


Here she is in all her cuteness. I actually took this today because I wanted to show off one of her cute outfits along with the pink horse she got from Grandma . I got her to smile too. Usually she is more interested in grabbing the camera from me and doesn't want to smile when I try and take a picture.
Her brothers were so helpful in unwrapping the presents for her.
She wasn't too messy with her cake. She was actually quite danty (sp?); just using her two little fingers to eat the frosting and small bits of cake.
This is the little cake I made for her to eat.
This is the cake everyone got to eat. It turned out pretty good. I got worried in the beginning because it wasn't turning out how I wanted but by the time I finished I was pretty pleased.
I got a request for more pictures of Alice from Neal's sister. Here you go Stacey! I have been slacking a little bit in that area. These are just random pictures of her. She is so active and close to walking. I can't believe her birthday is in less then two weeks.



We had some exciting times with the cousins a few weeks ago. They came to hang out while their mom and dad went to Ohio for a residency interview. This was our second morning together. We tried to smoosh 5 kids onto 3 seats for almost every meal because everyone wanted to sit up at the bar ( I guess we are missing Max in this picture.).
I wish I had a picture of Jeff (their dad) doing the same thing with my mom's make-up back in the day. I guess the apples don't fall far from the tree as you can see. I give Kaylee all the credit on this one though. She was the little instigator in this adventure. Not only was there make up all over them and my bathroom but Gage's pooh could be found in many areas as well. In my defense, I thought they were sleeping. It was so quiet and so I didn't suspect any thing. After about an hour I went to check on them in my room and this is what I found.
In case you can't see it well in the first picture, this is Kaylee's art work on my bedroom wall. I was quite impressed with her artistic abilities and use of color in this particular piece that I couldn't help but take a picture. I will admit this was all my fault. I forgot about some non-washable markers I had left out in my room not far from her bed. Oh well, there is always the magic eraser right?