My birthday, the girls tea party and frolicking in the front yard!

My wonderful husband made my birthday very special - he even managed to get a few people together down at the beach house to celebrate - like anyone really wants to celebrate a 37 year olds birthday. Either way I had a great day - the kids remembered things I had said months ago and got me very thoughtful gifts and my husband managed to get me a 2 hour nap - with my pregnancy with Annie I used to nap one or two times a week - not as easy with an 11 month old toddling around so it was HEAVEN! I also got lots of phone calls - including my goddaughter, Julia, who left me a very sweet message telling me how much she loved me!

Peter got Abby giggling while he twirled her around!
Everyone around the TV watching the opening ceremony of the olympics - it was amazing!
Auntie Beth and KK stalked Daisy (the kids missed her while on a walk to the secret road!) - and managed to get all the kids an ice cream for a treat - that was after cake, ice cream and strawberries! Molly was thrilled with her pb cup ice cream.
Peter enjoying his favorite - a sno cone!
TPH with his choco taco!

By the time I reached Abaigeal hers was gone!

Even Annie and Papa got in on the fun with a chocolate banana popsicle.And here's Abby getting changed into her pajamas - I love that smile.

Cake time!
Everyone singing happy birthday to me!
All the kids blowing out the candles with me!
Pat and KK hanging out!
Auntie, Papa and the babies!

Our beautiful girls dressed up for their tea party - they were shaking because they were all so excited to be going! AJ rocks - she even brought the girls flowers when she came to pick them up!
I'm blown away by how cute these girls are all dressed up!

I took a few pictures of Molly before everyone got there - she looked so little but so grown up at the same time. She loves her tiara because it looks like the one I wore at my wedding and today was the first time she ever told me that - she's such a sweet baby girl.
Showing off her entire ensemble - Gabriella dress (from the last song in HSM 2), heels and tiara and jewels - and we can't forget her favorite - pearl earrings from KK.
How can you not be in love with this kid - even with that awful tatoo on her arm she is gorgeous!
Peter and Molly posing for Mommy - Peter told Molly she looked "absolutely beautiful - like a princess on Ella Enchanted".
Another cute shot of the big kids - this is the most peaceful they were with each other all day!

We took Annie outside to hang with the kids and try to get the hang of walking - I couldn't stop taking pictures of her because she was SO excited to have free run out there!
One of my favorite Annie smiles - she is pure joy!
Waving to Daddy while she tries to walk!
Concentrating on walking and looking beautiful!

The Dannahey kids came over tonight so Kelly and Frank could go out to dinner - here they are all tackling Uncle Bob/Daddy.
Piggy back rides for Sean.
Now Korin gets her turn with Peter!

All the kids hanging out and looking cute - what a beautiful summer night!
Sean getting a piggy back ride form his big sister!
Annie eventually lost her clothes and her cool while trying to take a picture with her brother and sister - she was too anxious to be moving to sit and pose at this point!

The kids are settled in front of the Olympics eating popsicles and the Wii is off for the night - Alleluiah! I'm not sure who is more addicted Peter or Bob. Molly and I have been doing alot of eye rolling at their competetiveness!

As you can tell I LOVE my new camera and it has improved my picture taking immensely! MY computer is going to crash eventually with all of the pictures I am downloading - just be happy that I don't post all of them!

GNM - ILY!

A Fun day!

Peter's birthday is on MOnday - hard to believe that he is 8 already. We are having a family party on Sunday and Monday Pete starts camp for the week so we decided to give him his big present on Friday. He could not have been more excited with his Nintendo Wii. Uncle Rob got him started on the Wii over a year ago and we've been hearing about it ever since. I'm not big on video games - I actually hate them - but my sister in law gave me some sage advice and so we decided to get one anyways. (Her advice was that anything in moderation was not going to fry their little brains - she has so much common sense!)

Peter went to work with Bob for a few hours on Friday and came home to find that Mommy had set up his birthday present (all by myself) - his Wii! He jumped all over the house and yelled that he must be dreaming. He posed for a picture and then set out to figure the game out.
I'm not sure who is enjoying the Wii more - Peter or his father who spent much of the afternoon obsessing over getting to 100 points on ping pong. Bob thinks his form looks great in this picture - he's pathetic.
More father - son fun! Molly and I stayed out of their way!
ON Thursday night my cousin Eileen came over to give me my birthday present. It is extravagant beyond words and will get more use than anything else in my house. A little backstory........Eileen got a new camera a few months ago and I am in love with it - literally! It has no delay and takes pictures that are amazing. Everyone knows how much I love to take pictures and I happen to have the perfect subjects so it makes sense. Well, Eileen blew me out of the water by giving me the same camera she has for my birthday. I am SO excited and never stopped clicking away. The pictures self correct and the focus and light options make the pictures come out amazing - which is not to say that there is not some skill involved.
These are a few of my practice pictures - how cute is my girl!

Banana - our little caged animal!
I love this picture of Annie and Auntie Eileen - look at that sweet smile on my girls face!
Auntie Eileen and Ann bonding! Every time Eileen picked Annie up she would wave goodbye to me because she wanted to leave with Eileen - not sure what that says about me but......

Bob and the kids surprised me yesterday with thoughtful gifts and lots of spoiling - I'll post some pictures of that later! For now I'm going to snap some more pictures!

Auntie Beth's birthday - a few days late!

Auntie Beth's birthday was on MOnday but I am very slow about getting pictures up - you can tell that I also didn't feel great that night because I took 5 pictures!

Auntie Beth getting ready to blow out her candles with all of the kids.
Auntie Beth and Molly Girl celebrate her birthday! They are out right now getting mani /pedi's for a girls day we planned for Auntie Beth's birthday - Molly could not be happier!
Abby waiting for cake.
Peter and Auntie Beth after her song!
Bob and his goddaughter getting some snuggle time.
Banana teaching herself how to walk.

Don't look at the mess in our house just concentrate on those chubby legs working so hard to get steady and learn how to walk.

That's all for now!
GNM - ILY!