Birthday Parties

We had a busy weekend filled with birthday parties! Here are some cute pictures from the celebrations! Our friend, Landon, is a Christmastime baby so they have a half birthday celebration for him. Deanna spent HOURS making this pretty amazing Toy Story cake for her birthday boy! I was so impressed and to top it off... it was yummy!

Deanna & Landon

The girls digging into the scrumptious cake!

Deanna had several water activities for the kids and they loved it!

My niece, Catherine, celebrated her 2nd birthday with a fun 'sweet treats' theme!

Everyone singing to Cat! She is too cute!

Claire giving Cat Cat a birthday hug & kiss!

Grammy's Dress

Awhile back, I posted a few pics of Claire wearing the flower girl dress that Grammy wore in a wedding 53 years ago. Well, Claire loves this dress and asks to put in on whenever she's at Grammy's house. We thought it would be fun to let Claire wear the dress to church! We received so many compliments on the dress and nobody could believe the dress was more than 50 years old. Such a pretty, classic dress!

Vet Visit

The girls and I took Sophie to the vet for her annual check-up. This was a VERY big deal for the girls, especially Anna, because my girls love animals and Anna is also really interested in anything related to medicine. She is borderline obsessed with her doctor kit and frequently gives poor Sophie a thorough examination using the above mentioned kit (we have the best dog ever, by the way!!!). Anna's favorite books right now are Biscuit Goes to the Vet and Vicky the Vet. So you can only imagine how intrigued Anna was with the whole vet experience!

In the waiting room (and YES, my vet's office is a total time warp... circa 1970). Anyway, we have such a wonderful vet who happens to be a fellow greyhound owner and lover, so I am able to look past the decor!

In the examination room.

The girls trying to "help" Dr. L keep Sophie still for her exam!

Dr. L is the BEST! She was impressed that my girls new the name for every piece of medical equipment in the room. My Anna, who doesn't say a lot, is quick to say "stethoscope" or "otoscope"!

Random Party FUN

Just some cute random photos from the ice cream social! Birthday Girl!

Anna & Benjamin enjoying the ice cream bubble favors!

More bubbles!

The ATTEMPTED group shot of the kids! What was I thinking???

Happy Birthday, Claire!

Claire & Her Guests

We are thankful to have so many family & friends who truly love our girls! Thank you for celebrating Claire with us! Our family with the birthday girl!

Miss Leah with her daughters Faith & Presley

Uncle Shawn, Aunt Kristen, Connor, Lauren, Jillian & Birthday Girl!

Claire with her Aunt Bethie & Steven

Claire & Caroline - Best Pals!

Brent, Lori, Elli & Claire

Grandma McDowell, Aunt Flo & Claire

Claire with Deanna, Landon and Olivia (Brian not pictured).

Grammy & Papa with their firstborn grandchild!

Barb & Claire (Kurt not pictured).

Papa, Nuna, Catherine & Claire (and Raggelly Ann!).

A cute group!!

Noah, Landon, Claire & Caroline

Uncle Scott, Aunt Heather, Caroline & Catherine with Claire.

Cake & Gifts

The favorite parts of the party for the birthday girl were: Having everybody sing Happy Birthday to her, blowing out her candle, eating her ice cream cupcake, and of course... opening her gifts! Her are some cute pics of all of the above mentioned!

Make a wish!

She loved the attention! Typical first born: Attention Seeker!

Yummy (they really were delicious cupcakes)!!!

Mmmm!!!!

YAY! Finally time to open the gifts!

Claire got some great presents! THANK YOU!!

Nuna made Claire a Raggedy Ann (or Raggelly Ann as Claire says!!). Claire chose pink and brown for the colors, so she's not your typical red doll, but we think she is adorable and she looks perfect on Claire's doll quilt!

Claire & "Ragelly Ann"!

I Scream, You Scream...

I scream, You scream, We ALL scream for Claire's 4th Birthday (oh yeah, and we also scream for ice cream!). The ice cream table minus the ice cream at this point. It was too hot to leave it out!

The kids enjoying their ice cream!

I think Benjamin wore more ice cream than he ate!

Anna is a huge ice cream lover!

Lots of different toppings and fun stuff to put on your sundae or cone!

Ice cream is the BEST!