On Friday my girlfriends (from the spa day) and their husbands, along with Andy and I, went to Maggiano's for a great dinner. The boys had attempted to plan a surpise dinner celebrating S and D's birthdays. However, there were several nagging wives that broke their husbands down until they let the cat out of the bag (me being one of them). It was a lot of fun...and our first date since bringing AP home. We only called home once to check in :) There was soooooooooooooo much tasty food. We all left stuffed and somewhat miserable, but it was well worth it.
Saturday was C's 4th birthday. It was such a busy day. We started out with birthday muffins for breakfast.
We had soccer pictures, followed by the first game that has actually not been cancelled due to weather. C was not in good spirits. Game time coincided with a nap we were missing. C actually fell asleep at one point on the bench :( He eventually refused to play and just watched.
After running home to pick up a few things, we headed to C's birthday party at Chuck E. Cheese. C fell asleep on the way there, but the power nap made a world of difference. C had a blast at his party. He was so into Chuck E. He danced with him and even climbed on stage at one point. He loved having everone sing to him. He got a lot of great presents, then it was off to play all the games. He had so many tokens that after another hour or so we were trying to find ways to waste them. I think he played every game in the place. He had 1700 tickets by the end! That only translates into a racecar, a hammer, and a few plastic snakes, but to C it was great. He had so much fun with family and friends. Thanks to everyone who came to celebrate!
the downward dog crawl! (it's a yoga pose for those that don't know) It is quite entertaining to watch. She has also learned a new trick from her daddy... 
Then we went home to finish cleaning up the house and decorating for her little party. It was a little bit sad for me to think about her first year being gone and we got to share so little of it. Anyway, we had a great time with family at the party. AP really liked getting her own birthday cake.........
until it became an icing trainwreck!
She didn't care too much about presents, so big brother stepped in to help out. 
Isn't his shirt cute? It says "I'm the Big Brother". Thanks Aunt Heather.
On Tuesday we had AP's 1 year pictures and C's 4 year pictures made. Here are my favorites. I bought the CD, so I think it gives me the right to share the pics online (I hope). If not, don't call and turn me in.
Have you ever seen anything so cute? We are truly blessed.
C was excited that the Easter Bunny hopped all the way from his igloo to visit him. Our response:....umm...sure. Who knows where he got that idea, I guess the bunny can live anywhere you want him to. AP was just excited to get Puffs and she was not going to let them go. 
