Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Cooper & Hadley's 2nd Birthday Party 11-27-10

This past Saturday we celebrated Cooper & Hadley's upcoming 2nd birthday! With their birthdays so close to Christmas, with the arrival of their new cousin in a week or two, and with all our relatives in town for Thanksgiving, it just made sense to celebrate a few weeks early! I had planned an outdoor cowboy/cowgirl party, but Mother Nature had other plans & sent a cold front on Thanksgiving, so we moved things inside! It all worked out & fun was had by all!

These first 4 pictures were taken several weeks ago in an attempt to get a cute picture for their invitations!
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And here is the final invitation! Isn't it the cutest??? Many thanks for my sister for the precious idea and for putting together this adorable invitation for me!!!
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And here are a few of the decorations! Since the weather changed my plans, I just threw together some bandanas and raffia and it looks so cute!
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Our little cowboy!
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We're still working on holding up 2 fingers when asked how old he is!
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Miss Hadley was a little scared when I put the lighted candles in front of her! Daddy came to her rescue....
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...and big brother generously blew out her candles for her! He was all into it!
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But she didn't hesitate to dig in!!
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Neither did Cooper!!! Surprise, surprise!!!
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Time to open presents!! They LOVED it! I am anxious to see them at Christmas...they're gonna have so much fun this year!
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Here is an easel that Nana & Daddo got them! They LOVE it!
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Our sweet Grandmothers...I am so thankful that they were able to celebrate with us! Pogee had just got out of the hospital on Thanksgiving...SO glad she is feeling better!
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Our sweet family...Can you tell H is so tired?? Having fun at your birthday party is hard work!!
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After cake & presents, we decided to go outside & check out what Meme & Sweet Pa got them...these cute little motorized four-wheelers! They hopped right on and took off! It's crazy how they knew which one was theirs! Hadley is not kind of scared of hers, but come this spring when she can ride it all the time I think she will LOVE it! Cooper amazed us how he could steer and drive his! It's like he had driven something before! He is all-boy and I see many more four-wheelers in his future!!

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The rest of the time we played outside! It actually turned out to be a pretty nice day...just a little chill in the air! Here are C&H with Daddy & Uncle Travis...
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...and with Meme and Grandmother!
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...and playing with Gigi!
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This photo cracks me up! It pretty much sums up everyday for me! Hadley taking something from Cooper and him screaming 'SISSY'!!!...or vice versa!!!
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I feel like such a horrible mother...I didn't get us singing 'happy birthday' to them on video! I guess I still have their real birthday...stay tuned!

Happy Birthday Addi & TG!

A week ago today was my oldest niece, Addison's, 14th birthday! I can't believe she is old enough to get behind the wheel of a car! Happy Belated Birthday Addison!
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And today is my second oldest niece, Turner Grace's 12th birthday! TG, I hope you had a fantabulous day today!
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I am so proud of the young women you two are becoming! I am so proud of both of you & all of your accomplishments! I love you both so much!

Allergic to Mosquitos???

In my attempt of trying to get this blog up to date, I am posting these pics back from October!! Cooper got bit twice on the forehead while playing outside one day. This was him after his bath that night...you can see the two bites above his right eye....
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And this was him the next day after school. He looked like a totally different kid! His forehead was so swollen even down to his eyelids! He looked pitiful but didn't act like it bothered him at all! We gave him a little benadryl and all was better by the next morning!
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Isn't he pitiful??

Thanksgiving 2010

We celebrated on Thursday with Michael's family and had a wonderful time! Doesn't this turkey look amazing?? Well, it tasted better than it looked! My SIL, Haley, who is in culinary school tackled the turkey for her first time...I'd say it was a success! I have never had a turkey that was so moist! I only got pics of the turkey and a few of C&H playing!
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On Friday, we celebrated with my side of the family! We had a wonderful time enjoying everyone's company! C&H LOVE all their cousins!
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We have so much to be thankful for this year! I get emotional all the time thinking about how blessed we are and thank God all the time for what he has given us!

Thursday, November 11, 2010

23 months old

Where did these sweet babies go?? Who took my babies away and gave me two big kids???
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The countdown to the big 2nd birthday begins today! 30 more days and these sweet little babies will be 2! I'm planning a cowboy/cowgirl party...can't wait to see how it turns out! It's gonna be precious!

Ella Marie Beshears

My sister-in-law and brother-in-law, Mary & Josh, are expecting a baby girl in mid-December. A couple of weeks ago, I helped give a baby shower in their honor! We did a 'TWEET Baby Girl' theme and it turned out absolutely adorable!

Here is the front/back of the invitations...they turned out SO cute...I loved the scalloped edge!
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At the front door, we had a 'wishing tree' where people could leave their wishes or advice for the Mommy-To-Be.
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Mary with her hostesses!
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Mary with her Mom & Grandmother
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Mary with her MIL & SIL
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The food table (before everything was out!)
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The yummy cupcakes!
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And delicious punch!
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The beautiful flowers!
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As people were leaving, we gave out 'sweet tweets', iced sugar cookies!
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Ella,
I am so excited about your upcoming arrival
and can't wait to hold you in my arms!
I am praying for a quick & easy delivery
and most importantly that you are healthy!
I can't explain how much you are already loved by so many!
See you in a few weeks!
❤, Your aunt Mary Kate