a sneak peak of Hayden's big morning

Starting on MY first birthday my mother ran streamers from my crib to the kitchen where there was a Big Birthday Breakfast with streamers, balloons and presents. When I moved out, my mom started mailing my Birthday Breakfast as a Birthday Box w/ everything inside and a balloon that pops out when you open it. When i had Logan she asked, "now can i stop", I replied ,"NO, now you have to send two".. and now Hayden makes 3!


Its no surprise then, that I was up till midnight getting ready for Hayden's Birthday breakfast. In case you were wondering, there is a reason why you don't take your 2.5 year old with you to the Party store to get decorations for your other son's FIRST birthday! What comes of such an outing leaves you with less in the pocketbook and more Elmo! 


Here's what Hayden will be waking up to :)

And inspired by all the Elmo, I made cupcakes for him to take to daycare :) I was impressed with myself give the short notice and improve for decorations. 

Happy Birthday to Me

Ok, well I did say this week was all about Hayden, but in order for Hayden to be born, first I had to be born... and that folks happened 30 years ago today!

Happy 30 to ME!

My morning started off with a delicious cake made of fruit, yum (aka edible arrangement). Unfortunately I had to work, but the it was nice to hear all the kids remember it was my birthday (of course I used my birthday date when teaching them the how to say the date, so the smart ones remembered :) ).

But the real fun didn't start until my friend Jessica came with her two boys and watched our two boys so we could for a night out. Steve planned a wonderful birthday surprise!
We went for an A-mazing dinner at Marcel's french restaurant, followed by an entertaining show, La Cage aux Folles at the Kennedy Center. A night on the town was just what i needed to ring in my 30's!

Thank you Steve for a wonderful birthday... now off to plan for Hayden's!

Hayden's Birthday Week

In honor of Hayden's Birthday WEEK, I will do a post a day about Hayden. Today, I'll start my sharing some of his 1st Birthday Pictures. Enjoy!

Birthday Doubleheader

January/February is a big birthday time around here....
Lots of family with birthday,.. and lots of friends. Yesterday, we had a Birthday Party Doubleheader! LOTS of fun to be had by all!

The first was for Grace (who will be 3 next week) and James (who just turned 1!). For this party, we followed the yellow brick road, and went somewhere over the rainbow to this Wizard of Oz Celebration. Momma, and friend, Tricia did a wonderful job. She had every detail covered, from the Pin the Heart on the Tin Man, to the Hot Air Balloon Picture spot, to the farm play area and Coloring Castle. This party had it all and we were so happy to be there to celebrate! (I was solo with two so i didn't have hands free to get too many pictures)

(and James)rt

Birthday Girl

Hayden and James playing with bubbles

Then, we left the Wonderful Lady of OZ and headed to the Pineapple Under the Sea....with Robert (who turned 2) and SpongeBob @ MY GYM! There, my boys got the 5th wind and played and played their hearts out. Running, jumping, sliding and swinging, they did it all!

Great day celebrating ... so on the count of 3!

3 (Grace's 3rd Birthday)

2 (Robert's 2nd Birthday)

1 (James' 1st Birthday)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Say Cheese...

Logan should be all smiles from now on because today he went to the Dentist for the first time and his teeth are perfect!
Both Hayden and Logan were AWFUL in the waiting room! I mean awful. They got into every toy, they ran away (BOTH of them) and snuck into room. They were just a big mess. BUT as bad as Logan was, he was equally MARVELOUS when it came time to get onto the Dentist chair. I dare say, he even LIKED it. He sat like a big boy and let them clean and count. He didn't even flinch with the electric tooth brush or water sucker. A-mazing!
Overall we all survived, and plan to do it again in 6 months... Even Hayden :)

How can you not love the dentist will all these toys

Destination Smile : Highly recommend for Kids

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Sunglasses required for a trip to the dentist, right?

Just a little cuteness since its been a while

Tonight, the boys got themselves into a very cute situation and we got it on camera. Enjoy!

Sugar & Spice and everything Nice!

Today, we celebrated the upcoming births of two baby girls coming soon to the families of two friends, Hannon (end of the month) and Amanda (February). Both Hannon and Amanda have toddler boys, friends with Logan and are looking forward to a little pink! We are all so happy for them and celebrate little with the theme: Sugar & Spice and everything Nice!

Today's party colors, pink and brown, set the background for a beautiful spread. We enjoyed lots of Sweets (cupcakes, candy buffet, milkshakes, soda)....and a little Spice (Orange Spice Iced-tea. chips and salsa, cheese and sausage dip and guacamole).

Even our games had a little Sugar (rocking out to songs with Sugar in the title) and Spice (10 Spicy questions - asked to and answered by Mommas and HUSBANDS).....and all the gifts were very very Nice!

Terrific Party with only one MAJOR mistake.... NO PICTURES of the mommas! Oh no! I'm sorry!

CONGRATULATIONS Mommas!