Birthday Answers

So, I should probably post the answers to the birthday picture challenge!!

F- 1 week old

J- 1 month old

C- 2 months old

H- 3 months old

E- 4 months old

L- 5 months old

A- 6 months old

D- 7 months old

K- 8 months old

G- 9 months old

B- 10 months old

I- 11 months old

12 months! (not part of challenge)

Thanks to those who participated!! My sister was the closest! Way to go Kim! :)

1 year ago

Jan 14, 2010- 36 weeks (last belly pic I got)

1 year ago this week, this is what was on my calendar:  

(I was just looking at it and laughed at how much WAS planned)

*Note: Todd also had classes all day every day

Monday 25th:

9-3- Steph work

6:30- Home Teachers come

Tues 26th:

9-3 Steph work

5- Relief Society Com MTG

8:30- Go to "New Moon"

Wed 27th:

Steph off work

6-10:30pm- Todd Work

Thur 28th:
6am- Todd Extra Credit MTG for "career" class
3:20- Steph 38wk Dr Appt
7:30- Visit Teach Sara Stevenson
8:00- RS Hot Cocoa Night

Fri 29th:
11-3 Steph work
3:00- Todd plamsa physical (which he still went to...)
7:00- Game night with Ashers
*38 Weeks!

Sat 30th:
12-3 Steph Work
*Last Day of Work!
4- Elder's Quorum Activity

Mon and Tue went as planned, but Wed at 6am~ CHANGE OF PLANS~ my water broke and by 11am Alexis was born! Here is the whole birth story if you want to read it :)

We stayed in the Hospital til Friday afternoon (2:30! even though we were suppose to leave by 11am!!)
My Grandparents arrived 15 mins after we got home from the Hospital and stayed for 4 days.
Todd didn't got back to school or work til the next week, and I had to call work to tell them I would not be coming in for my last 2 shifts because I had my baby! :)

A Birthday Bash to Remember!

Someone (my dad) said, "She's 1, she's not going to remember any of it."
I said, "There will be older kids and adults who will need to be entertained."

Evey birthday I can remember my mom went ALL OUT! cake walks, bing bag toss, pin the tail on something.  (She took party planning classes in college!)  I LOVED all my parties and I want to do that for my kids.  (plus living with my mom the party was bound to get out of hand!)

So we had:

• A gathering activity: Stamps and colored pencils to make a zoo.
• Pin the tail on the monkey:
• Cookie walk: (pink, blue, purple, and green Elephants, Lions, Monkeys, and Giraffes)
•  I found a box of 3 different kinds of ANIMAL cookies!! It was perfect! Even some adult got in on the action!
• Cedar dust dig: It was suppose to only have plastic coins, then the kids would turn in the coins for prizes, but when we dumped the cedar into the pool it was already filled with Halloween rings, so the kids dug for rings and coins, and got to keep everything (including bags full of cedar!) and still got prizes. 
• We also tried to have hula hoops to toss animals into, but it just kind of turned into the gathering activity and everyone just shot them around :)
• My mom and I made awesome cupcakes! Lions, Monkeys, and Elephants! I think the elephants were my fav, but that's probably because they took the most time...

I thought it was going to be very stressful, especially if it didn't go as planned, but everything went very smoothly and ended right at 4! (a miracle considering we didn't get started until 2:45... the party was suppose to start at 2!)   Maybe other people think it was too much (my dad and Todd), maybe someone else was stressed out (my mom), but I think it was perfect and I wouldn't have changed anything!