Happy 2nd Birthday Adam Wayne :)

Our sweet Wayne's birthday is in Feburary...a few days before Charlotte's. Eric and Amanda decided to have his birthday party the last weekend in January so that it would be easy for family since we had a big family weekend ahead anyway. It worked out awesome for us. We were able to make it!

 

It's always a party when the Webers are present....

 

The kids are always have a good time playing at Wayne's house.

They LOVE the play room he has.

Mary wanted to see what she would look like by June so she attempted to shove a basketball in her sweatshirt

Wayne's awesome cake made by my fabulous cousin Ryan. He is so talented with his baking and especially with decorating the cakes.

Wayne's expression here is killing me.

Eric always has his eyes closed :) (Sorry Eric).

Such a sweet family :)

Wayne is ready to dig in and get those tractors.

Look at him.

This boy loves his tractors.

 

He was cracking me up during this.

I love how Uncle Darrin is looking at him. I know he had no idea he could love a little boy this much.

It's so sweet.

Singing happy birthday to him!

I wish I knew what he was thinking here...

"Can we get this over with already? I want those tractors!"

YES! Tractors!

Charlotte loves birthdays...

the song, the cake, the presents.... they are the best day of her life.

 

Rocking part of his present from us.

And rocking part of the other present from us.

Could the present be anymore me...??? Sunglasses and mustaches.

Allana was styling in her ADORABLE little zebra outfit.

This girl thinks she is a rockstar.

Shy Sawyer. He does so much better when he doesn't see me. He loves the family but he loves his momma the most. When I am out of sight, he will go to people.

 

He is so crazy about his Maw Maw.

He loves her so much.

 

A bunch of the family was able to make the birthday party. It was such a nice party. Delicious food. Hanging out. A toy room for the kids. It was perfect!!!

 

My two kids started to get a bit wild so we headed to Grandma Ann's house around 9 and put them to bed. Thanks for a great party, Eric and Amanda.

Happy Birthday, Wayne. We love you so much!! You made the kids so happy and it's awesome being close and being able to watch you grow.



A Wintery Day At Grandma Ann's House

On December 18, the kids and I decided to go to Grandma Ann's house for the day to hang out and help get ready for Christmas festivities. She always makes candy and cookies and decorates the entire house. I figured we would head down and spend some time with her and help as much as someone with two small kids can help.

Aunt Kathy came down and gave the kids their presents a week early.

Sweet  boy got a fire truck!!!

And our princess got a Sofia doll that talks!!!

Kyla got a plethora of Minnie Mouse things :)

It's almost like Aunt Kathy knows everyone's favorite things!!!

 

 

Sweet Baby Allana was so tuckered out :) How sweet does she look here????

Kyla partied so hard that she fell asleep looking like a rock star :)

It was awesome having all five grandkids out. Aunt Kathy was babysitting Wayne so she brought him out after his school. He LOVES playing with Charlotte and Kyla.

Love this boy. He loves to play with Grandma's sweeper for her kitchen. Judging by the background, that's what he had been doing prior to this picture. The boy loves vacuums and brooms!

 

Melissa loves the babies. If you can't find her at Grandma's house, just look for the babies.

And Charlotte is no different. When Charlotte is around, Allana gets NO breathing room. NONE.

We all love Grandma's house at Christmas. We all love the lights and greenery and the tree with the fake snow on it.

Wayne loves his Grandma :)

Eric came to pick Wayne up. All three of the older kids were all over him like a jungle gym.

 

Wayne is all boy. There were tons of toys and everything and he just wanted to play with the wood pile. Of course.

We had such a good day with everyone. Melia and the girls were there all day. Melissa and Aunt Kathy were there all day. Uncle Darrin and Eric and Uncle Rich were there for supper. It was really a great day. The kids love spending time with their cousins.

 

The next morning we got up and got ready for the long ride home. But first, Charlotte had to visit her friends....

Look at that kitty....

This was her during our argument as to why she couldn't go outside naked in the cold, snowy weather. She was insisting that she needed to see the cats without her jammies on. Such a crazy cat lady!!!!

Mallory and AJ's Wedding

My cousin Mallory married her high school sweetheart on October 26 in a beautiful wedding in Alton, IL.

My cousin Jake walking Grandma Ann down the aisle :) We got to the church right as the wedding was starting so we had to sneak into the back. (Terrible wedding ettiquette. Sorry, Mal.)

Uncle Stinky and Aunt Michelle

The Matron of Honor (and her 9 month baby bump) and the Best Man

Sweet Kyla Margaret. This was her face as she saw Charlotte. She whispered "Charlotte" right after I took this.

The beautiful bride as the doors were opening.

I was crying at this point. Uncle Richard was crying as he gives his second daughter away :)

Seeing my uncles cry gets me every time.

She look stunning.

It was a Catholic wedding with a mass. Sawyer was actually a good boy! Busy but good.

Kyla Margaret with her Grandpa after the wedding.

Mr and Mrs AJ

The weather was beautiful, there were bubbles everywhere, it was amazing!

Charlotte loves her some bubbles...

The Weber Family

(minus John, Alex, Jeremy and Darrin...all of which at to work)

Aunt Bare and the most handsome little guy...

We headed to Target after the wedding to get a snack, a present, and some drinks.

Then we headed over to the reception....which had a beautiful view of the river and the bridge.

Charlotte LOVED the fountain. She kept finding people to take with her to the fountain.

Melia did Mal's bridal portraits. Sooooo pretty. She did them at the farm.

At first glance it does appear that she is drinking beer.

It's really apple juice. She insisted on drinking like everyone else. Who needs a sippy cup anyway?

Love that face... and my fat arm.

He played and played in the window....he even fell and bruised his cheek doing it but still got back up and played some more.

This boy and his Gigi.

Always such a lady. She gets her skills from her mom.

And Wayne is in the house!!! Poor boy was teething but he put that aside for the first 20 minutes that he was at the reception. He dominated that place!! He was into everything within minutes...and Charlotte was helping make sure he didn't touch stuff he wasn't supposed to.

Gigi and Papa and their babes.

Kyla finally was done with pictures and Charlotte couldn't have been more excited. She is obsessed with her. HOW CUTE ARE THEY?

They announced the bridal party and bride and groom. The crazies actually all took a seat while they did that.

Sawyer even clapped along with everyone else.

Heading to the dance floor for their first dance (which they shared with Charlotte and Kyla)

Poor baby Wayne. They headed home not too long after this. He just wasn't feeling well.

Sawyer loves his Uncle Cha Cha

The Weber grandkids...minus John and Eric.

Uncle Jim, Aunt Tammy, Ryan, Michaela, and Kurtis

Katie, Aunt Didi, Uncle Grant, Melissa, and Jake

The Hendricks family plus Alicia

Love this couple :)

These three are a perfect hot mess :)

And they are all so pretty....even Jake is :)

The Weber Siblings with their Momma

The core 6 if you will...

Pretty pretty ladies

This shall be continued in another post with the fabulous dance pictures :)