Natalie's Half Birthday!

we decided that since on their birthdays they get to go out on a special date with dad, on their half birthday they get to go out on a special date with mom and a friend. =o] 

natalie chose to go to cold stone with her best friend here isabelle. they were both so excited to have a "late night" with a friend! they both had eyes way bigger than their stomachs but it was still a good time. it was fun to just talk and laugh together without little ones to worry about or any schedule to follow. isabelle is the oldest sister in her family too, and their personalities are so similar! they have a lot of common interests and i'm so grateful natalie has such a good friend who we get to see almost once a week (not including church). 

they loved looking through the book of cake designs =o] it was fun for me to listen to the things they talked about from school work to harry potter to taking care of babies- i tried to pipe in as little as possible lol

then we headed over to target where i told them they could get a matching shirt (and natalie got a new church dress as well because ALL her dresses are borderline or too short- isabelle loved helping her find just the right one!). originally they wanted an owl shirt but couldn't find one, so after much debate they went with this puppy shirt which they have both worn multiple times in the past couple weeks (including both of them wearing it the next day which they made a pact to do on the car ride home so they could be "twin-friends"). all in all it was a great night!  

natalie is such a sweet, spunky girl and i don't know what i would do without her in our family! we love you natalie!!