8

Evyn's eighth birthday fell within Holy Week, just as it did the year she was born.

8.  Can you believe it?  She's almost officially a "tween."  How did that happen?

It was a busy week.  We kicked it off with Palm Sunday dinner at Grams & Pops house.  The kids did an Easter egg hunt and got lots of great gifts (and there was that incident with Andrew leaning over the table to lick  a cake that hadn't even been cut yet.... sigh....).   School events, dance class, allergies (ugh), and we were all more than ready for the weekend!

Friday - Evyn's birthday- was pretty quiet.  I took the kids to Moe's for breakfast- at Evyn's request.  Grams, Pops, and Aunt Chris visited in the evening.

On Saturday a gaggle of second-grade girls arrived for Evyn's much-anticipated birthday party!

Once again this year we were blessed with beautiful sunny weather for her party, so the girls (and Andrew) spent a lot of time outside being crazy and blowing through a dozen cans of silly string (which has become sort of a tradition at Evyn's parties).  The girls made fleece pillows, ate marshmallows and jell-o, talked about boys, and shared more than a few giggles.  They kept us busy, so I didn't get many pictures, but here are a few I did manage to capture:

three!

How is it possible that "my baby" is three?!  Of course, if Andrew could read, he would protest, "I'm not a baby!"  He doesn't buy my counter-argument that "you'll always be MY baby."  He says, "no, I'm an Andrew!"  He's also a lovebug, a snuggle-monster, a chatter-box, a smarty-pants (so says his sister), a monkey, a little crazy, and more than a little ornery.

His birthday day was pretty low-key, playing outside on his new jungle gym (his gift from Mommy and Daddy), but we had a party the day before with his grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins.  Andrew picked out his own party goodies:  purple plates, green napkins, green balloons, a dinosaur cake, party hats, Spiderman blow-outs, and Spongebob streamers.  Which is a pretty good snapshot of this kid... going a dozen different directions at once!

2

On Saturday we celebrated Andrew's 2nd birthday.



2!  Can you believe it?   It hardly seems possible.

The day started out with a test run on his new balance bike  (Yes, that's the bike we were going to give him for Christmas.  We ended up saving it for his birthday gift...  shhhh!  He'll never know)

Then it was time to party!  The grandmas, grandpas, aunts, uncles, and cousins came for the fun.

There was one gift he couldn't wait to dig into....  chewing gum!

Evyn and Emily spent the rest of the afternoon playing with Andrew's new Giga Ball

His 2 year checkup isn't scheduled until the middle of next month, so I'll post stats then.

6 years old

Happy 6th Birthday to the sweetest, funniest, smartest girl in the whole world.

We love you, Evyn!

Happy 1st birthday, Andrew!

March 12th
2009---------------------- 2010

Dear sweet boy, you have been full of surprises, and brought us great joy, from the moment we found out we were pregnant, to your eventful birth ~ and every day since.

Happy birthday, Andrew!



Then:






Now:



Look how you've grown!