Birthday Party

OH my gosh- we are SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO tired. (and i didn't even do a alot of the work!) I have the BEST friends and family EVER! everyone helped days before, as well as went to pick up the food and cake, cleaned up, put food away, etc... we are SO BLESSED. I have to say though, this is probly the first Party/birthday event we have put on that john has helped with the most! i don't think the poor guy realized how much was involved. =)
The night before the party, i REALLY thought i was going into labor. the pain was pretty intense, and i decided if it lasted another 45 minutes, i was going to call the dr and go in to hospital. At this point, the most important thing is to MAKE SURE I DON"T DIALATE. and that is what contractions do, Help you dialate. So i can go into "pre-term labor" ALL day long, and it will be FINE, but ONCE i get TOO dialated they have to deliver me, to prevent infection to the baby. so lets ALL PRAY that i am healthy, and that dialating doesn't occur untill the baby is healthy enough to be here for good!

sooo, the birthday party was SO MUCH FUN! i MUST say, macie and madelyn are BOTH at an age where they are just AWSOME to be around! And the most hilarious things pop out of thier mouth!! lol i think the highlight of the day was watching macie open her gifts. Keep in mind she had a whole audience of KIDS "egging" her on. But every time she opened a card and it had money, she would LITTERALLY FLIP OUT! it got to be SOO funny, that i was having a hard time taking pictures! Madelyn was Super cute when she opened one of the gifts my parents got her, and she had this "OH WOW" face, and it was ALL ABOUT SHOWING PAPA!!! she hopped up, waddled over to where he was, and it was.."papa, look!"..."papa, see!" it was like- "melt your heart cute"!
THEN, Madelyn was up on one of our friends' laps, she happens to be a police officer, and they were doing this "stare down" ...(madelyn gets this "look" and will Stare people down, and it is HILARIOUS! Last time they did this Our friend WON! at the time, i asked her if she interrogated people, etc.. she said, yes, and that madelyn was more hard core than most "bad guys" HEE HEE HEE) well, this time, madelyn was sooo tired from NO NAP (although she was SOOO good, it was like God just prepared her little body for the party to give us all a break)and she was starrring so hard, that she was eventually leaning to one side, almost asleep, but SO NOT ABOUT TO GIVE UP! and poor Coreena, she LOST, she HAD to blink!!!! It was SO FUNNY, and everyone was watching AND LAUGHING AND IT still DIDN'T TAKE MADDIES ATTENTION AWAY! my grandma got a picture, but i didn't- im so bummed!
honestly we had such a great time! The kids had a bounce house- Gods greatest invention for child entertainment! we got LOTS of yummy food, a delicious cake! and ALL of my family and johns family came, as well as a few good friends!

pictures info:
macie with her cousins and friends,
the girls with the cake
opening presents- macie's hilarious faces with the "money"
madelyn telling papa to "LOOK"
madelyn opening hers- TOO CUTE- we kept telling.."what is it maddie? open it!..What's in there?" THEN out of frustration she puts her arms up and in a cute high pitched voice says- "I DON"T KNOW!" sooo adorable!
random pics of everyone

Other pics of the girls being CUTE Patoots.

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