Happy Birthday, Taylor!!

Well, Saturday was Taylor Kay's first birthday!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY, TAYLOR!! Taylor is Tricia's youngest and Tricia is my step-sister (for those of you that don't know). And boy she is a doll (Taylor, not Tricia! Well, okay. Tricia, you're a doll, too!!) Her party was out at my parent's house and what fun all of the kids had!!

Eli really enjoyed fishing in the pond!

And, if you know Eli, he also enjoyed running around!!

Here's the birthday girl with her mommy!!

As you can see below, Taylor had her own cake. But, everyone else had cupcakes. Well, these weren't your average cupcakes. They were more like miniature cakes and they were quite tasty!!

Jolie isn't much of a sweets girl. Crazy, I know!! But, she likes to pretend she is. She took one small bite of her cupcake and then Grame picked at the rest!!

Here's Taylor's cake!

I think she is saying..."Umm...what do I do with this?"

Tricia started letting each of the kids bend down and take a bite out of the cake hoping Taylor would catch on. Here is Eli getting his bite.

She still didn't quite get it and wasn't very happy, either!! Once she was given a fork I think she ate a little of it. Maybe she'll end up like Jolie and not really like sweets.

Here she is dancing as the kids fight over a pinata. I didn't take any pictures of that. Is that how you spell pinata? Can't figure out how to add the little squiggle thing over the n.

I did take a picture of Eli in his silly glasses from his goody bag!!

Here are all this kids, minus Taylor, in their silly glasses!!

Time for presents!!

She actually got into this one from Josh & Tonya. It was just her height so she could reach in and pull out the tissue!!

We had such a fun time at Taylor's party and hanging out with everyone. Thanks to Grame and Poppy for hosting and to Grame and Tricia for doing such a fun job with the decorations and food!! Can't wait for the next birthday party!!

New Look

My friend, Melissa, informed me about a super cool blog where you can get new backgrounds for your blog for free!! It is called Cutest Blogs on the Block. Check it out if you are in the mood for a change!!

Day Out With Thomas 2008!!!

On Friday, I took Eli to Day out with Thomas joining with the Bohannon's and the Sluss's!! We had four kids and three adults in our van (that's just the Bohannon's and us)!! Wow!! I still can't believe we all fit! Anyway, I didn't tell Eli we were going until Friday morning because I knew he would nag me about it all week!! Once I finally told him it was all I could do to get out of the door fast enough!!

Let's go, Mom!!

Look at my tattoo!!

There was a tent, "Imagination Station," that had five or six train tables set up, a tattoo station, stamps, bracelet making and I think that's it. Eli could have stayed in there all day. Here is Eli and Caden playing with one of the many train tables!!

The bubble station was a little more difficult because it was a little windy. Eli couldn't quite get any bubbles, but I love the face!!

Sir Thopham Hat!!

Here are Ally, Caden & Olivia. Olivia wasn't quite sure about the big man in the black hat!!

All together, we had six kids in our crew. I think the age range is 16 months to four years. Here they all are jumping and having a blast!!

Watching the trains and waiting for Thomas.

There he is!!!

Here we are right before our train ride for a quick photo with Thomas!!

These are all four kids that were in our van. Ally, Olivia, Caden & Eli...anxiously awaiting the trains departure!!

I love this shot!! Especially Caden's bottom sticking out!!

All of the kids received a Junior Engineer Certificate!!

We had such a fun day, but were definitely warn out by the time we headed home. It was quite the interesting ride home!! I was so thankful to get home and pass Eli onto John. My feet and ankles had had enough!! Regardless, we are already looking forward to next year!!

And the induction is.....

Wednesday, May 14th!! We decided it would be wise to schedule the arrival of Miss J in hopes to make the transition a little easier on us all. Especially Eli. I had a doctor's appointment today and discussed it with my doctor and she was all for it!! Of course, I could actually go at any time if the baby decides she wants to come early. I am already dilated 1.5 cm and have been having some minor contractions. Nothing major, but enough to dilate!! It's crazy how close we are to meeting our little girl!! We are getting really excited and I am definitely ready to be rid of this belly!! Speaking of belly, here are some more pictures. It is huge and getting lower as the baby drops!! Yipee!!

Yesterday, we went to a play date at a new park in town and I only managed to get one picture. It is a cute one, though!!

Eli Snoring

Okay, I know you can't see anything on this video but my camera doesn't have a night setting for the videos. Eli was snoring really loud one evening and I wanted to get it on video. Well, I did manage to get the sound. You may need to turn up your volume!! I thought it was pretty funny!!

A New Thing

I came outside the other night after cleaning up from dinner and found the latest thing John had taught Eli. Eli's "motorcycle" now has towing capabilities!!

Croup, Once Again

Poor Eli came down with croup, once again, last night. His fever was so bad you can see it in the pictures in his cheeks. Poor guy. We went to the doctor and they gave him a steroid there in the office. Once it kicked in he felt much better and even started eating and drinking!

During one of his snacks I started cleaning the back door windows. Then, Eli decided he wanted to.

Next, he moved to the front door, TV and front windows!! My windows have never been cleaner!