A bit late but posted nevertheless

                                                                                    FABULOUSLY FOUR!

I cannot believe this little one is 4 already! Sometimes she still behaves as though she's much younger (or maybe it's her size that makes me think she acts younger, who knows) but other times, she'll say something or do something and I'll be all, "Wait just one sec. What did you say?" 

Funny story: As Laynee was opening the above gift, which was absolutely wrapped in tissue paper and placed in a Victoria's Secret bag, Hunter read the inside seam of the bag, out loud, which reads,
"Give me Sexy." Ahhhh man. You should have seen his face as he read that little ditty. Priceless. Especially when she pulled out a nightie. He may as well have been asking me if I seriously just gave her a bustier embellished with pornographic Bedazzler beads.

Have I mentioned that Layna loves all things princess? This includes unicorns. We were at the store a couple of days prior to her birthday and she saw this Princess Celestia unicorn and without me knowing, chucked it in the basket. When we got to the register, she was distracted as I was unloading the cart and placing my items on the conveyor belt. When I came upon the Princess, I thought, "Wowee. What a good idea." I paid for it, and then asked the cashier to hide it somehow amongst our other purchases. I'm not sure how, but somehow, we made it out of the store and to the car without her inquring as to it's whereabouts. It wasn't until we were driving away that she asked where it was. This is where I lied to her and told her that the mean lady at the store wouldn't let me buy it because I wasn't a little girl and Unicorns are not for mommies because we tend to neglect the rules put in place by the Unicorn Protection Agency which clearly state that, "A) No Unicorn shall be put to work doing such mundane tasks as dishes, laundry, cooking and zit popping. B) No Unicorn shall be made to grant any wish, let alone 500 wishes, to those who make a Unicorn perform afore mentioned tasks. C) No Unicorn shall be forced to give pedicures against her will." And so on.
Laynee was devastated. It's a hard thing to hear that your mother is a Unicorn abuser. Suffice it to say, she was very surprised when she opened her gift and ba-BAM! There was her Unicorn. I love to torture my children needlessly.

Another thing that she had. to. have was a Pillow Pet. It's a pillow. It's a pet. It's a pillow pet.
And what other animal besides a unicorn would do? None I tell you.

A word about her cake.
I am not a professional baker, and when I ran out of the good store bought frosting, I had to quickly whip up some last minute frosting to make a shirt for the naked Elina barbie that was chosen to adorn the cake. It did not set well. It ran and dripped causing me to curse the curves that the Barbie makers gave Barbie. Why couldn't she be built like a box? Flat and rough to the touch. And square. But the birthday girl didn't care, so after a few temper tantrums that involved me nearly using a marker to draw a shirt on the dang doll, neither did I.

A perfect after shot of the little one playing with her new toys. She is seriously the sweetest.

I asked Hunter to take this picture of me and my baby girl. I just love how little she still looks. I also love that I am wearing that same shirt right now as I type this.

P.S. I'll not be making excuses for the way I look in the above photo.