My birthday girl... with no hair

So yesterday, Friday, was Carly's actual birthday. I was going out of town that night on a quick trip with my Mom and sisters, so we decided to have Carly's b-day party tonight (saturday) instead.

This picture was taken Friday morning, as she's holding up her two fingers, saying 'two'. Notice how beautiful and flowing her golden locks are. (we have big t-shirt night ocassionaly, where the kids go pick one of Ben's old t-shirts to wear to bed)

Well, this is what my sweet girl looked like when I got back Saturday afternoon. Abigail chopped off so much of her hair. She only left one little curl in the back. I almost started crying when I saw her. I don't think I've ever been so mad at my little Abigail before. Pictures never do these things justice. It's so bad.

Okay, I'm done being sad about the hair (for now). We had Grandparents come over tonight for dinner and cake and ice cream. Carly opened her gifts and she loved each present.
She got a new outfit, elephant, minnie mouse jammies, minnie mouse lunch box, an art easel, and a puppy in a carrier (last second gift from us because her minnie mouse backpack that I ordered didn't get here in time)


Her favorite thing in the world right now is Minnie. Luke and Abby carefully directed me as I frosted the cake.

The beautician herself with Grandma Sharla


Luke with his Grandma Bars
So after the party I decided I needed to even out her hair. I told her we had to cut it and she kept telling me to 'be careful'. I wondered why she kept saying that until we found a couple of scissor cuts on the back of her head. So here she is after her second hair cut of the day.
after her bath

It's funny, as I was thinking about what to write about Carly... I was thinking of her favorite saying... "Abby did it". She seriously says it all of the time. Oh how right she is. That was the first thing she said to me when I saw her today.

Carly is so sweet, and such a flirt. She loves to snuggle and read books. She loves to play with babies and carry around purses or bags full of random things. Whenever I announce that we're going somewhere, she quickly packs a bag and then she's ready. I love this little girl so much, she is such a joy to have in our family. I'm glad she's such a cutie so that the hair doesn't matter too much (I'm still having a hard time with this... can you tell?)