her answer was simple:

Chocolate.

I think she said this because when she hears "Birthday" she translates that as "cake" so therefor... her answer was "chocolate" because she wanted a chocolate cake. But hey... I ran with it and we made it a chocolate themed party.

Well... "Themed" is a little bit of a stretch... we had chocolate at the party... so, clearly that was the theme.

I'm not gonna win any pinterest awards for moms with the best party themes or anything even close to it... but, she enjoyed it and the chocolate was yummy!

It was just family since we were trying to get it in quick before we leave for a trip and we are still in beta testing of our small house paired with medium to large size groups... we don't quite yet know what the legal capacity is. We also are severely limited on seating options at the moment. All that to say... we kept it small and intimate!

My parents came and since my siblings couldn't make it they brought with them my sister's daughter Clara who is only a month older than Lucy. They're buds. Lucy was ecstatic to have Clara there to play with!

Lucy wasn't super excited to have Clara help her open her presents... however when Clara unprompted decided to pull the candles out of Lucy's cake and feed each one to Lucy... she was happy about that!

I tried my best with the chocolate theme... chocolate milk, chocolate dip, chocolate candies, cake and ice-cream. I didn't allow the chocolate theme to mix into the dinner, which I kept savory and non-chocolatey... but all in all it was quite a delicious afternoon!

I remember this time last year - we were renovating this house and I was so so bummed that we couldn't have Lucy's birthday party here. We had hoped to be in... but didn't make that deadline. So we were at Grammy and Pappy's celebrating while this house stood cold, empty and dirty... and here we are! A year later and we are making memories within these walls.

Speaking of changes in that year... I can't believe that this time last year this little guy was still in my belly and we didn't yet know all the joy he would bring us - we didn't know his sweet little giggle or his gummy smile or how cuddly he would be. Funny how so much can change in one year - now I just feel like this is always how life was, and how life should be . I can't imagine anything different.

We are so thankful for the love that was poured on our sweet girl today! Thank you so much!
Lucy can now stop asking me "is today my birthday party"

though... she probably won't.

We also got to take a moment and celebrate this guy:

That sweet man gets to celebrate another year of his life this week too.  We love him, and of course - he got his favorite: a Funfetti Cake. haha

Here are a few more shots of the birthday celebrations for Lucy and Greg today: