Birthday Party.... warning another picture overload!

We want to thank everyone who made it out to the girls birthday party this year.  Unfortunately the weather was once again not on our side, but we appreciate each and everyone who made the trip.  Also a big thanks to everyone for the amazing gifts.  My little monkeys love all their new climbing toys!!

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I didn't have the opportunity to take as many pictures as I would have liked, but here are a few...

I was actually very proud of my Elmo cupcakes.  Plain and simple... but I thought they turned out pretty cute, especially on my Elmo cupcake stand.  Much cheaper to make them myself than to buy them from one of those expensive "cupcake stores".  They must of been good because I made 36 of them and only had 4 left.

Veggie platter #1

The above two pictures where one of the cutest things.  I wish I would of had the video camera to record Alexis.  My Sweet little Alexis doesn't talk much (that's another blog posting about her speech therapy), but she loves her Elmo.  We decorated the house while the girls were napping.  When Alexis came downstairs from her nap, she was in Elmo heaven.  When she saw the table cloth in the above pictures, she walked up to each and every one of the different Elmos and pointed to it and said "Elmo".  She walked all the way around our island, pointing and saying Elmo, Elmo, Elmo, Elmo.

Alexis was also very intrigued by the life size Elmo balloons.  I think both girls were a little scared of them at first.  Now they love to hug the big Elmo's and tackle them. 

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Terry made his famous ribs for the party.  They were delicious and Addison obviously concurs!  I personally would of never thought to give Addison ribs to eat.  But she climbed right up on Linda's (Terry's Mom) lap grabbed some off of her plate and went to town.  I think she liked the honey BBQ sauce.

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Alexis eating her cupcake.  She didn't dive in as much as I expected her to.  She seemed fairly concerned about getting her hands dirty.

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Addison on the other hand was not as concerned about getting her hands dirty.

I really do not love this picture but it's the only one that we had taken of the four of us.

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I didn't get any great pictures of the girls opening their gifts.  It was a little congested in our house and the other kiddos kept jumping into the pictures. 

Another side note...seriously, Alexis' hair doesn't always look so ratty.  The girl plays hard all of the time and sweats a lot.  She also has become very interested in doing summersaults and rolling around on the floor, thus making it impossible to keep her hair somewhat orderly.

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The girls received this neat climb and slide from the Kurtz family.  They love it.  It is still sitting in the middle of our living room waiting for warmer weather.  (sigh!)

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Addison getting ready for bed after the party.  She wanted to give Elmo hugs and take him to bed with her.

Once again a big thanks to all that came to the girls party.  We love you all!