Anna's Dora Birthday Party

Anna has been talking about her Dora birthday party for over a month now. Well, we finally had it last night and we all had a great time celebrating Anna's 2nd birthday! We had the party at our house this year, which worked really well. I have decided from now on, we will have Anna's parties at the end of January because this time of year is too hectic. We were so thankful that Uncle Cory, Aunt La La, Dane, Nana, and Poppy could come to town for the party!
Anna getting ready to blow out her candles! She needed a little help from Daddy.

Anna and Nana

Anna hitting Dora!


We made Brycen go last because we know he could break Dora! He hit her so hard that she broke right at the neck and her body feel to the ground.

Getting the candy...it was crazy how much candy was still on the ground at the end of the party.

Anna and Jaxson enjoying some candy! They are 20 days apart so we will be celebrating Jaxson's birthday soon!

Anna had lots of helpers with opening her presents! Thanks to all our friends and family for such sweet gifts!

Admiring a present!

The guys trying to get away from all the fun...but they were cheering on the CATS!


The Arms....

Anna LOVES Brycen!

Anna helped me make cupcakes for her party!

Anna and Aunt La La

Anna being silly!

Ella and Hudson came to the party, but you would have never known they were there. Hudson is 10 days older than Ella. I love having babies at the same time as my friends so our children can grown up together!

Anna and Nana

Ella and Poppy

My 2 year old and almost 2 month old...

Happy Birthday Anna

Anna turned 2 yesterday! We are excited and sad at the same time that our little Anna is 2 now. It is amazing how much she has changed and learned to do this past year:
She learned how to walk FINALLY!
She learned sooooooo many words and is now talking in paragraphs! Seriously, she talks all day long! (She's like her Mommy)
She learned all her colors (well, she still struggles with orange, but Joe thinks that is funny!)
She learned how to count to 10 and is now working on 11-20.
She learned how to say her ABCs but mumbles through them. We will now work on saying the letters more clearly.
She learned how to go up and down the stairs (with alot of crying involved.)
She learned how to be a big sister and a great helper!!!
I'm sure there is more, but that is all I can think of right now.

We were in Paducah for Anna's birthday. It was great getting to be with part of our family on her birthday. Joe's mom had a birthday party for her after church. Her cousins, Tristan and Addie helped her blow out her candles. Here are pictures from her birthday party in Paducah. Her party here is tomorrow night, so I will post pictures from that and our weekend later.

Katheren the Great made these blocks for Anna. Each one has a letter and number on it.There is also a bell in each block. Anna LOVES them and has been playing with them all night. Grandma said it took about an hour for each block. Wow, that is 26 hours of hardwork. Thank you so much Grandma!

Yummy cupcake!!!

Blowing out her candles!

Anna loved Grandma's slide!

Merry Christmas

We came to Kentucky Monday morning with Nana and Poppy and then Joe joined us last night. We have had so much fun being here. Tomorrow we are heading to Paducah to be with Joe's family.

We want to wish all our friends and family a very Merry Christmas!

Anna and Dane opening presents.

Ma and Ella

Anna and Aunt La La

Ma gave Anna a little figurine for her birthday. She was so proud of it!

I have a picture of Anna from last year looking at this music box and she could barely see over the table.

Uncle Cory, Aunt Laura, and Dane. Isn't Dane's hat so cute? Robin, you need to sell these on Etsy.

Ma and her 3 great grandchildren...

Poppy and his beautiful grandchildren.

Uncle Cory and Aunt La La with all the kids.

Aunt Janet and my girls!

Anna in front of Aunt Janet's tree.

Ella and Aunt Janet

Aunt Betty and Uncle Gene came to visit the other night before they headed back to Florida.

Quincy came over to play the other night.

Anna's new towel.

Our Family...

Doing our Christmas early before we headed to Kentucky.

Daddy and his girls!

Anna posing with her new piano.

Anna and Ella ready for church.

Anna and Daddy opening one of Anna's presents.

Christmas Pictures

Rhonda did our Christmas pictures a few weeks ago. It was perfect weather for Christmas card pictures, however, my girls were freezing. We were only able to stay out there for about 15 minutes. Anna kept saying, "Mommy, I'm cold." Thanks for the great pictures Rhonda!