Saturday, January 15, 2011

Taylor turns four...

We decided to have Taylor's birthday party at Odyssey One this year.

We managed to fill the party room with 35 adults and about 10 children. Kids are the life of the party so might as well make them the focus this time! They are so cute anyway...here are the pictures!


I forced these very excited girls to sit down and smile. Then they disappeared into a sea of children.


I am amazed by this picture...mostly because I got a clear shot of Taylor's face through the net. If you could see how fast she was moving, you would be amazed too!


Cute baby alert! Kristina and Jay's baby girl, Gracelynn is 4 months.


Love those Odyssey scooters! Chase conquered the scooter after an older, more experienced toddler gave him a training session.


Back in the party room, we tried several times to get Taylor to stop blowing her party noisemaker for this photo, with no luck. I don't think she could hear us shouting at her anyway.


Daddy got hit in the face with several noisemakers at once. I think he might have been asking for it.


Pizza time at Odyssey after an hour of playing...I have never seen pizza disappear so fast in my life. It was quite possibly the best pizza ever! Maybe that was due to the fact that I am very pregnant.


Layla and Carter eating pizza


The Happy Birthday song and CAKE.


"Another present mommy!" Taylor was very grateful and excited about EVERY gift. She LOVED them all. Did you know that Barbies can swim in the bath tub now? I have never seen anything like it!


What better to do than to pose with an umbrella? My lovely sister found such a great umbrella for Miss Taylor that I wanted to show it off.


Miss Nora and her balloon sword...by the way, these things POP. They pop a lot and they're LOUD.


Johnny and his pretty mama watching the events unfold...


Cam and Layla are WAY too excited about chocolate cake. I admit, IT WAS GOOD.


The final step of the day was the "birthday machine" for a chance to catch flying tickets! Then the kids played games with special birthday tokens until they were gone. Birthday tokens turn into tickets and tickets turn into prizes! I even saw Chase leave with cotton candy in his hand. Yum.

Friday, January 14, 2011

Waiting for Baby...








We are settling into the New Year, waiting for baby Brooklyn to arrive. Every weekend passes by just a little bit faster these days.
The nursery is almost done, baby clothes neatly organized...how did that happen? We are waiting patiently for the big day.

nancy