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Happy Fifth Birthday, Emilia Wilkie!

Yesterday, we woke up with a five year old in the house! Our sweet Emilia had the very best day – weekend birthdays are always so fun. She opened up her gifts bright and early in our bed, then ate donuts and played with her sticker book until our family started arriving for her and Georgie’s birthday party. We celebrated the girls at their gym – a place that is already starting to feel like a second home!

Emi has grown up so much over the past year. We’ve had a nomadic year for one – moving out of our Houston house in May, spending a summer in Colorado and some time at my parent’s in Katy, then the last six months in our rental house in Austin. She started a new school, made new friends, took a ballet class (which we just dropped), and is still taking gymnastics once a week (she loves it!). Emilia is now a voracious cyclist – she loves going on her bike every evening before dinner and is fast! Thanks to the hilly terrain, she is also strong as she pedals uphill (probably more than I could do!). She adores spending time with her sisters, creative play with her figurine characters and baby dolls, swimming, going to the park and dancing to music. Emilia is a definitely the only introvert in the family (TBD on Poppy’s personality!) – she takes awhile to warm up to new people and things, but then latches to them once she is familiar. She is all around easy going, except when she gets hungry (true ‘hanger!’).

For Isla’s fifth birthday, I asked her twenty questions, so we did the same thing yesterday with Emi! Here is what she had to say:

Happy Seventh Birthday, Isla Milijana!

Isla turned seven years old earlier this month, and we had so much fun celebrating her birthday here in Durango, Colorado. Before we left Houston, her classmates sang her “Happy Birthday!” at the end-of-year party and spoiled her with the sweetest gift. She was absolutely elated – I will cherish that photo of her beaming forever! For her birthday, she asked for a two-wheeled scooter, Polly Pockets, Barbies, Junie B. Jones books, an iPad, and “squishies,” amongst other things! It’s such a fun age – she still enjoys imaginative play but also can get lost in a good book (Junie brings lots of laughs!).

Happy Second Birthday, Georgie Margot!

My little spark plug turned two today! Georgie has more personality in her pinky finger than I do in my whole body (and sheer stubbornness too!) – as evidenced by the photos we took this past week. She has learned so much over the past year, but waiting until the count of 3 and tossing confetti are definitely not in her skillset just yet. That and jumping – but watching her attempt is just too cute.

It’s hard to believe that two years have passed since she was placed in my arms at the hospital. There is so much growth in the first two years of life. It amazes me. Just this morning, she got on Emi’s scooter and was riding around the house, yelling, “MAMA, WATCH! DADA, WATCH! WATCH!” Her vocabulary has exploded, as has her agility – she didn’t walk until April! She is a social butterfly, but can also be shy in new situations (that hasn’t happened much since everything shut down in March!). She absolutely loves music and dancing (especially to Party in the USA or doing Ring-Around-the-Roses), loves playing with her “sissies,” making messes (ha, but seriously), and doing everything herself (“Georgie walk! Georgie do it! Georgie brush!”).

Happy Fourth Birthday, Emilia Wilkie!

I just had the best trip down memory lane, looking back at photos from Emi’s third birthday, second birthday, and first birthday! It is incredible how fast life is flying by; however, Emi turning four last Friday felt right. She is about to become a big BIG sister in three weeks after all.

Last Thursday, on her Birthday Eve, we snuck off to snap some photos during Isla’s tennis lesson. She had an absolute blast – dancing and playing peek-a-boo behind her balloons. A million people stopped to tell her happy birthday, and after a bunch of “thank yous,” she started telling people she was a T-Rex who was celebrating her fourth birthday. They’re currently studying dinosaurs at school, so it made sense, but also resulted in a lot of chuckles. She is, by far, the funniest Petrovic – always cracking jokes.

Isla’s Mermaid Drive-By Birthday Party

As I mentioned here, Isla had big birthday party plans that didn’t come to fruition because of the coronavirus, but as she lay in bed on her birthday, she declared it the best day ever. She had three requests: 1) A swim playdate with her best friend, Phoenix, 2) A chocolate cake from her teacher (and insanely talented baker!), Mrs. Bramlett, and 3) Slime. Well, Isla got all three of those things (yikes to the slime!), plus a very festive and joyful drive-by car parade which was so fun and truly the icing to the day.

Mrs. Bramlett’s mermaid cake was unbelievable. I was so sad to cut it! I’m amazed by her. Her business is named Mississippi Hummingbird Co. (you can view her Instagram here). I am so grateful for her beautiful cake! Also, my bestie Monica (also known as Paper Flour Ink or “The Woman Who Can Do Any and Everything”) came in strong with her design skills with the beautiful mermaid scale backdrop (to match this Target mermaid party line), glittery Isla cutout and gorgeous pearl macarons. The last big shoutout is to Tiffany of Glamfetti who inflated balloons days ahead of a trip she had planned so that Isla could have a festive birthday dessert setup. I love these three ladies!