E&E's 2nd Birthday Party!

Ella & Evan had their 2nd birthday party about a week ago! It was a Yo Gabba Gabba theme (it was between that and Elmo, their favorites!). I've been ridiculously busy, so little (or less) time and effort went into party planning this year... with a couple late nights leading up to the party to makes some cute things! Overall I was happy with the way it turned out with such little time to get it all in. Regardless, the babies loved (and recognized) all the fun decorations, and that's what mattered most... that they liked it! They both had a great time, although my little Bean was attached to me the whole time! Towards the end of the party she became a little more social and sat at their new table set to do puzzles and eat cake! My camera battery died right before the party began (of course!) so these are the photos I took with my sister's camera (which died right after these quick photos!!!). Luckily, Papa brought his fully-charged camera to capture the special day... I'll get those from him and post some more of them opening presents and such, but here's a little preview to the party... enjoy! =)

Door sign welcoming everyone! Themed water bottle labels

Juice buckets for the little ones!

LOTS of fruit and Muno-inspired plates all around!

A pic before the main course (yummy sandwiches) showed up!

Buddy's SUPER cute Muno & Plex cake!!!

Ella-Bean's ADORABLE cake!!!

And a Brobee & Foofa inspired, oversized cupcake for the babies to eat-- cute, cute!

Yo Gabba Gabba balloons! Cousin Kayli helped cut out the faces! =)

Even DJ Lance is in there!

Party favor boxes... shaped like the Yo Gabba Gabba boomboxes!

Made a few pom-poms again this year AND recycled the pinwheels too!

And of course we had to have Yo Gabba Gabba on!

These cute dolls that Paige & Levi got them for their birthday made it to the party too!


And Miss Bean in her Foofa shirt mommy made! She's not sure if she should taste the brownie the Uncle Aaron is offering... she knows mommy would disapprove-- haha! =)

Here's the shirts I made for them: Foofa & Muno!

Happy Birthday Jesus!

Merry Christmas everyone! I hope you all had a wonderful day! I'm posting kind of a conglomerate of pictures of different events leading up to and after Christmas. I was soooo behind this Christmas that I just figured I would so it this way.

The first couple of pictures are from where Daddy plays with his brass ensemble. They play at least once a month together for different churches, but December usually has a few more "gigs". Mommy, Papa, Mimi, Ella & Evan went into town and watched Daddy play at the mall. The babies loved watching their Daddy, dancing and clapping after each song. They'd go up to him after each song to go and talk to him... so cute!

We spent Christmas Eve with Greg's parents this year and Christmas day with my family. This is flip-flopped from most years, but Uncle Ian had to work and wouldn't fly home until Christmas day (he's a flight medic), and we didn't want to miss Christmas with him! Both of our cameras had dead batteries (still from their birthday, nine days earlier) so I don't have pictures from Christmas Eve yet... have to get them from Papa, the designated picture-taker that night.

And the last set of pictures are from Grandma Kim's birthday get together. My mom's birthday is on Christmas and it was the BIG 6-0 this year so we decided it would be fun to go out with the whole family the next day!


I hope you enjoy the pictures... unfortunately, many are blurring from using my little point-and-shoot camera, and er... operator error, I'm sure, but you get the picture! =) Merry Christmas!

Ella watching Daddy play at the mall!

Buddy checking out Mimi's earrings.

Daddy was pooped Christmas morning! =)

Giving "TT" kisses!

Evan always wants Cousin Kayli to haul him around!

Being shy with Uncle Ian.

A face I see all too often! ;)

TT (aka Auntie) with Buddy.

"more.bread.please" =)

Daddy and Buddy All set for dinner... and note how sweaty Buddy is getting from running around playing...

Yum!

After dinner snack... everybody else's (same) food ALWAYS tastes better... scrounging off of Uncle Ian!

Grandma and Buddy

They LOVE the "mi-mi" (aka music)... always have to play the piano before we leave Grandma's house! =)

Present time!!! Apparently, any present is "fair game"! ;)

Ella just wanted to find and read her books! =)

ONE.SWEATY.BOY.!!! The layers are going to start coming off...

Mommy helping Ella Bean.

Ella would spend FOREVER tearing off the wrapping paper... she's very particular!

So thakful we got another one of these toys... no more fighting (at least over this toy!) =)

Getting ready to feed her baby...

Cute!

Little Drummer Boy

Buddy told Kayli that he wanted her to carry him around like a baby... his favorite! And notice we've lost a lot of clothing... =)

Buddy wants birthday cake! Daddy too! ;)

Evan at Grandma's birthday party. He wanted a hat too, just like his big cousins! Kristopher made one for him. =)

Grandma and her Bean.

They L.O.V.E. straws... and taking them out!

"cheese!"

Playing around with mommy's purses... with their hat and bow on! =)