Cheers To You Sissy

Happy Birthday to my big sis today!  I can't believe she's 37.  How did we get so old?

She's my best friend, a great mother and someone I can always count on to be there for a much needed vent session, no matter what the topic.

I'm lucky to have two wonderful sisters.  One of the big reasons why I truly feel it is so important for Mia to have a sibling.

My sisters are so important to me and I don't know what I do without either of them.

Shannon and I have a great connection.  We have far surpassed our days of adolescence when we didn't get along, she would try to suffocate me with pillows and make me pick up dried up dog poop out of the yard.  Yes, yes she did.

When I found out I was pregnant with Mia and was able to finally go set up my registry she was the first person I called.  I was so excited to get to that point because let's be honest it's way more fun to register for a baby than a wedding.  But where to begin and what do I really need, thank goodness I had her or I'm pretty sure I would have had all the wrong parts for her bottles.

She has always been a great person to go to for advice.  She's a phenomenal mother and much of what I go to her about is about motherhood, parenthood and sometimes work.

She's raising two daughters.  One who is almost 7 and then other is about to turn 5 this fall.  She worked before babies and stopped to stay home with them and she is now slowly venturing back into the working world.  I'm just proud of her.

She's come a long way as a person.  She's much the intravert, something I am not, but she has really opened up and spread her wings the last few years.

And of course, what would be a birthday without a Happy Birthday video from Mia.  I have a feeling this will become a tradition.

Sunday we will celebrate with dinner at her favorite Mexican restaurant and I'm so excited to celebrate what will be her 37th amazing year of life.

Cheers to you Shanny!

I love you!

xoxo,

Melly

Sing A Little Song

Can we just pause for a brief moment?  

I was unable to get on Blogger yesterday because of some malware detection warning 

and like any good computer user I did not click here and come back tomorrow (today) instead.  

All seems ok.  Thank goodness.

Well, it's officially official.  All three of us have joined the 30 Club.  Where does the time go?

Lindsay, the youngest of the three of us, turned the BIG 3-0 this past weekend.  I'm not sure how this has happened so quickly.  All of us.  All of us now in our 30's.

She's my little sister and will always seem little to me.  I still think she should be offered the kiddie menu when we go out to eat.  The girl still needs crayons and a booster seat please!

I'm very blessed by my sisters.  Their existence in my life means the world to me.  I wouldn't be who I am today if it weren't for the both of them.  They are shoulders to lean on and cry on, they are voices that I just need to hear sometimes, they are the hugs I need when I see them.

Lindsay is special.  The baby.  She'll always be the baby.

I've always tried to protect her.  As the baby, she always got away with more and it seemed always had someone to make excuses for her or defend her for some of the things that she would do.  I guess that's normal.  I'm the middle child, so I've always tried to keep the peace and still do.  I'm the "I just want everyone to get along" type and I'll do what I can to make sure that's the case.  There's an eight year gap between my oldest and my youngest, so let's just say they didn't always "mesh well."

She's the artsy daughter.  A dancer, a photographer, a true gem of a person.

She's beautiful both inside and out.

I'm very lucky to have her in my life.

As we all now can officially say we are embracing our 30's, I still can't believe it!  But I do know, as I approach 34 (eeeeeek) this year and my oldest sis approaches 37 (eeeeeeeek) that we are all stronger, wiser and more amazing women!  I'm very proud of my sisters.

Mia, as she rocks her 2nd year of life, is really turning into quite the performer, so for the past few birthdays of family, she's been singing them a little diddy because let's be honest as soon as you say let's take a picture or video she is GAME ON.

So without further adieu here is Miss Mia with a little something special for her Aunt Lou.

Happy Birthday Luda*!  This will be your best year yet!

Love,
Melly

*As you can see we have a nickname problem in our family AND it also applies to our pets.

It's Tuesday, So You Know What That Means

Found this goody on Pinterest last week and sent it to my oldest sister because....that is totally how we are.  I'm pretty sure I was tortured by her my entire childhood and today we are best of friends and seriously, she falls...a lot :)

Courtesy of Pinterest

Happy Tuesday!