My baby girl turned 2!

So, here are some of my favorite pictures from Ainsley's 2nd birthday. I can't belieave my little girl is two...and boy does she act like it! She drives me crazy, but I just love her! Even during those hard moments...I love her! and Jack! and Jeff! and every amazing person in my life!

Happy Birthday Annie!

Happy Birthday Aunt Annie! We hope you have a fun trip in Roachport!

Happy 31st Birthday Honey!

Today's blog is in honor of Jeff! He is officially 31 years young today! The kids and I surprised daddy at work with balloons and a huge cake for the office! The plan had been that Ainsley and I come down for lunch, but with the help of Bambi, our babysitter, I picked Jack up from Bambi's and we picked out balloons and a cake that would hopefully be big enough for the office at the local Hy-Vee. I called daddy to tell him we were downtown and he said he would meet us at the elevator bank. Now, you must understand something, Jeff has been in this current office building for a year, but I still to this day, can't remember what floor to go to. In Dallas he was on floor 46 out of 50, his first job here he was on floor 23 out of 30 and was half of the floor in Dallas. Now he is on floor 5! There was one day before Ainsley was born that Jack and I couldn't figure out what floor to stop on--I tried 6, which is a cafeteria and 4, which you can't get off on unless you have a special card. Oh well.

Anyway, back to today, I had him meet me at the elevator bank because now he moved offices, so now I have to remember the floor and the office. There is no hope for me! Jack carried the balloons and Ainsley (and myself) carried the cake. As we exited the elevator, there was daddy and Jack said, "Happy Birthday Daddy" or some variation of that. Jeff was pleasantly surprised and a bit embarrassed (if you know Jeff, he doesn't like a big fuss). We made him carry his cake a balloons through the office! Jack was cute and performing for everyone in the office and Ainsley passed around to different people. Jeff's secretary, Jennifer, said she had had a migraine until she held Ainsley and that made her world better!

Then if was off to a fast and fantastic lunch at Jason's Deli because Jeff had to hurry to get to a conference call. Tonight for dinner it is Jeff's choice: Grilled steak, corn, grilled pineapple, etc. Happy birthday honey! We hope you have a good day!

Happy 3rd Birthday Jack!

At this point in time, Jack was born 3 years ago! We just came home from our birthday party at the Bambi'sand now Jack is asleep! It was a great party! All of Jack's play group friends came over and we had pizza, cake, and played in water toys outside! I haven't been that busy with a birthday party before. We had around 15 kids over to play and Jack was a wild man. You can definately tell it is HIS birthday! He does get a big surprise tonight--he gets a real bike! He rode one at the bike store, so Jeff and I are surprising him with one tonight. I think it says Rocket and is blue and red. It has training wheels, but I have a sneaky suspicion those will be off before we know it!

What an amazing three years it has been. I can't believe how much my life has changed since Jack entered our lives. Jeff and I laugh so much at him. He amazes me! He is a man of many faces, asks tons of questions, is so funny, plays all the time (never slows down) and is just a fun kid. I Love you Jack! Thanks for making these 3 years the best!


I will post pictures soon. We received our camera last week around 3pm and have taken some amazing photos. Now I have to figure out how to upload them on the computer.