Olivia's Birthday

I don't have any pictures from Olivia's actual birthday. We pretty much spent it as a regular day, then went to dinner at Chili's (Olivia's pick, hehe) and Friendly's for ice cream. 

Saturday was her actual party. We had a great day celebrating with family and friends. Olivia is getting 4 teeth right now and wasn't in a party mood but we got the job done. Her "theme" for the party was cupcakes - complete with a giant cupcake cake!

Zachary's Birthday Weekend - Three Years Old

I feel like we've been celebrating Zachary turning 3 for a month! With getting his new bike last week and then preparing for his party all week long I am just about birthday'd out!

Friday was Z's actual birthday and Rich took off of work so we could have a fun family day. We took Zachary to see his first movie, Toy Story 3, and he loved it! He did pretty well in the theatre, minus talking loudly and fidgeting (totally expected!). Friday night we went out to dinner, to Friday's. We took Zachary there for his 1st birthday and thought it would be fun to go back.

Saturday was the big party day and we woke up to buckets and buckets of rain. We were pretty bummed because we planned on having a bounce house for his party but we held out hope that the rain would eventually stop.

Zachary's theme for his birthday was Cars. I made him a McQueen cake and then mini Tow Mater cakes.

the birthday boy!

opening his gifts with help from dylan and collin

more gifts

blowing out his candle

eating cake with his buddies

black icing mouth

Ta Da it stopped raining!!!

Katelynn had a blast in the bounce house

bouncing birthday boy

Uncle Chris, Aunt Cristin and Katelynn had a sleepover with us and in the morning Rich made waffles.

Katelynn and Z dining together

Zachary had an amazing birthday! Big thanks to our family and friends for helping us celebrate our special little boy!

Firecracker, Firecracker...Boom, Boom, Boom!

We just had a super busy and spectacularly fun 4th of July weekend! Saturday we went to The Jack's house for some swimming, eating and fireworks extravaganza!

Olivia went swimming for her 1st time.

A family photo!

Anna & Olivia

Lillian running around

Collin

All 5 cousins!

Daddy & Z waiting for the fireworks to start.

Hey, ANOTHER family pic! Poor Olivia is being strangled.

Me and the kids - Poor Olivia again

The fireworks display was amazing. Top notch job Phil and gang.

Yesterday we all got in our patriotic outfits and went celebrated with our neighbors. It was such a great day!

Next up... someone special has a 3rd birthday!!!!

As promised...

Miranda's graduation party was yesterday so I got a few more shots of her. We made her put her cap and gown back on so we could get the required family portraits. Thankfully she was a good sport :0) 

P.S. You'll notice my pictures are larger! I'm learning a little HTML to bring you better quality pics and save your eyes from the tiny thumbnails Blogger displays! Hope you enjoy!

The Graduate

Last night my baby sister, Miranda, graduated from Bohemia Manor High School. I honestly can't believe she's already out of high school! She has grown into such a beautiful young woman over the years and I am incredibly proud of her!

Congratulations Miranda!!! We love you!

Tomorrow is her party so I should have some fun pictures to share!

Anna's Baptism

Last Sunday we went to Cecil County to celebrate Anna's Baptism. It was such a beautiful day and so much fun spending it with family.

Anna wasn't too happy wearing the Baptism gown. (Maybe it was just the goofy hat that upset her)

Lily is getting so big!

Anna and her cake.

The baby stealer's, Miranda and Sarah.

Mother's Day 3.0

This year I celebrated my 3rd Mother's Day and I have to say this year was by far the best! I woke up to Zachary bringing me flowers and cards in bed. Then I was treated to homemade waffles (and a new waffle maker!)

Then we went and picked out flowers and picked up stuff to make an herb garden! For dinner Rich grilled steak, asparagus and sweet potatoes! Overall, we just hung out and relaxed today which was perfect in my book.

I just feel so totally blessed to have these kids call me their mom!

Fantastic 50

On Thursday the 13th my mom is turning the big 5-0! We took her out to dinner to her favorite restaurant, Laurrapin's, last night to celebrate and had a great time!

Surprise!!!

Incognito Baby - You can not see that I am here.

Opening her presents. We got her a Wii and some Wii accessories.

Rob & Tammy

Rich & I

Sarah & Phil

The whole gang!

The newlyweds! (Oh yeah, my Mom & Mike got married! Another thing to celebrate!)

Happy Birthday Mom! We love you and had a great time celebrating another wonderful year!

P.S. Incognito Baby is also Bionic Baby. The eyes say it all - she was WIDE awake almost the entire evening!