Birthday Birthday Birthday TWO!

So I had every intention of writing in my blog last night, I even had the page opened and ready to go. But then I got distracted and forgot about it again. By the way... I discovered that a ten second timer, balancing a camera on grass and wrangling three girls for a picture is hard work. But I still thought this picture was too cute. :)

Abby's Birthday:

Monday we had a little celebration over at my house. My dad and brother also have birthdays within a few days of Abby so we celebrated a little for them too. My dad picked up some Godfathers (yum!) and Tom and I picked up an ice cream cake- where the remnants are still sitting in our freezer. Anyone want cake? We first made a run to town and got Abby some balloons. She really really loves balloons and a special Abby Cadabby balloon topped it even more.

It was so much fun to have my family over. The weather was gorgeous and the guys threw a football. My parents got Abby a little T-ball set and she spent most of yesterday hitting the ball. As long as I cheered whenever she hit it she thought it was the most amazing thing. They also picked up a wiggly catterpillar sprinkler that I'm excited to give a try once she has someone to run through it with her. Right now she is a little unsure as to why I want her to play with something that sprays cold water at her. When I turned down the pressure she enjoyed filling her little bowl up with water and giving her baby a bath. Whatever works! My parents also picked up a little Elmo phone... which Kiley and Kara have had a blast with. I keep hearing the "Boop boop bee boop" sound of Elmo making button noises lol.

My dad and brothers and Tom went and picked up some 'new' outdoor play equipment so our backyard is starting to really look like a playground :) I also picked up a few more plants to landscape the back with. I got 4 out of the 5 planted yesterday and Abby helped me water them. "Flower thirsty mommy?" One flower really got a good drink! We also planted the flowers that my mom gave me for mothers day and a few 'distressed ones' I picked up at Lowes. They sure didn't look distressed to me but for 50 cents I'll take them!

Yesterday (Her actual birthday) was quieter and we just hung around the house and played. I had thought about going to town to a park or something but she was having so much fun with her new toys. Tom and I got her a little red 'bike' (tricycle) that she absolutely loves. We knew it would go over well because every single time we walked by one either on a walk or in the stores she would say "Abby's Bike?" She already has it figured out how the pedals work, now she just needs to build up strength towards pushing it. Yesterday I would periodically sing the birthday song to her and tell her that it was her birthday... whenever I did that she would get the goofiest smile on her face and say "Abby's Birthday!"

Kiley and Kara are both just about to the point where they can sit up... still a bit tipsy but they can do it once in awhile. Kara especially can really crawl and yep... thats right I still don't have a gate. I think I need to go find one today. It's too hard to keep track of two crawling babies. Kiley so far only really goes one direction... backwards. So as long as I point her in one direction we do ok. They enjoyed the weather yesterday too. I'm loving the 70's. We are going to have another birthday party with Tom's family and a few others this weekend. We are just going to go to the zoo and I'm going to attempt to make an Abby Cadabby cake. Be forewarned I have never decorated a cake before! My sister I think is going to help. Well Abby is hungry for oatmeal, cheese and hot dogs.... mmmm....