Caroline turns 5

We started 2011 out on a bit of a bad note. Mark and I had been having some issues and were seperated. Unfortunately this wasn’t the first time but was definitely the worst and longest. The good news is that through the grace of God we are doing much better and back together today (October).We had been staying with Mom for a while so we spent the kids’ birthdays at Mama Lisa’s. I got balloons and donuts for Caroline to wake up to. She wanted  a Rapunzel cake and so that’s what we got. She loved it! We went to Toy Story 3 on Ice on Grayson’s birthday for both of them.

Birthdays

Wow, it has been almost a month since I have posted anything....too long! I tried last week to post with my live writer and it is not letting me. Something is wrong with our computer....Almost every website it has started saying is a security risk and we have to click through like 3 screens to get on to anything. It is annoying! Anyway I will have to work on setting up live writer to work again because it is sooo much easier to post with!
So I have been sooo busy planning and having birthday's! Caroline, Grayson and Mark all have bday's within 4 days of each other. I made cakes for each of them on their Bday and we had a joint party for the kids in the same week! AHHHH, fun but glad it's over! Anyway I will preview a few pics and then post some more bday stuff throughout the week as time allows!

Kids Bday Parties

I am joining in Kelly's "Show us your Children's Birthday Party" Party today!


I have loved planning the kids' Bday parties. Mark, Caroline and Grayson all have Bdays within 3 days of each other and Grant and I are within 3 days of each other. CRAZY and not at all planned! Anyway when I was deciding which Bday to share I decided to share Caroline and Grayson's first joint party. I really wanted Grayson to have something special for his 1st Bday but didn't want to do 2 parties. I decided on a Winnie the Pooh theme. I used 1st birthday party stuff for Grayson and all the Pooh characters for Caroline. I set the table in the kitchen with the 1st Bday party things and the Dinning room had all of Caroline's party stuff. I used some stuffed Pooh characters we already had on the table for decorations.

Here are the cakes we made. Mark decorated Grayson's and I did Caroline's. Grayson's was a chocolate box mix doctored up and it was YUMMY! You can find the recipe here. Caroline's was a cupcake cake made with lemon cupcakes. Both cakes had buttercream icing. I think we did good for novice's!


Here is the kitchen table with the cakes and the dinning room set-up with the food. We had our standard party fare....chicken salad croissants, chips, veggies, and soda. I used Pooh "throw-away" sippy cups for the kids. I never throw those cups out we use them forever! All the kids took one home. I put labels on them that I made with my label maker.

You can also see pictures of their party from this year Here.
I have so many ideas and can't wait to have 3 parties this year!!
P.S. you can click on the pictures to view them bigger.

30th Birthday and 1st DR visit

Well, yesterday we celebrated my 30th Bday. Grant had his first Doctor's appt. yesterday so we started the day by going there. They said he is doing well. He weighed 6.2 lbs. He was 6.4 when we left the hospital. We have to go back Monday for a Wt. check. He was in the 10th percentile for wt and 12th for ht. He is tiny! He hadn't gone poop since we left the hospital so they were a little worried and he was starting to get jaundice so they sent us to have a bilirubin drawn. He also had some problems with his circumcision bleeding a lot in the hospital. The pediatrician took off the gauze wrap and it looks better! It still looks so sore though. We have to keep putting the vaseline gauze on it for a little while. Keep praying it heals fast. After the Dr and going to get the labs drawn we ate at chik-fil-a. We then headed to Babies-R-Us for a few things we needed and stopped at Target. Grant finally pooped while we were at Target....what a mess! Then we headed to Mom and Dad's for dinner. I requested cube steak and green beans with Chocolate sauce and cupcakes for dessert. The kids had picked out a chocolate cake for me too. YUMMY! You can see in the pictures what a mess Grayson made with the cake. It was a long but fun day. I wasn't feeling very good yesterday. Very tired and achy but I feel a lot better this morning. That could be due to the great night we had with Grant. Mom and Dad kept Caroline and Grayson. Grant ate at 10:00, 1:00 and 5:00. We slept in until almost 9am and it was great!! He is so sweet and sleeping better now! Here are some pics from our big day!

Birthday Party

I was not good about taking pictures of the kids' party but thankfully, Alice did. She put them in a smilebox and hopefully I can figure out how to post it here.....Enjoy :)

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