hard time keepin' secrets

so my precious Paisley turns 1 in like two months and it is bittersweet.  even though she was born premature and spent quite some time in the NBICU (not as long as some but longer then others) she is doing really well (maybe a little bit behind but since I don't know if/when I will get to have more sweet babies I will soak it all up thats for sure).

anyway I have been thinking hard "what do you buy a little girl for her first birthday when you already have one little girl that has so much..." and one day it occurred to me...a water/sand table to play with outside during these hot spring/summer/early fall days...and it would be a gift both girls can play with together and share and not fight over (oh how I am just waiting for those days but hoping we don't have too many please...).

But it all boils down to...DO I REALLY HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL JUNE 29...who is more excited me or my girls when they actually get it.  so I started searching online and at Toys R Us and Target and wasn't pleased with what I was finding and then thought maybe I should find something else.  Well I was at Walmart the other day and decided to browse in the toy section and came across the PERFECT table well within in my price range so what do I do (it being the last one)?  I snag it and buy it and get it home and surprise the girls with it (I know two months early...but hey we have already had so much fun playing in it...well worth my money spent and look forward to the years of fun down the road and don't worry I will still have a few small things for the birthday girl to open on her actual special day)

the pictures do justice of how happy they were/are and what we did immediately...although I still need to pick up some sand for now we will just play with water since its FREE...