What a Weekend!

First off - let's just say this - I have become a slacker! My beautiful goddaughter turned 6 this weekend and had two birthday parties - a kids party and a family party and guess who has not one picture of either party? That would be me! I think I should get credit for remembering all of my children and not be made fun of for forgetting the camera - agreed?

Daddy and his three girls watching a show while Mommy does everyone's hair. Sounds like it should be fairly easy but try getting out the door with 5 kids dressed, fed and with hair that is not blocking their eyesight - my four girls can make life very difficult in the hair department - thus the rat's nest that you see anytime we are not going somewhere!Lizzie's new obsession is to put socks on her hands and try to pick things up - we're not sure what the deal is but she has a blast doing it!Auntie Beth spent the majority of the weekend with one child or another attached to her side. And if one was not attached then they all were! Ellie loving on her godmother!Peter is so good with the little girls! Lizzie loves to be on his shoulders - look at her sweet little smiles for her brother!Annie - taking care of her new doll from Auntie Beth. She named it Tay Tay (after KK) and goes around telling everyone that Tay Tay pooped - I love it!On Sunday it was rainy and cold so we made a fire and snuggled all day until we went up to Auntie Kake's for dinner. Lizzie got comfy next to the fire!Molly went to Abby's girl party on Sunday and was so proud of her hair and nails. They even sprayed her in glitter. I let her skip her Sunday night shower (unheard of in this house) so that she could save it for school and show Miss Kelly and her friends!Lizzie loved having Auntie Beth read to her - look at the smile on her face!Ellie and Auntie Beth getting some quality time!Auntie Meg hates these Pajamas becasue they make Lizzie look like a football player but her mama loves them - they make her look like a baby!Auntie Beth's last night and Peter and Ellie are trying to soak her in before she goes back to LA. Ellie loved getting her bottles from her godmother a few nights in a row. KK letting the girls use her phone to make animal noises!I love this picture - Kk and Annie hanging out!Annie's new obsession is Auntie Beth - she spent the entire weekend begging to do anything with her - shower, eat, go out, sleep. On the 1st day Auntie Beth had some defenses and could say no but by that night she was done - Annie went everywhere with her. Try very hard to ignore the 10,000 fingerprints on the window behind them and just look at Kk beaming with her godfather!Annie - not beaming so much!Lizzie and Annie's favorite game.This is not a great picture but I just love Peter's smile when he doesn't think anyone is watching. Look at those eyelashes - what a handsome son I have!Annie - loving playing with her sister! Lizzie loves to empty out the blocks and hide in the bin!

We are missing Auntie Beth already - the kids beg to call her all the time and she hasn't even been gone for 24 hours. Annie woke up saying that "it was better when Auntie Beth sleeps here!" And Molly is beside herself missing her auntie. That being said - Auntie Meg showed up at 7 with a dozen donuts and eased the angst and tonight Uncle B and Kk came over and entertained the kids. Now they are out with Lizzie-bug eating dinner and hanging out! She was thrilled to get out with her aunt and uncle and even better - she got some alone time away from the chaos of the house! We have a big weekend this weekend - Peter and Molly are making their 1st reconcilliation! We are so proud of them!

Many people have e-mailed and asked for more Annie videos - thought you might get a kick out of this one! Annie singing Beyonce!

GNM - ILY!

Auntie Beth got here - FINALLY! It seems like that countdown has been going on for a long time now! The kids were very excited to see Auntie Beth and each one spent the afternoon vying for position closest to their auntie! For her part Auntie Beth spent the afternoon indulging them all in quality time. Grammy and Papa, Auntie Meg, KK and Auntie Kake all came to visit with Auntie Beth but she made sure that she was sitting somewhere that the kids could get to here and made them her top priority! They loved it!

There was lots of sun behind Auntie Beth in this picture so it came out dark but I still love all the kids with their auntie hanging out.
Peter bonding with Ellie-Bean

Auntie Beth hanging with her goddaughter - while Annie wiggles in to stay close.

Daddy and Peter

Molly had her "Someone Special Dance" last night and could not have looked more beautiful.

Molly loved the sweetheart rose corsage that Bob got for her.

My girl strikes a pose!

Lizzie was not interested in taking pictures but she did think her sister looked gorgeous - you could tell by the way she watched every move she made and kept smiling up at her.

Grammy and Papa with their Molly-Girl!

I love this pictures of Molly with her grandparents. What a lucky girl she is!

Bob had a pink and blue tie he was going to wear but Molly asked him to wear his Red Sox tie instead and he could not have been happier - Molly gave it to him last Christmas.

Molly with her "Someone Special".

Daddy and his oldest daughter - he could not have been prouder to leave with Molly on his arm. Bob said that he and Molly danced all night, made their own cookies, had italian ice, ate dinner and had a blast just hanging out together. He said Molly had a smile on her face the entire time. One sweet note - I asked if they had done any slow dancing and Bob said yes. Once Mols was out of the room he reported that he didn't know what to do when they slow danced because Bob's height made it so that Molly happened to have her hands on his butt the entire time they danced. He didn't want to embarrass her because he was just happy to be dancing with her! Too cute.

Another cute story. We asked Molly if Daddy was a good dancer and she reported that he was okay at the Electric Slide and the Macerena. We laughed and she said that there was one thing that he was "awesome at". Butt shaking! She said that he did it longer and faster than any other dad! Wow - I didn't know I was married to such a talented guy!

Silly faces!

Kisses from Daddy!

Auntie Ann gave Annie a shawl to use for dress up but it worked perfectly as a cover up for MOlly so she didn't get cold!

Ladybug waving goodbye to Daddy and Molly!

Auntie Meg and Uncle Tim are buying a condo - YEAH! They came over to celebrate and Lizzie got in on the action. We are so excited that Brendan and Lila will have a cool, comfy place to come home to!

Annie can not get enough of Auntie Beth - even when Grammy and Papa were here!

Beth is sleeping for a while now and then she and Molly are going out shopping. Not sure how they are going to get out the door without Annie but we'll wait and see how that works!

Today we get to celebrate Abby! I can't believe she is just about 6 years old - and what a six years it has been! I can't imagine a child who has brought more joy and laughter than my beautiful goddaughter! That's a whole blog unto itself!

GNM - ILY!

Life is Beautiful!

We met with the surgeons today and were amazed to learn that Peter has two things that are almost unheard of in the dental profession. I left the paper at work with the name on it but rest assured there will be no surgery and we simply have to wait and watch to make sure nothing grows or changes. The surgeons were shocked at the change in the growth between the two scans and think we may have literally watched it grow because it looks totally different now. There is a growth in Pete's maxillary sinus that is unable to move and is in the perfect spot to stay there and never change. He also has a growth like a stone in the root of his wisdom tooth that may require a root canal at some point but will never cause more pain than that! I started crying after the surgeon told us and Pete turned to me and said "Mom, it's only teeth - what are you crying for?" If only he could feel the vice grip that has been on my heart since we learned of this! So there are extra prayers of thanks in our house tonight and a debt of gratitude to all of our wonderful family and friends who have put Peter on prayer lines, offered masses for him and supported Bob and I through this hard time - not to be dramatic but I think we may have witnessed a miracle! GNM - ILY!