Happy Birthday Rutherford!

Rutherford had an awesome construction birthday party! We invited like 10 little kiddos and their parents and had a blast in the backyard. We played games like the clothespin game (an old family favorite), had some parachute fun and R even picked out an awesome firetruck pinata. I found some construction birthday cake inspiration on Pinterest and even though mine wasn't as pretty we all thought it was pretty cool! We used chocolate grahams for the dirt :)

Everyone wore construction hats and I think one of the most popular things was the ice breaker - literally I mean. I froze some toys in tupperware, then popped them out onto the cement. I gave the kids play tools and they were seriously all occupied for a good 45 minutes busting into the ice. All the parents loved it.

The grandparents and Ned and I all chipped in to get R his very own big kid tricycle. He loves it and now that we've had it for a few months he's getting really good at riding it.

R had a wonderful birthday and we're so proud of our beautiful, sweet and smart four-year-old!

 Our awesome cake - R requested strawberry with strawberry frosting.

 R dropping a clothespin into the jar.

 The firetruck pinata!

 Papa had to bust it open :)

MC had a great time too!

MC Turns One: The video!

And yes, only six weeks late on this one but I did finish it!

Happy Birthday, Mary-Charlotte!

Of course I'm sooo behind on our birthday post, it's harder to keep up with two babes!

Mary-Charlotte had a wonderful birthday celebration! We hosted a small ice cream social at our house for family and even had some special guests from Texas AND New Orleans! Ned's parents came in from Houston and his sister and her husband surprised them by coming, too. It was awesome to have everyone together.

The next day was Mother's Day and we hung out again with Ned's fam. Everyone (except me!) worked together to assemble the dome we got for R. I'm sooo glad they were all here, because if N and I had to do it on our own, it would have never been put together!

Here's some pics of our beautiful birthday girl and our fam!

 The ice cream setup - R was very interested in buying all the toppings and he selected all the flavors: Neopolitan, chocolate chip and cookies and cream.

 Her hat and pretty banner was my birthday splurge for her!

MC and Mimi C

R was first in line!

MC and Mimi reading one of her new books :)

MC Loves Hats!

I have never seen a baby love hats as much as MC does - it is hilarious. She'll find a hat on the floor and put it on by herself. She gets quite proud when she does it. The other day she found my baseball cap in the kitchen and put it on while crawling around. A few minutes later I took her downstairs to put her in the stroller to go for a walk and I took the hat off her head and put it on. She was so upset! I had to find another cap to put on her and as soon as I did she was happy. Too funny. Here's some hat pics, I have a million of them!

Easter!

Easter at the Ranch was super fun. My parents are in renovation mode so it was just them and us for brunch which was pretty chill and relaxing. R was EXCITED to hunt for eggs and loved running all around the Ranch to find them. He gots coins, dollars, chocolates and some cute lil toys. He was stoked.

MC had fun for her first Easter. She likes watching R run around and we hung out on the lawn with them most of the day. A wonderful spring day with our babes!

The Week in Pictures

 MC browsing at Louis Vuitton.

 I have been taking the kiddo to the park and we're starting to have a lot of fun with MC there - R likes going on the slide with her and also pushing her in the swing. He is such a wonderful big brother!

The Easter Bunny brought R some watercolors, we made an under-the-sea pic!

 MC watching a baseball game in the grass. She was very happy. 

 R has a serious construction dig site at the Ranch.

 MC loves laundry.

And also the giraffe! She likes to be pushed around the playroom. She is very adventurous!

Talking?

MC *might* have said her first words this week. A few different times I'm pretty sure she said "hi," and she said it appropriate times, like when I come in to get her up from her nap and that sort of thing. And yesterday I swear she was saying "Boo" on command. We'll see but I think those might be her first words!!!