Taylor's 1st Birthday Party and Fun with Jama!

We have had an extremely fun week!!  Jama (Josh's mom) flew in last Wednesday evening.  We all had a great time during her visit.  On Friday she took Bryant to the McWane Center.  Taylor and I stayed home so she could nap.  I think both Bryant and Jama had a great time, even though it was really crowded.  Then Saturday was Taylor's Birthday Party!! My parents and my sister Hillary and her family all came up for it.  My parents stayed the weekend, but my sister could only stay for the party because they were headed down to the beach.  It was so great to see them even if only for a short while.  Taylor's party went fabulous!  I did brunch food and cupcakes, and the kids played and bounced in the bouncy house.  We are blessed with so many great friends. :)  Then on Sunday we dedicated Taylor at our church.  We did the same thing with Bryant and it is just a way to publicly proclaim that our children are God's children and we will raise them accordingly.  It was a special time…especially since it happened to be on Mother's Day.  And another note about Mother's Day, it was SO special that both Josh and I got to actually be with our mothers on Mother's Day.  We are so lucky to have two such amazing moms and grandmothers for our children. :)  On to the next day…on Monday Jama and I took the kids to the zoo.  As always they had so much fun!  I really do love going to the zoo.  That afternoon we took Jama to the airport so she could head back home.  Since then, Tuesday and Wednesday we have just played with friends and gotten back to the normal daily grind.  :)  Below are tons of pictures of all of the fun this past week has entailed!

Happy Birthday!

LOVE Taylor's chalkboard!!  My friend Emily did the writing on it…isn't it awesome! :)

Loved making this!  My how fun this first year has been!!

YUMMY!!

 The birthday girl

 My family!! (And yes…this was the best picture ;) )

 Present time!!!

 I had A LOT of help with the presents. ;)

The Kiddos!!  Love them!

 I cracked up because when my sister Shelley saw this bored she said how glad she was that the birthday weight announcement doesn't continue into adulthood!  HAHA!!  Me too! :)

 This was after she burned her finger on the candle…  Oops!

 She wasn't into trying her cake this time...

 All the other kids enjoyed their cupcakes though!

 We kicked the big kids out so the littles could have a turn bouncing!

 Best buds!

 Jojo and Taylor

Jama and Taylor

 Josh introducing our family during Taylor's dedication.

 Bryant and Ella held hands during the dedication.  So Precious!

Pastor Blake and his wife Lindsey with us.

 Playing at the park.

 Bryant slid down one slide...

 and Pops slid down the other! (child at heart…I think he realized about right there that he was too big. ;) )

 Mess.  Mess.  Mess.  Cast or no cast, this girl is a mess. :)

 ROAR!!

 Watching the Tiger get some water.

Checking out the zoo animals too.

 Waiting to ride the train.

 Taylor LOVED the train ride!

 Bryant and Jama liked the train too!

 He got to ride the carousel too.

Eating his popcorn checking out the sheep and goats.

Until next time…

Heather