Birthday Celebrations

Natalie and Ella had a great couple of days together. They did so many fun things -- the two of them watched a magician at a local library, went to a play land at McDonald's, rode bikes, went to the playground, picked out books at the library, watched a neat Barbie video, and bounced and played at a place called Family Funland.

After Ella went home on Friday night, Daddy got ready for another birthday party for Natalie which took place last Saturday. Natalie had a chance to invite a few friends over to play in the sprinkler, eat some yummy food, and have cake. It was another fun day.

The day after this party was Daddy's day since it was Father's Day. Nate got to choose whatever he wanted to do. He decided to go out for lunch and then do some necessary shopping. Afterward, we had some fun with our friends the Brauns.

We continued our birthday celebrations this past week with Nate's birthday, and will continue to celebrate this week with my birthday. Whew! That's a lot of birthdays...and we still have one more that we are waiting to find out what day it will be.

Happy 5th Birthday, Natalie!

Yesterday, was Natalie's 5th birthday. Wow! It's hard to believe it's been five years since we were in the hospital seeing Natalie for the first time. The memories seem like it was not that long ago...me being quite sick all day, Auntie Chris coming to hang out with Nate, hanging out in the hospital for a week and a half.

I believe Natalie had a fun day celebrating yesterday. She came in to my room, and I sang her Happy Birthday. She liked the card Nate and I got her. Natalie had to wait for her present from us until later when we got home from our fun day with grandparents and cousins.

We got ready to go have a breakfast brunch with family. Natalie polished off her rainbow pancakes and birthday pie in record time. Afterward, she had a fun time playing with her cousins...especially the special tea party Auntie Chris set up for Ella and her.

We had a chance to cheer on cousin Zach playing baseball, and then we headed for home with cousin Ella for a sleepover. It was surprising that Natalie was the one who was crying last night...she was tired, and we had given Ella Natalie's bed so things were a little different. It must have affected her early wake up time this morning too...or she must have heard Nate's early phone call. Hopefully, with Ella's ability to sleep in this morning, we won't have 2 grouchy little girls...maybe just one. :)

Thanks to everyone who phoned to wish Natalie a Happy Birthday!

The 4K Picnic

Here's a blog written by Natalie -
First of all, Daddy and I went to my end of the year 4K picnic at a park near our home. And then, my friends and I went on the playground to play. Second of all, we ate lunch. It was "delish"! After we ate lunch, we went to play some more. Then, our teacher called us for our music program. Afterward, we played a little bit more. Finally, when everyone else was going home, we left too. It was a fun day, and I like it!