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“I be 2!”

January 4th, 2012 | birthday | friends | Hazel

This is overdue. Our sweet Hazel did have a birthday party…a while ago :) She still talks about it. Anytime she hears the word party “I be 2!” (which has been often with Christmas parties “I be 2!” and a New Years eve party “I be 2!”), Hazel shouts “I be 2!” and she flashes her two fingers in the air. It’s pretty funny…I have yet to get that on film.
Here are some shots of her party!

It was really great having so many friends here! We all had a great time at the party (“I be 2!”)

PURPLE

There is a whole lot of purple around here. Raven’s current favorite color. …and since we are celebrating our big 3 year old this weekend, we are just going to roll with the purple thing!
She has really been loving her birthday this year! A lot of anticipation beforehand, and a lot of disappointment when the party was over.

(i just can’t get her to look at the camera)

On her actual birthday we did the traditional singing with cupcake in bed…only this year we had to tell her to go back in her bed so we could sing to her. (she was coloring downstairs at 6:20 am! ..and who knows what time she really came downstairs. 6:20 is the time that Matt thought he was sneaking down to get things ready. Our 3 year old does not like to sleep.)

Later that morning we had a visit from Grandma Virginia! They played and read Raven’s new book!

Then Raven’s friends came over! Pure excitement!

We played games and sang “Happy Birthday”

(she got a little close to the flames there…but she is fine, and she did blow them out)

My girls like cupcakes if you can’t tell by looking at their faces :)

The other kids like cupcakes too…see all the smiles?
Raven had so much fun! She was so excited to have her friends over…and the fact that they sang “happy birthday to raven” is something that has made her so happy, we have been talking about it all week! She has been growing up so fast! It is incredible to see her growing relationships with friends and with God (who apparently talks to her in a deep voice). She is so smart and loving and shy and sneaky and busy. She is a big girl now!

Happy Birthday Matt!

April 13th, 2011 | birthday | Lisa | Matt

Matt’s birthday was on Monday, so over the weekend we had a little celebration! Everyone with kids got babysitters and we all headed out to the Eastside! We all got a groupon for a ropes course (see pics below) and a brewery tour (no pics below). We all had a great time facing fears, playing outside, drinking yummy beer, and hanging out!

the course

the crew

the birthday boy!

transfer 1, transfer 1. squeeze check. check. transfer 2, transfer 2. sqeeze check. check.

Some of us were more scared than others (I felt like I was going to faint before I got up there….my palms sweat with the thought of heights..yikes! The things I do for love!), but we all had a great time!

cat woman

action

I think Matt liked his “gift” …and the rest of us liked it too!

Hazel’s Birthday!

Hazel had such a great birthday! I’m pretty sure she loved every minute of it…and I’ll prove it to you :)

We started a birthday tradition with Raven…wake up with a song, a candle, and cake! Hazel wasn’t so sure about this at first…

happy birthday to you, happy birthday dear hazel

and after this we opened presents! Raven picked out a playground ball for Hazel, and that is by far her favorite gift!

Later on that afternoon was the party! Family and friends came over to help us celebrate our ball of energy! We played, had dinner, and then….we had cake!!! (this is where you can see her joy and excitement that proves she had a great day!)

thumbs up! the cake is good!

…and some party favorites!

(lots of sugar highs and sugar lows!)
As you can see, it was a really great day! We had a bit of a party hangover on Sunday…colds, runny noses, coughs, and some real sugar lows. It was so fun celebrating our little baby girl who is now one, who is almost walking, and who has started throwing tantrums like a full blown toddler. We are so thankful for you and we love you so much Hazel!