Mya and Stella are 3!!!!!

 Our sweet girls turned 3 on June 2nd.  It absolutely blows me away that it has been 3 years since they came into our lives and changed everything about us - the most amazing and welcome change ever!  They are the absolute best thing that ever happened to us and we were so happy to spend the day celebrating them. We started out with a yummy breakfast of fresh baked blueberry muffins!  We then got ready and headed to meet Grandpa, Aunt Kayla and Aunt Morgie at the mall.  They were coming up early so that we could take the girls to Build-A-Bear, which was part of Mo and Kayla's gift to the girls.   They LOVED that store and I did too.  It was so much fun and the lady who walked us through the process was very sweet and really enjoyed the girls. 

Stuffing our animals!

Putting a heart in our animals.  The lady told them to each get two so they could put one in their animal and one in their sister's animal because they are twins and should always be together.  It was really sweet!

With their aunts after they stuffed their animals.  Stella' named her tie-dye bear  Bella Lilly and Mya's named her lamb Lydia Duck Lamb.  Then it was on to brushing and "bathing" their animals and then to choose outfits.

Because it was their birthday we let them ride the kiddie coin rides by the food court.  Grandpa is such a sucker to their cute smiles and he paid for them to ride over and over.

We grabbed a quick lunch in the food court and the girls were loving the Chik-Fil-A Cow.

Then it was on to Party City to fill all of their balloons.  We took some Fat Booth pictures while we waited. Haha!

The invitations my awesome friend, Staci, made for the party.  She also made matching thank you notes.

Then it was home to take a nap.  Mya never took one and Stella's was very short.  YIKES!  They actually were very good for their party so I can't be too upset.  I'm sure they were just so excited for what was to happen after their nap.  I dressed them in their cute party dresses and then we continued the tradition of the birthday pictures by the metal signs that Nana bought. Check back to my previous birthday posts here and here to see how much they've grown!

Posing with sweet little Reese

We LOVE Aunt Brittany!

G.G. and G-Pa!

Cuddling YoYo

YaYa and YoYo

Great Grandma trying out their new bikes!

Just before tucking my sweet Mya into bed after a LONG and FUN day!

A snuggle for my sweet Stella! 

Nana!!!!

Daddy, Papa and Uncle Taylor enjoyed some glow in the dark bocce ball after the girls were in bed.  Daddy had a few cocktails while playing and here he was feeling pretty great! :)

The party was a complete success.  The only thing I need help with is to remember to assign someone to remind me and to take  pictures with more guests.  I get so wrapped up in what is happening and I didn't get hardly any of the pictures I wanted with different great grandparents, grandparents, aunts and uncles, mommy and daddy, cousins and friends.  I am so bummed that I have no pictures with all of their little friends who came to the party because I just love looking back at those.  I also forgot to take a picture of the decorations (no theme just bright colors) and all of their new gifts before I put them away and I'm not digging them back out, but just for my reference I am going to list what they got:

*Mommy and Daddy - swing set, pool squirters romper and black sandals
*YaYa and YoYo, G.G. and G-Pa - big girl bikes, romper, pink and purple scissors (the girls request!!!) and money towards the swing set.
*Grandpa - LOTS and LOTS of clothes
*Nana and Papa - Money for the swingset, clothes, bathing suits, flashlights and sandals
*Riedemans - Tickets to see the Fresh Beat Band at the zoo with Mommy, Aunt Ashley and Sophie in August, flashlights and sand toys to make cookies
*Uncle Taylor and Uncle Zach - a shirt and lots of art supplies
*Aunt Kacie - a dress
*Aunt Morgan and Aunt Kayla - a  dress and Build-A-Bear animals
*Great Grandma and Grandpa Konesky - money and a bunny statue for the flower bed in front of their bedroom :)
*Great Grandma and Grandpa Rethman - money
*Great Grandma and Grandpa Theis - money
*Wittmans - a ladybug ball, sunglasses and a new book to go with their Cooper Bear
*Pearsons - Dr. Seuss game, sidewalk chalk and an outfit
*Magnones - Candy Land, The Ladybug Game, and books
*Shaffers - Bath Barbies and books
*Aunt Susan, Greg and Sami - Dora microphones, guitar and keyboard

Mya and Stella,
I can't even begin to explain to you how much joy you bring to our lives.  Just looking at you my heart just bursts with love and pride.  I don't know why God decided to bless us so much by giving you to us, but I'm so grateful that He did!  You make us smile and laugh all the time.  We love to hear the funny things you say and to watch you grow and learn.  You are the center of our world and we love you so, so, so, so much!  I can't believe you will be going to preschool next year but we look forward to that adventure with you.   In short, we think you're awesome and we just feel super lucky to call you our daughters!  Happy, happy birthday to our miracle babies!

For always and for a lot,
Mommy and Daddy