Lainey's Actual Birthday

What a DAY. :) 

Lainey started her birthday bright and early at 5:45 a.m. She competed her solo in Arlington on Sunday morning and WON first place! So amazing! We were all shocked! Very proud of you, Lainey! You work hard and play hard, that's for sure.

While she was receiving her award, they showed her routine on the big screen. Like at a concert. So funny! She was giant!

Lainey, Lauren, and Faith all placed in the top five (8&Under) with platinum awards.

Faith and Lainey at lunch after the competition and before dance rehearsals

Opening gifts before her family birthday gathering...yes...she competed in Arlington, came back to Plano to dance for 3 hours at the studio, then came home to a family birthday party. It was quite the day!

Walker LOVED her head scratcher. Y'all, if you don't own one of these, you probably should. They are amazing. 

He's just gonna keep going with that thing.

(Yes, still a little leftover makeup from her morning in Arlington.)

Really, this is a great game. Pie Face!

And, last gift from her family...

A gymnastics mat. She has wanted one for so long!

Reagan took a selfie. :)

playing Pie Face with her cousins

Happy birthday to this funny, creative, imaginative, live-in-the-moment, always-optimistic, messy, kind-hearted kid. We love you so much, sweet sweet girl!

Blowing out those 8 candles. Here's to another year!

Uncle Matt and Aunt Whitney's Wedding...Back in November...

We just received the digital images from Matt and Whitney's wedding! I'm going to just post a *few* (haha) because I literally can't narrow it down. When our kids look through the book created from this blog many years from now, I want them to see all of these family members!

cousins and cousin-in-laws and aunts and uncles

my girl cousins...minus Rachel (who was in Israel) and with the addition of Sara, my cousin Nate's wife

my Mama Ann (my late grandfather's wife, my mom's stepmother)

more of the Hagan side of the family

Emmy and Lainey

Family members from the Harris side...plus some friends, the McCutcheons. 

I love Lainey's face. (Susan, Whitney's mom, is giving a toast.)

Matt had his uncles participate as ushers in the wedding. 

Can anyone spy Whitney?

Love this giant photo of the Hagan side of the family! We try to do this at every event where we are (mostly) present! I'm so grateful for these photos.

After the reception...our feet hurt! :) This picture was taken about two minutes before Lainey passed out on the bus back to the hotel! :)

Walker is TOOTHLESS.

Walker's top teeth have been wiggly for a while now. Both of them. He lost the first one yesterday, while at dance, when he got excited about something during his Minecraft game and hit himself in the mouth. (I didn't even begin to try to understand that one.) To be honest, the one that came out was the less-wiggly one...and it bled a lot. Walker doesn't like blood. At all. So there was quite a bit of crying and panicking going on while we were at the dance studio. :) 

He got over all the blood, we headed to baseball, and I managed to snap this silly picture of him. :)

AND! I pulled his second wiggly tooth after brushing his teeth. I'd never pulled a tooth before! That was my first time. It came right out but THIS was Walker's reaction! No blood, but lots of tears! He suddenly became anxious and concerned that he'd never be able to eat or drink anything ever again. I think he really wanted me to put the tooth back inside his mouth. He also got nervous about going to school...he was worried that everyone was going to look at him. Poor kid. He is so anxious about so many things. (He absolutely gets that from his mama...I'm not denying it!)

Top teeth OUT! He looks like a cat here. :) But this was the best I could get this morning...after begging him to let me take a picture. I hope his day has gone okay. To get him to settle down last night, Ben let him stay up and watch a bit of the Mavs game. I'm just hoping a later bedtime and two missing teeth aren't throwing him off too much today... :)

He was in a better mood after school...he even smiled for a picture!

Sweet boy. Growing up so fast. :( I love him so.