Happy #4 Alyssa and #31 Andy!!!!

SOOO sorry!  Last week was a toughy, getting prepared for birthday parties and surprises.  Whew, it can really take it out of a gal.  As most of you know, it was Andy’s birthday on Friday and I decided to TRY and surprise him with a Diamondbacks game.  Well, he did kinda figure it out, but he couldn’t foresee a couple of my surprises……..we all surprised him at the door wearing Sedona red DBacks garb, news that we were taking Alyssa with us and at the game I got both his and Alyssa’s birthdays announced on the Jumbotron at the game!!  There is a pic below.  As the end of the 4th inning grew closer, I wondered how I’d get him to look up there, so I ended up just pinching him and and pointing at the screen.  At least I FINALLY surprised him!!!  WOOHOO!!!  Anywho, the DBacks lost, very frustrating game, but we all had a great time.  We all went home afterward and then began the busy birthday party planning. 

Alyssa was so excited for her birthday, she came into bed first thing and surprisingly enough, WE had to remind her of her birthday.  I wish I had the camera so that you all could see the look on her face!  We first gave her gifts from Uncle Matt & Aunt Kim, then she got our big gift (so that we didn’t have to haul it to the party)…her BIG GIRL BARBIE BIKE!!  It’s got training wheels and allows plenty of room to grow.  We can’t believe how big she is getting, she only needed about 5 minutes of practice and knows how to really book it down the sidewalk.  As for the party, WHEW…it was crazy and oh so very loud.  Alyssa had some friends to play with and lots of family.  We ordered about 7 pizzas, and sent about 4 home with other people.  After learning from last year’s $40 princess two tiered cake…I finally got a little more economical and ordered a $20 cake that was just as pretty and fed EVERYONE (well, at least everyone that actually wanted a piece).  After the party, we came back home with Wes, Maranda, Irelyn, Chris, Amy and Kayleigh.  While the little girls played, we all had a chance to sit down and play with the Wii.  Wii (hehe) all bowled and played Mario Kart, and had a great time.  After all of the company left, Alyssa finally had a chance to lay down and MAN, once her head hit the pillow, that kid was OUT!!!  Both she and Maddie slept until 8:00 (thank you girls!). 

We had one more event to go on Sunday afternoon, my brothers college graduation party.  Can I just take a moment here and say:  Scotty, I am SO very proud of you and I wish you the very best of luck throughout your career!!  Congrats and WE LOVE YA!!  He’s majored in journalism guys, and he’s gonna be famous…I just know it.  He’s definitely got the personality for it! 

Anyways…this post came with limited info on Maddie, but here’s a blurb.  She has 4 teeth now, one fang, one front top and of course the two bottom front that she’s had for three months.  The crawling is progressing, but I still maintain that she’ll walk before she crawls.  These princesses certainly keep us busy, I’m ready to call it a night all! 

BTW, we finally met our new neighbors tonight…Pete and Connie.  They have a two daughters that live at home, one is 11 and the other is 17 and taking courses at high school in…CHILDCARE…yay, a babysitter!!!  We might give it a test run by letting her come over while we clean up the pool or somethin’.  Sheesh, I don’t even know what the going rate for a babysitter is anymore.  At least I know she won’t be able to charge me more per hour for gas…HA!!  Okay, I promise, I’m done now.  Take care everyone and thanks for being patient with us while we update.  Love to you all!