Chuck E Cheese

Porter's birthday dinner of choice was a trip to Chuck E Cheese. I'll say, I prepared myself for very expensive chaos, but the snow worked in our favor and it wasn't crowded at all and thanks to every single coupon I could find, wasn't too expensive either. The big kids had a great time and Sullivan was entertained enough to behave very well. All in all, a very special night of making memories with our 3 favorite sweeties! Savannah's reaction to the games and winning tickets was priceless! She jumped up and down and squealed every single time she won tickets. Porter's favorite was, of course, riding the horse. 

Birthday Celebrations

This year, we opted to skip the large family party and do several small celebrations instead. It worked out great and our sweet Porter has had several days to feel like the special birthday boy! 

Tuesday, Mimi, Papaw and Ciara came over for a pizza party and cookie cake. Porter loved his farm puzzle and stickers. 

Wednesday morning, Jesse, Tim, Emma and Nonni came over to play and we went to Blue Sky for a special birthday celebration lunch. Porter has loved reading his horse book from Emma and hasn't put down his new animals from Tim and Jesse. 

Wednesday night, Mammi and PopPop came over for a quick birthday visit to see the birthday boy and had a new ranch set and the movie Planes. The big snow storm was starting, so we didn't have time to take any pictures of this celebration. 

Porter's birthday morning felt like Christmas to me. He has asked for a bike for the longest time and I couldn't wait to see his face. He woke up with hugs from Sissy and ran out to see his surprises. He got his new bike and a Paw Patrol movie. His breakfast request was chocolate chip muffins. He also woke up to the biggest snow we have seen all winter. My sweet baby whole heartedly believed this snow storm was his very own birthday gift. 

Porter and I shopped for some birthday cupcakes at Target and he chose to make sprinkle cupcakes with blue icing at home. And he chose Ninja Turtle plates and napkins for decorations. 

 

Our birthday evening was spent as Chuck E Cheese. And Porter still has 2 more celebrations to look forward to. A special day out with Nonni and Papa and a visit to Grandpa's to see the new horse. Porter's lunch choice was Papas and Beer, but he didn't get to go on his birthday, so we took him on Friday. The meal was fun, but the birthday singing wasn't exactly his favorite thing ;)

Roommates and Babies

There are so few friendships in life that withstand the test of time. So when you find one (or in this case, 3) you cherish them. Becca, Heather, Ashley and I shared an apartment in college and have since all moved from Charlotte, gotten married and had children. But we do get together every few months to catch up on life and meet the ever growing number of babies. I love these girls! And their sweet babies! Here are the babies in birth order. Porter, Skylar, Savannah, Addy, Evelyn, Sullivan and Reece. Ok and can we just talk about Sullivan's face for a second?! Poor sweet thing got scared when we were trying to get their attention for pictures. 

Milkshakes and Pancakes

Just because I love these two kids and these two pictures...

Sharing a strawberry milkshake. Porter was explaining to Savannah. That she needed to take only one sip so she wouldn't get brain freeze :)

  

And making Sunday morning pancakes together...

3 Buddies

I hope and pray daily that these 3 would grow up to be the best of friends and love being together as much as they do now. Of course they have their moments, as any siblings do, but they do truly love being together and it warms my heart so much. They are wild and crazy and usually very loud, but I wouldn't have it any other way! 

And they do occasionally have calm moments together. They were watching Cinderella :)

5 Months

If this isn't the cutest 5 month old thing I've ever seen, I don't know what is! 

At 5 months, he:

~loves his feet!

~has eaten apples, bananas, peas, carrots, avocados, prunes and oatmeal cereal

~rolls back to belly 

~still sleeps swaddled 

~seems to think sleeping at night is pretty overrated

~has gotten much better in the car seat 

~loves laughing at his brother and sister

~loves the sound of the vacuum

~thinks Lola is hilarious 

~wears 9 month sleepers, 6 month clothes and size 3 diapers 

~loves, loves his paci

~has the biggest, sweetest smile I've ever seen!

~looks an unbelievable amount like his daddy

Valentine's Day

This Valentine's Day was such a fun, relaxed day of celebrating our love for our sweet babies and each other. We started the day off with a special breakfast of donuts, biscuits, cards and some other special treats. 

After lunch, Daddy took Porter to the store to pick out some flowers to give to his sister. It was a little beyond naptime by the time they returned, hence the exhausted expressions :)

And our evening consisted of Daddy taking Savannah out for a special Valentine's Day date, just the two of them. They ended up going to the toy store, where she talked Daddy into a new piece for her dollhouse, and a hot dog dinner (her choice) at French Fries. 

While the boys and I stayed in and snuggled at home. Porter even got to enjoy dinner in bed :)

After we got the kids in bed, Sean and I enjoyed pizza, chocolate and some down time watching tv. Just what we needed!