diedre spots another kitten (we are standing near a flower shop with these cute kittens on display)
diedre is filling her arms with kittens
big hugs to the kittens
one last kiss...and grammy couldn't resist buying her a kitten. she really likes it too. its orange striped.
beautiful bouquet from the flower shop. i thought the flower that is near the bottom of this bouquet was so cool, how its stacked. its called ginger, a type of lily.
diedre also got a rocking cow from her third cousin alex. she wanted diedre to have this toy so grammy & grampa had it shipped out to arrive while they were here. she loves it--thank you!
The day after Diedre's birthday, my harddrive was wiped clean and i lost all my pictures. my brother did some great work and managed to retrieve most of them. there are still many missing/gone of her opening presents and of the guests at the party :( but i have posted a few extra pictures below.
i am very thankful that i was able to post some on the blog right away, because those ones were not recovered by my brother.
Heather & Danielle (and anyone else who may have taken pictures there), can you please email me what you have so i can possibly fill in the blanks?
grampa & derek hard at work in the suite. they got so much done while they were together. fixing a closet door, ventilating the furnace room, painting, drywalling a patch by the electrical panel, general maintenance and we all pitched in with cleaning. grammy was in there doing the final scrub job on the oven too!
the suite looks much better and we got tenants for march 1st!
opening her gift from Grandpoppa & Grandma Mellenger. they left it here with us over Christmas just in case they were not able to make it out.
isn't she sweet in her sunday morning outfit? grammy salmon really wanted to try putting her hair up and i was game. i have never really experimented with her hairstyles since it is too short for two piggies, but i think she looks so sweet :)