2nd Birthday Party (AKA..Doraville)

Saturday we celebrated the girls 2nd Birthday!  We had the party at a local park and the weather could not have been more perfect!  I think the girls really had a great time and it was nice not having to clean the house before or after the party this year :)  I think the park is definitely the way to go for birthday parties!!!

I also think having an amazing family is key!  So thankful to Mom and Ron for setting everything up!  Everything that made the party look like a party is thanks to them...and thankful to my VERY talented sister for making the best birthday cake ever!! I love my family so much :) 

Deanna really outdid herself on the cake this year.  The girls were SO excited to see Dora on their cake!  It was just amazing!

Check out the side!  So cool :)  Can't even imagine how long that took!

We started the party with pizza...Bella chose to eat hers with Ms. Heidi!

Doesn't Heidi look like she is having fun :)  HE HE HE

Sam and Prisicla's beautiful little girls

Preparing for cake time!

Dancing as we sing to them

We lit the candles twice because they liked blowing them out so much!

Cesar did the honors of cutting the cake!

Leah's first bite!

YUMMY!

Leah saying "cheese" for the camera

trying to shove in one last fist-full before using the fork!

Jacob enjoying his slice of cake!

Gianna

Julia

Kai wasted no time digging in!

Ian wasn't so sure about the cake :)

Cute family picture!!  Look at Ian's beautiful eyes :)

The Hudsons!

Savoring the last bite!

The finished product!

Opening Heidi's gifts!  They LOVED the pink & purple rubber ducks she gave then (they even slept with them last night!)

How cute are these lunch boxes?  Heather even put their names on them.  So fun!!

Daddy setting up one of the gifts!  Who knew basketball hoops came in pink??

Cesar & Sam

A little one-on-one time with Daddy

Cesar chasing the kids around

Sam's turn to chase

It wouldn't be a party if Cesar didn't hang from a tree :)

Fun on the playground!

My beautiful niece!  She is just SO CUTE!!! 

Leah taking a juice break with Heidi

Cousins hugging goodbye.  Love it!

Our little family :)  Can't believe it has been 2 years!



The morning after...still not all Dora-ed out (I sure am!)



They went straight for the balloons when they woke up

Check out the awesome new Dora PJs that Heidi gave us!

Just Pictures...

A few more dinner-time photos!  I LOVE that we have worked our schedules out so that at least 5 days a week we can eat dinner as a family!!!  We have such a great time and Daddy loves taking pictures of the girls during our dinners!

Isabella's super-model face again!

Heidi brought the girls this awesome easel on Thursday.  They LOVE it!!  So awesome.

7am and my girls are ready to start another fun day!

Words can't describe how I love this hair!  Too bad I will never be able to recreate this.  Heidi braided Leah's hair (twice that day) and Leah just sat still and read a book the entire time!  So cute!

Being goofballs!

Very focused on her drawings!!

Bella and Daddy pretending to be "night night".  They girls love this game!

Isabella got tired of the game and just wanted to play with the phone...Daddy wanted to keep "playing"..lol

Hail...

Today was a GREAT day!!  Leah was EXCITED to go to church.  That pretty much sums up the day :)  We got in the car and she was cheering and yelling "church".  When we got there, she walked into church (usually we have to carry her crying) and walked right into the room.  She cried for about three seconds when I kissed her goodbye, but was very easily re-directed towards a babydoll that "needed a hug."  They apparently played well and when we came to get them there were again no tears (she usually cries when we get there...I guess to show us how much misery we had put her though...).  Awesome morning!

Then I got to go to Jill Rider (Conlin)'s baby shower and got to see all the Rider girls :)  Yay!  Love catching up with them!!  It was also a great excuse to hang out with Mom and Deanna sans kids!

When I got home, we had family playtime...the girl's are so happy and giddy whenever we are all home together and can sit and play...and then went to Ledo's for dinner.  The girls didn't cry or act crazy AT ALL and charmed everyone in the restaurant!  We came home and they were just as happy all the way up to bed time, and I got to go and play soccer after I put them to bed! 

As I said...AWESOME SUNDAY!!!  I love family day :)

The first few pictures are from a few days ago...you'll notice when we switch to today (oh...the Redskins won which just made the day even better!). But there are a few funny things from the pics I took on Saturday.  First of all, the girls have decided that whenever we are going to the store or "shopping" they are going to bring their purses too.  They run over and yell "purse, purse" and carry them on their arms just like I do :)

thanks grandma vikki for the bunny purses...we LOVE them!

This is Isabella's new face whenever we try to take a picture of her...I think she thinks she looks really pretty!  I guess we don't have a future in modeling :)

My big girls (I know...we need to pin back Leah's bangs!)

counting

"Fight for Ol' DC"

Go Redskins!!!

Those darn bangs again!

Trying to say "#1"

Isabella is stretching before the big game!