maddie's 4th birthday

so for maddie's big day we started the day off with a party at preschool. they sang happy birthday to her before morning prayer in the hallway.....she was a little shy.
mrs. tonja and the girls. maddie chose a tinker bell themed party for her school party.

mr. tonja hung the birthday girl's picture outside her classroom for the day...she was pretty proud!

we got a phone call that night to meet stetie, jason and kohen at playtime pizza. it was very impromptu but the kids loved it and we got to see short...mom brought her by, she was down for a visit...i wish i had gotten her picture with m&m.

winning some tickets!

the official party day....this year i gave maddie free reign on what kind of party she wanted to have. when i asked her a few weeks before she said "a wicked witch" party...now some may think a little girl her age might mean the wicked witch from the wizard of oz....no, mine daughter means elphaba, from the broadway musical "wicked". she asked if i could call her and have her come to the party..... so i did the very best i could:).....

wicked witch cupcakes

our little "wicked"witch

maddie, kohen, scarlet

reagan, kaleigh,maddie

wicked witch and maddie boo....she was so entranced

making a wicked wish

our friends

birthday girl...i can't believe that you are 4!

thank you wicked witch, we love you!

asa's shower

my fam and sweet friends gave asa and i a shower at one of my most fav restaurants after we knew what in the world he was going to be! it was great...we had a private room in the back and the girls decorated with a fall theme as you can see with the sunflowers and cake colors. asa was a little angel during dinner. we had some great food, much need adult conversation and asa got some fabulous gifts....thanks girls!
mandy, stetie, kristin, caron

caron with a "C" and baby asa

karen with a "K":) (& Kellee in the back)

asa is one month old!

asa's first days home with us...

always has something in his mouth

1st bath...a mimi tradition

he obviously hated it

he has a temper this one...good thing he's the third bc response time is much delayed maybe he'll get the hint eventually...just kidding

clone baby....i'll dig up pics of my other two i have photos of them at one week that look exactly like this years from now unless labeled i wont be able to tell them apart.

mimi did all the cookin...

*side note*my kids think when they walk in the door the clothes come off. it's very hard to find photos i can post. but i really wanted to use this one so, you will probably see various pics with scantly clad big kids throughout my blog. but, if you know me then you already know this situation...we're working on it.

asa and scantly clad max

asa and scantly clad maddie

asa and maddie boo hoo

going home day!

does it get any sweeter than this???

tiny baby. big passy

she's in heaven!

maddie boo loves her new baby brother! (God love him:))

like i said...taking it in from a distance:)

still holding him...

we have 3 kiddos...yikes!!!!

all my babies!

poppy:)

asa in his going home outfit that mimi got him. i don't know if you can see it or not but it has a sweet sailboat on the front of it.

this should be fun habit to break...

the gang

should i be worried...max perked up and interacted once wheels got involved. he wanted to roll him all around.

home at last...asa is crying...max is covering his ears...get ready for more to come buddy!

mimi and asa

max really got involved once we got home in his comfort zone. he was so sweet with him the way he spoke with him and how gentle he was with him.

i know this picture is blurry but i wanted to include it because it sums up this long day.........poppy and maddie fell asleep on the couch together!