Happy 1st Birthday C-Man

Kelson's 8 day younger cousin, Corgan (aka C-man, Charlie Brown, Uncle Fester), turned 1 today!! Since we couldn't be there to celebrate, I got a pic of Kelson holding Corgan's picture and showing off her cute Monkey with Corgan's birthday Zoo invitation. Have a wonderful bday my little nephew. We love you!!!

What an exciting month! I just can't believe that our babies are 1. Seems like yesterday my sis and I were pregnant together. Its been such a wonderful experience to have another baby around that was Kelson's age. Corgan looks so much like my brother did- and he turned out to be a VERY handsome man, so look out ladies :) Course my dad has VERY strong genes too so all our kids have a little bit of "Papa" in em. Keri and Belle made homemade cookies for Corgan lastnight- they turned out rather well for not using cookie cutters. Belle made an adorable sous chef. I hate that we can't be there to go to the Zoo to celebrate with them. I think they are moving his party to Monday since Miss Hurricane Fay didn't bring great weather. Tonight Keri and Keith are going to watch the Smashing Pumpkins at Hard Rock Live- (this is Keith's all time fav group). Hence, C-man's name originated from Billy Corgan (lead singer/guitar for the Pumpkins).

**The Summer Olympics '08 was the same month as both our babies bdays. Pretty cool.

Kelson's Wonder Pets 1st Bday Party

WOW is all I can say. Everything turned out WONDERFUL!!! All of the ideas that I had came to life and her bday party was just as I'd imagined it would be. I can't say THANK YOU enough to all of you who helped in making this day special for our little girl. It really meant a lot!!! Every little detail made it that much better. We had a great turnout. We felt very blessed to have all those kids there to celebrate our baby girl's first bday!! Its so exciting to have a little girl that can go to bday partys now and one that we can plan parties for... yea!!!All the kids pretty much stayed in the pools the whole time- except to grab some grub occasionally- so i'm so happy they all enjoyed it. Kelson had a GREAT time she couldn't stop smiling and splashing.. it was adorable. We don't get much of a chance to bring all of ours kids together often, so I'm glad that we were able to do this.
We had 5 blow up pools for the kids to play in and one Dora slip n slide (the froggy slide pool was a HUGE hit and Kelson and Lola loved the Dora slip n slide- well the part that you run into- it was a good height for them to splash and not worry about drowning. Papa stayed right by their side the whole time- what a guy :) Jason called this Pool area a "Redneck Wet and Wild"- hehe. We had beach balls and other water toys for the kids to play with. We had coloring books set up for those who didn't want to swim or was tired from swimming. We had ring pops and little blow toys for the kids to pick up where Kelson's presents were.
Now the Wonder Pets details: Wonder Pet iron ons on the tablecloths, WP pics on the walls, WP ty babies in their cages (with celery and Kelson's invitation), WP banner celebrating Kelson's bday (we included pics of Kelson over the last year), WP goodie bags (with fun treats inside)WP cupcakes, and a WP cake (Thank you Memere- it turned out GREAT). We gave a CD of all of Kelson's fav songs on it to the kids- this was a huge hit! Its very unique and something they can cherish and will remind them of her first bday party :)
We had a NACHO bar - which was a GREAT idea- thank you me ;) - all the kids loved it and so did the adults. Kelson played for an hour or so and then I went and changed her into her ADORABLE bday princess outfit.

She had a great time opening her presents- she got some great things- thank you everyone for your thoughtful presents. She kept wondering why we would show them to her then put them away- she didn't like that concept, but then we had her something new, she she caught on ;)

Then it was time for cake..

We all sang happy bday to her and then some of the girls helped her blow out the candles. Lucy made her her own little cake to devour. She was a little hesitant at first to dig into the cake, but I stuck her fingers in and the rest is history. She seemed to have a WONDERFUL time.
I think she really enjoyed sharing the cake with everyone- as you will tell from the pics. Lola (Stacey's little girl) and her really had a great time bonding at the party- hehe.

Thank you again to everyone for a wonderful and memorable day for our baby girl!! It turned out better than we hoped for. (in the picture Kelson is showing everyone how old she is now). What a beautiful and smart one year old :)

Kelson's Bday Party Pics

A week behind ;) Happy Bday Papa...

We have so many things to celebrate in August. Nanny's bday, Kelson's bday, Papa's bday, Rob's bday, Mom and Dad's anniversary, and Bob and Lucy's anniversary.. whew! So much celebration to be had :) Well we went to Outback for Papa's bday dinner with the family- Louise, Elliott, Kelson, myself, (Jason was out of town), Grammy, Papa, Theana, Aline, George, Nanny, Bob, Lucy, and Rob (Jeannette was managing that night). We had a good meal and a good time! We went back to the Albert's house afterwards for cake and ice cream. Daddy opened up presents- he got a butt load of DVD's from the Albert clan/sisters- and we got him some Tim McGraw cologne. Mom/Keri/Kyle got dad some workout tennis shoes, socks, and shorts. Then it was time for the bday song and cake. This was some of the best cake I've ever had. Choc Covered Cherry Blizzard Cake. Good lord. Dairy Queen now makes Blizzard (any flavor) cakes... Delish! It was a fun bday and we love our Papa. Happy Bday Daddy/Papa!!! Sorry this is so late. I normally give my dad a funny card, but this time I found a very sweet and sentimental card that we both cried reading ;) Daughter to daddy thing. Way to go Hallmark ;)

Papas Bday Pics

1 yr checkup at the dr's office= A-OK

Kelson had her 1 yr old checkup yesterday and Dr. Zbell said she is PERFECTLY HEALTHY :) She is now 21 lbs 9 oz (60%),and 30" tall (75%)- could be 5'7.5 to 5'8. She still has a little cough from the leftover croop biz but she said it will go away on its own. We were showing the nurse how many signs Kelson knew and she was just showing them off one after another, so after she took her measurements, she brought in another nurse to show her- and again- she showed off :) That's my girl! They were both REALLY impressed. I was shocked that working in a pediatric office that they hadn't seen a baby do that before. She told me that I need to teach signing ;) Aww. Made me feel really good. I also talked french to her and she responded- they were in shock- hehe! Makes me feel good to know that my baby is so unique- just like her name :)

She had to get TWO more shots :( It killed Jason to stay in the room this time- he said no more- so looks like I'll be taking her to the dr's from now on. She didn't cry but for a minute or so. Jason teared up too. Poor guy. It is a sad experience, but you know its for their own good.

She told us that we can start giving her Vitamin D milk now and eliminate the formula. OMG- my baby girl IS growing up :( So I asked if we should give it to her in a sippy cup or bottle. She said sippy cup. I think before her bedtime I will still give her the Vit D milk in a bottle (warm). I don't want to give up that mommy-daughter moment yet. We can also turn her seat around now :) YEA!!! We are gonna go buy that this week- after Jason gets back from his acoustic show in Cali. I can't wait- we got some gift cards from Babies R Us for Kelson's bday so that will go towards the car seat. Speaking of Kelson's bday. OMG- we had a blast. I'm uploading pics, so once those are done, I'll write all about it. It turned out great!