Ella's Birthday

For Ella's family birthday party she chose to wear pj's! Comfort is of key importance to her (much like her daddy).  She also wanted to wear her birthday crown from school. Here she is making a sill face.

 

How sweet! She let McKenna help her blow out the candles.

For her "friend" party she chose a sleepover. For some crazy reason, I allowed it.

Thanks the Lord for Hannah! What a Godsend she was during the party! Such a big help.

Some of the guests...

McKenna and Sawyer

Lily and Sophie

Selma 

Hannah and Ella

Cora and Ella

Hannah, Selma, McKenna, Ella, Cora, Sophie and Lily all piled on the couch ready to watch Enchanted.

Decorating cupcakes

Ella wanted each of her friends to get a candle in their cupcake! She is so giving!

Snack on a stick...

And......presents.....

Last but not least...a bit of silliness!



The Things They Say....

Me to Ella: What ARE you doing?

Ella: Mom, I want people to think I have a big brain.

Daddy and Daughter Dance

Each year Arthur takes teh girls to a community father/daughter dance. They love it. They look forward to it months in advance. The girls get all dressed up and enjoy their time with Daddy.

Too Cute!

A Little Visit

Aunt Virginia and Cousin Shari (and kids) were able to drop by for a little visit with Sawyer. I've already posted Shari and Mya holding Sawyer. Here's one of Aunt Virginia.

Weagle, Weagle!

(Hopefully, you know the rest of the chant!)

Another picture from the cell phone....

Ain't he cute?

Here, the kids are wearing outfits from Mammie and Papa. There's another picture of them wearing shirts from Cioci and Uncle Shannon. I can't seem to find it right now. You see, I just grab whatever picture taking device is closest (as of late). That could be 1 of 3 cameras or 1 of 2 cell phones....

The Things They Say....

Usually, The Things They Say is dedicated to the silly and embarrassing things that my children say. However, this first one is from a total stranger...

Phone ring...

Me: Hello
Lady: May I speak with Sawyer?
Me: Um....this is Sawyer's mom?
Lady: Well, I need to speak directly with Sawyer.
Me: (after much hesitation)...Well, I don't think he'll say much. He's only 7 weeks old.

Needless to say, she was embarrassed. It was the clinic calling to confirm Sawyer Dr. Appt and then to confirm our contact info. Crazy!

Ella: (to her friend) My dad is older but my mom acts more like a grown up.


Ella: Mom, I'm going to be a pop star when I grown up.
McKenna: Mom will never let you do that.

A Visit from Grandpa Higgins

Grandpa Higgins came to meet baby Sawyer. We aren't sure if he'll ever come again because we really put him to work. He moved boxes from our attic to our basement (2 flights of stairs) for around 6 hours straight. He also took all of the trash stuff out to the curb, shoveled and ice scraped the driveway, squeegeed the garage floor, cooked a meal and babysat briefly! He was busy. I am so thankful that I have parents, grandparents and inlaws who help out so much! It's truly a blessing.

Holding Sawyer

I try to take pictures of the different people holding Sawyer. I did this with McKenna and with Ella. Not sure why, just something I do. You may see a few of these pictures again because some of them are from Christmas. Also, I haven't loaded all of my pictures onto the computer-so a few are missing. (Like the one of my dad holding Sawyer in the Bjorn.)

Mrs. Kendra (2 days old)

 Miss Katie (3 days old)

 Ella

 McKenna

 Mommy-using the Baby Bjorn from Nana Z (back when McKenna was born)

 Daddy (Sawyer is 2 weeks)

 Nanny (Sawyer is 3 weeks)

 Shari (Sawyer is 4 weeks)

 Mammy (Sawyer is 5 weeks)

Big Sisters

2 weeks

3 weeks

McKenna's 8th Birthday

For McKenna's 8th birthday we kept it pretty simple. She invited a couple of friends to Chuck E Cheese for some pizza and fun!

McKenna, Ella, Gabe, Selma and Lauren. Lily didn't want to put icing on her nose.

 Lauren-whacking sharks!