Today is my little sister’s birthday.
I say little because she is 3.5 years younger than me.
I don’t need to mention the fact that she’s taller and more beautiful than I am. We will just skip over those facts
Since Amber and Rich are leaving on Saturday for Sweden (Rich booked a wedding in Stockholm a while back!), we knew that today would not be an ideal day to celebrate because of travel prep. So we decided to throw an early birthday party last Thursday. I am glad we did, because we were able to relax and enjoy the evening rather than rush through the festivities to pack! We enjoyed a yummy southwestern taco salad recipe (thank you to Bri and Heidi for the amazing recipe!), awesome cake, and several games.
I am soooo excited and insanely jealous of the experience Rich and Amber are about to have in Sweden, but I had decided to stay here with Alana even before I found out I was pregnant. Now I’m certain it was the right decision since I simply don’t feel well enough to travel, and certainly not well enough to do a Swedish wedding justice! I cannot WAIT to see the imagery they come home with!
But without further ado, here are a few fun photos of our birthday celebration for Amber (Alana’s “Aunt Pixie”):
Amber is a chocolate lover (especially dark chocolate) so I made sure to provide plenty of it
Favor boxes:
A Kahlua chocolate cake from the Bread Basket. Their cakes AMAZE. They. Are. So. Delicious.
The gift table. I brought gifts home from my parents in Florida as well, so Amber had quite the opening ceremonyPart of the present fun: new outfits for her Sweden trip. She’s gonna be sylin’.
Oh, and I should mention that Alana picked out the party colors while we were shopping for favor boxes and wrapping paper
Our parents and little brother even helped us celebrate via Skype on our iMac. Gotta love it! Amber opened presents while they participated:
And we sang happy birthday together and cut into the amazing cake while they WATCHED. Haha! I don’t have any sympathy, though, because every time they are at Cheesecake Factory in Fort Lauderdale, they send us photos of their scrumptious cheesecake so that we can be totally jealous
Alana helping to clean the candles. All 26 of them
A cute, fun interaction. LOVE THESE TWO!!!
Alana getting a little ahead of the game. Pinching off pieces of cake to eat before it was even cutLove Amber’s reaction. She’s the best aunt!!!
Cute birthday self-portrait! We love you Amber and Nick!
Happy, happy birthday sister! I love you so much. You are the reason I want another girl this time – I would be so ecstatic for Alana to share the kind of relationship with a sister that you and I have!
Muah!
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