McKinley is 5!!!!

Well, it's official ......... McKinley is 5 years old! In honor of her birthday I'm taking an idea from others and am going to write 5 things I love about McKinley. I have to say it's hard to choose only 5 things because I love that little girl so much and there are many wonderful qualities that she posesses.

1. McKinley has a very bubbly personality! She can make friends with anyone in no time and loves to play with her friends whenever she gets a chance. McKinley has the type of personality that lights up a room when she enters.

2. McKinley genuinly cares about others. She can't stand it if someone is hurt or sad, she wants to know what happened and what can be done to make it better.

3. McKinley is very smart! We've been working with McKinley to get her ready for kindergarten and she has picked up on everything very quickly. Her preschool teachers are very impressed with her learning ability as well.

4. McKinley is a very funny little girl! She loves to make you laugh by telling jokes, making faces and just being herself.

5. McKinley loves her family! McKinley loves to go on walks and bike rides with her family and play with mommy and daddy, but one of her very best friends is her big sister Shaylie. McKinley LOVES to play with her big sister and tries to do everything just like her.

There are many more things I love about my little girl, but I will save them for the coming years lists.

This is McKinley wearing her birthday crown from preschool and holding the presents her big sister, Shaylie, gave her.

***McKinley's party is on Saturday so don't worry there will be plenty of pictures to come!!!!

McKinley is turning 5!!!!

As bittersweet as it is my baby McKinley is no longer a baby and will soon be turning 5 years old! McKinley's birthday is on May 7 and she is absolutely THRILLED that she is having another birthday and that she will be 5 years old. Since her birthday falls in the middle of the week we are doing her party the Saturday after. In preparation I was trying to get McKinley to decide what invitations she wanted (so I can get them sent out before the party, LOL) and Marc had a great suggestion that we just make her one online and do them that way. Well we took her daddy's suggestion and look AWESOME! I decided not to use just any old snap shot we had already so I got McKinley all dressed up and did her hair and then we went out in search of a great picture (Even though it was FREEZING this morning and I made her wear a dress, she was a great sport!). Poor McKinley was sooo cold that she had to wrap up in her coat between pictures due to the frigid wind. All in all it was worth it cause we got some beautiful pictures of her and she had fun doing it. Here is what her invitations ended up looking like.........

Here are a few of the other pictures from our "photo shoot" this morning.