Sarah's 1st Birthday!

We had Sarah's first birthday party at our house. We were surrounded by friends and family who all show our baby girl such love and for that we are grateful!

And this little grouping of pics is what I like to call: "Quick, get all the family pics in before the party starts!"

My friend Missy P (there's more than one Missy, so I must clarify;) had this great little people bounce house that she let us borrow for the party. The weather was gorgeous!Sarah contemplating the jump house.Kyleigh on the other hand, she was a pro! It helps that she has an older brother to teach her how it works. Abby and Sarah...not really feeling it!Jackson and Cooper got some jumping time in once all of the babies got out of the way!Jacob...OUT! (but with a smile!)Sarah with Great Uncle Dave and favorite Louisiana cousins Emily and Evan! Present time! Kyleigh showing Sarah how it's done!Uncle Mike got us all choked up with this shadow box he made with a flag that he had flown over Iraq in Sarah's honor during his last tour this past winter. Sarah has so much to be proud of with her families willingness to serve our country!What every girl needs...a bedazzled pink Disney princess hat!Emma and Sydnee two peas in a pod!YEA! ELMO!!!

Yep! Tried to get a group pic! There are so many things I love about this pic! Evan still trying to get Elmo out of the box, Sarah and Abby playing with Sarah's bow, Gracie's hand in Carson's mouth, Annie pulling back from Carson's hand, Cooper giving the "cheese" smile so he can hurry up and get back to playing, Jackson with the "are you serious" look, Jacob is behind the boys being persuaded by his dad to get in the pic all the while the two Miss Priss' of the group have their pose set and ready to go! Good job Emma and Sydnee! LOVE THIS PIC!!

This pic is a little out of sequence...but who cares?! Sarah was so surprised to see Gracie and Carson at her party in from Texas! The last time these three were all together, two of them were still in there mommies wombs! Sarah 1, Gracie 11 months and Carson 5 months!

I LOVE MY BIRTHDAY PARTY!!! (that's what she would have said...I just know it;)And now for the cake!! Yep all done by momma! With lots of encouragement from Aunt Katie...I actually made the cake look like a "1"!!Sarah very casually ate her cake. Tasted the icing first and then once she got the okay from mommy that she could eat the cake...she did just that! She'd break off a piece and put it to her mouth- it was almost like she was savoring every new flavor! She did seem a bit confused as to why everyone was watching her eat and no one else was eating...but she carried on anyway!

Happy Birthday baby girl!! We love you so very much and are so blessed to have you in our lives!

Sarah's Birthday Weekend!!

Andy's mom and dad, along with his sister Katie and her two girls Sydnee and Annie made the trip down from OKC for Sarah's birthday this weekend!! And boy am I glad they did!!! I REALLY wouldn't have been able to pull of her birthday party without them...no really!!

Andy was flying in from Chicago Friday night from work...long story short - he was suppose to be home Friday night by 9pm...he didn't get to our house until 11:00 am Saturday!!! Apparently Delta decided his plane needed new brakes for the last flight of the night....REALLY Delta??? REALLY?!?! So you flew of crummy brakes ALL day and decided the last flight of the day they needed to be changed...REALLY?!?! Sorry...I digress!

Ok, back to happy thoughts....So the Jacobsen's got to our house Thursday night and the fun began!

Not sure who is having more fun here!Grammy with her girls...Sydnee 4, Sarah 1 and Annie 7 months.Friday was all about cakes and cupcakes...Syd is a great egg cracker!Sarah looking on with Aunt Katie.Getting the cupcakes ready.

Syd was given free reign to decorate the "back-up" cake. (Yes, as you have seen in previous post there was a definite need for a back up cake!) Luckily for Sydnee, I didn't screw up the original cake and she was allowed to go all out on her cake. She kept saying "This is so nervousing!" Guess she heard Aunt Julie say one to many times how nervous she was!

The finished product!! And I mean finished....she used every last bit of decorating what-not we had left in the house! Great job Syd!!Sarah and Annie getting in on some playtime before bed. As I mentioned earlier, Andy finally made it home and Sarah was SO happy to see her Daddy!!

We had Sarah open her presents from the Jacobsen's before the party started. Grammy made her a book "Sarah has a Pal" along with a song to go with it!! (she makes a song for all of the grand kids first birthdays- such a creative Grammy!!) Sarah was literally laughing at the book! She loved it!!

She then danced to the song as we watched it on the dvd! Check out the video in the following post!

Sarah Has A Pal!

St. Patrick's Day!

I really had no intentions of having a St. Patrick's Day post, but as "luck" would have it ;) Sarah had a big day at daycare!

Today, she spent her whole day in the 1 yr old room for the first time! This meant, she got to play outside, took a 2 hour nap with her classmates on a nap mat, had her first taste of whole milk (which was by accident- I hadn't made the switch from formula yet, but she had no reactions to the milk, and has since enjoyed it very much!!), and she completed her first "art work" with a crayon! (so now that I have the picture of the "art work" its okay if I accidentally lose it..right?!?! ;)

Crawfish!

Yep, it's that time of year again!! I love me some crawfish!! And yes, I was eating at Big Mike's again!! Right now, the restaurant is boiling crawfish and we just had to get our first taste of the season!
Sarah's first taste of crawfish!!

Thirty Somethings

This weekend, I had the pleasure of celebrating the birhtdays of two of my favorite girls!

Friday night, we celebrated Jamie's birthday at The Londoner in Baton Rouge. Unfortunately, I forgot my camera and this is the only pic I have. A big thank you to Andy for letting me go hang out with the girls Friday night!Saturday night, we celebrated Michelle's birthday with dinner at The Little Village in downtown Baton RougeJocelyn, Michelle and myself.Andy, myself, Michelle and Ben...Getting ready to place our order for the best italian bread....EVER!Mr. Mike, Ms. Patty (Michelle's mom and dad), Ms. Linda and Mr. Glen (Michelle's aunt and uncle)The Birthday girl and me! Our table.

After dinner, we headed out to The Roux House downtown. And yet another big thank you to mom, who kept Sarah for us!! We really enjoyed our night out!!

Happy Birthday Girls!!!

Hello?!?!

Sarah's new favorite thing to say is "HEY"! So when she picks up the phone, she always starts her conversation with "HEY"!

We have a local number that gives the time and weather for the day...I usually call that number and let her hear someone on the other line- she acts as if she is really interested in what the man has to say! Now, get her to talk to any family member on the phone...not going to happen!