Erica's 5th Birthday Take 2

We were supposed to go to Houston the weekend before Thanksgiving, but our house got hit with a stomach virus, so we had to cancel our trip. I was bummed that we weren't going to get to go to the family Thanksgiving with Eric's side of the family, and also bummed that we were going to have to cancel Erica's family party at Chuck E Cheese. Luckily, it worked out that we were able to go down the weekend after Thanksgiving instead. We got to spend some time with the family and got to have Erica's birthday party after all. She has so much fun playing games with her cousins and being Princess for the day. Here are some pics from the party straight from my memory card to the blog.

Birthday Girl riding a pony


Graham and Noah on a video ride together. Neither of them was too impressed.


Poor Scarlett wasn't feeling well.


Erica way up high.


Her last minute grocery store cake that she picked out and was over the moon for. She has been wearing that tiara and carrying that wand ever since her party (even STILL) even though the wand broke in half the next day and was taped back together lol.


Pretending to blow out the "candles" (we didn't have a lighter so we told her to just pretend lol)


So silly.


Katie and Erica


Posing with her tiara and crown at a picture booth.


Leah wasn't too happy at first.


Josh & Shianne and Eric & Leah - Leah trying to steal Shi's paci


Leah came around and had a good time.



We stayed with Eric's mom while we were in town. The oldest 3 kids slept on a pallet together on the floor. It was the first time for Graham and they all did great. They were all so tired by bedtime that they crashed right away. I couldn't get over how cute they looked sleeping all together like this.

9 months

I totally forgot to ever do an 8 month update on Leah. And I was just reading over her 7 month update, and I can't believe how much has changed in just 2 short months! I'm sorry that I don't have any pics with this post, but I was afraid if I waited, I'd forget to post this one too. I will work on getting some more pics up soon.

At 9 months old, Leah:
wearing mostly 3-6 mos clothes, but can wear a few 6-9 mos things
wears a size 2 diaper during the day, and a size 3 at night
nurses 6+ times a day
eats baby food 3 times a day, and other snack food (cheerios, baby puffs etc)
sleeps about 12 hours a night, waking up usually just once
sleeps UNswaddled in her pack in play!
is crawling very well (she started crawling a couple days after I wrote her 7 mos. update)
pulls up and is cruising
has 3 teeth (with the 4th one *this close* to coming in)
has enough hair to put up in a little teeny weeny pony

I was looking back over Graham's 9 month update and I can't believe how much bigger than Leah he was! He was wearing size 18 mos, and she's only in 3-6 mos. He was wearing a size 4 diaper, while she's in a size 2. I just looked at the kids' dr. records and they were all 20+ lbs at 9 mos. Leah is maybe 16lbs. Just crazy to me!

Erica's 5th Birthday Party

Erica turns 5 on Wednesday. She had a party with her friends here in SA yesterday and will have one with family in Houston next Saturday.

I came down with a nasty stomach bug about an hour before the party started, so I had to stay home. :( I couldn't believe I had to miss it! Eric made sure to take plenty of pictures for me though!

We did a joint party with her friend Anne at the gym where she takes gymnastics. The kids had a lot of fun playing.

Erica and Anne


Natalie




Erica



Graham




Leah



Allyson



Anne and Hayden


Allyson, Hayden, Watson, and Erica


Lexi



Anne


Even some of the adults got in on the fun!

Nancy


Brian


Then it was time to eat, have cake, and open presents!

Sibling Love

If Leah is up when Graham wakes up in the morning or after his nap, she loves it when I put her in the crib with him. They both just love to sit and play together in there.







And here are the proofs from Erica and Graham's school pictures last month.