That's right! Back to back birthday parties!! Ellie turned 2 and we HAD to celebrate!!! And Ellie's party was right up your allie - Monkey themed!! Therefore you were allowed to climb on anything and everything! Okay, maybe not, but you still had so much fun. Aside from getting to see all your cousins, we got to each yummy monkey cupcakes and even drink Monkey milk - which, surprisingly you loved (and Mommy did not!). It tasted like bananas!!
You got to jump like crazy in the bouncy house and got to go 'bananas' in the playroom, but the most fun was by far was the dance off!! Uncle Jaybee set the Wii up and we ALL danced the night away!!! Words can't really do justice, and I'm not sure the pictures really do, but here's a glimpse in the fun night...
EVERYONE had so much fun, well minus Spencer and his Daddy who refused to dance, but all you kids just danced and danced and danced!! And then the Mommy's got their turn (to a Britney song, too!!!), and, well, Aunt Amy 'won' but we kind of let her since she's the oldest and all.
On Sunday, we met Aunt Steph and Ellie and Uncle Jaybee and all the Ings at the park! After lots of playing, and of course a hike up the 'mountain' we headed for some lunch at Zaxby's! We all went home and napped a little, just to join right back up to watch the Superbowl. You kiddos did pretty good, but you did really good when we decided to turn Nemo on! Soon enough it was bedtime and you got to do your favorite thing - sleep in your sleeping bag!!
Well, Wednesday was Ellie's official birthday party and Aunt Steph's was on Thursday, so while the guys were meeting up at their typical Wednesday night spot, all the girls and kiddos decided we'd get together for some pizza and more birthday cake! WELL, pretty much the worse day in the history of riding home from school happened. See, it all started about 3:30/4ish. Everyone kept saying it was going to snow, but that it wasn't going to be too much, so Mommy and Daddy didn't get too panicky about it all. Well, Aunt Steph called be a little before 4 saying that she was driving in the snow and was confident we weren't going to eat pizza. I decided to head on home, instead of heading to pick you up, and Daddy decided to go ahead and get you and head home. OH MY. That was at 4:08. You did not get home until 8:30 that night. Oh that's right. You and Daddy were stuck in traffic/snow for over 4 hours! At one point Daddy realized that this was going to take forever, so he pulled into a McD's to let you go the bathroom and grab some dinner, but still it was over 4 hours! At one point, toward the end, and less than a mile from the house, you kept saying you had to go potty over and over again. So, Daddy pulled over on the street (not that traffic was moving) and had to hold you up and try to let you go potty, right there in the freezing, snowy open air! You didn't, to say the least, and thankfully were home in 3o minutes, accident free! Your daddy did so good with you for those 4 hours, but I think he's convinced that you HAVE to learn how to wear head phones. I think he got a little tired of hearing "mermaid" sing!!
So, to say the least, pizza on Wednesday was canceled. On Thursday, everyone stayed home from school and work, even though the roads cleared up by noon. It was much needed and Ellie and Aunt Steph and Uncle Jaybee came over to hang out. We decided to give the pizza another go that night so we decided to meet at 5:30 (the mommies and the kiddos). Well, we get there right at 5:30 and Miss EP tells me that Aunt Steph and Ellie were pulling into the parking spot and Ellie threw up EVERYWHERE in the car!!! AHHHH!! So of course Ellie and Aunt Steph went straight home and did NOT join us for their birthday celebration. Well, we continued on with the eating pizza (at this point there was no turning back, and we were craving it!!!) and Ellie proceeded to get sick a couple more times. On Friday night, we all got together for Mexican minus Ellie and Aunt Steph, so another lost opportunity for birthday celebration and Saturday night everyone had plans, but finally, on Sunday, Daddy cooked a butt (yes, a butt) and the whole gang came over (minus Miss Leigh and Ryan) and we enjoyed BBQ and FINALLY got to sing Happy Birthday to Aunt Steph and Ellie!!!
Goodness it was an eventful week, and I didn't even expand on the shopping trip or more trips to the park!! (yes, the weather turned beautiful!). Anyway, Happy Birthday Aunt Steph and Ellie! You did such a good job singing to everyone, but just yesterday you told us that Today was your birthday. Poor baby, we've got a ways to go...
love you though!!!
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