Happy Birthday Andrew!

We celebrated Andrew's birthday last Sunday. It was a big Elmo party. We had a jumper, cupcakes and lots of toys! Andrew had a great time playing with his friends. We gave Andrew a power wheels, which he managed to flip over within the first 30 minutes. It was funny, but he was pretty upset. Scott caught it all on his new video camera and he posted it to youtube. Overall Andrew had a good time. He licked the frosting off of 5 cupcakes, tore open his gifts, didn't nap and managed to stay very happy and hyper all day, no huge meltdowns. I must say that Andrew's favorite toy is his guitar. He plays the guitar all day long! He sings and dances, it goes everywhere with him. I think he will grow up to be a rock star!

Today is Allison's 4 month birthday! She rolled over about 10 days ago from her back to her belly, which she didn't like very much because she isn't a fan of tummy time. She is such a mommy's girl. She did good for a while with going to other people, but she is back to her old habits and just wants mama. Which I don't mind because she is just a doll. She is now getting too big for her newborn clothes and is moving into her 3 month clothes, which is a lot of fun. She has enough hair that I can put a little clip in it. I love getting her all dolled up. I feel like I am reliving my little girl playtime dressing up my dolly.

I am back to work now and in the swing of things. It is amazing how I am functioning on only 3 hours of sleep in the past 36 hours. But is is working out nicely, Paul and I have had to adjust some things like cleaning and cooking, but we have nailed it down. And if I get my way, we will be hiring a cleaning lady to come every other week. We'll wait and see :)

We recently celebrated Christian's birthday here in Long Beach at Mother's Beach. Rochelle and Damon and the kids stayed the night at our house, we roasted marshmallows, and the next day we all went out to lunch. Andrew and Christian are catching up to each other so quickly. It is fun to see them playing together.

Last week Paul's mom turned the big 60 and we had a big weekend birthday celebration at Paul's folk's house. We had a picnic at the park, had a nice catered dinner Saturday night followed by a slide show of family pictures, gifts and of course cake. the next day, we went to Mother's Beach and played in the sand and water and went kayaking. It was Andrew's first time out on the kayak. He wasn't a huge fan of his life jacket at first, but once he was on the water, he was a happy little boy. He waved at all of the boats in the water and the paddle boarder and other kayakers. We went all the way around Naples Island. Paul got a good work out while Andrew and I sat together watching all of the people in the water. We ended the weekend with roasting marshmallows and watching Andrew, Matthew, Natalie and even Lexie and Allison dance and sing. Happy 60th Birthday Gramma Loco!