Nephew's Birthday Extravaganza!

This Saturday we celebrated our nephews' birthdays together! Dylan, our oldest nephew, turns 9 on February 6th, and Daniel, his little brother, turned 7 on December 19th. In fact, from December to March is really "birthday season" for Abe's side of the family--After Daniel is Abe's mom, Jan.6th, then Abe and our nephew Matthew, both Feb.3rd, then Dylan, then Me and Alex, both March 5th, then David, March 12th! Oh and My grandparents will have their 60th anniversary this year on March 12th too! It's an expensive and busy time of year! So to celebrate the boys' birthdays, we went to their joint party at Ultimate Playzone in Cockeysville. It's a big gym where they have tons of bouncy houses and playground equipment for kids to just run around and go crazy! Alex really enjoyed himself in the bouncy house they had for 3 and under. He was a little clingy to me at first, but once he warmed up to the noise level, and the giant blow-up creatures, he crawled around in it and fell and giggled and grinned. He also enjoyed going down the slide three times in our laps, and playing with a little lady bug on wheels, while Mommy pushed him around--on her knees!!! He also LOVED crawling around and having so much space to explore! Dylan and Daniel both had tons of friends there and each had their own cake. Dylan had Star Wars of course, and Daniel had Ironman. Matthew didn't stop moving the entire time! And Julia just looked cute and showed off her almost crawling skills! She is 6 months old now--it's so hard to believe! After the party, we went to Towson Mall, and boy has that place changed since I lived in the area. There's a bunch of new restaurants and stores,and Rainforest Cafe is gone. We couldn't believe it had closed. We have a much needed day off tomorrow for Martin Luther King day. According to our nephew Daniel, Martin Luther King Jr. was "a priest who got shot" and when we asked him what famous words MLK said, he said "Peace be with you." LOL. I wasn't aware MLK came up with that! LOL. But seriously tomorrow, we will probably keep Alex home with us,and clean our upstairs closet! I know those size 3 jeans aren't fitting anytime soon, if ever again, so I think it's time to give them up! Some pictures from this weekend and the party follow. Enjoy your 4 day week!

Getting ready for a bath

Sleeping so peacefully in Mommy's arms

Alex and his side-swept hair

Corinne's baby girl, Charlye, is 4 months old now!

Corinne's other daughter, Rebekah, is 2 and as cute as can be!

A close-up of cute little Julia

Alex having fun in the bouncy house

Riding on a turtle!

Abe and Matthew

Mary with Charlye, Abe with Julia, and Medy

Daniel and his friends--Samantha and Armijote

Matthew riding not one, but two ride-ons

Dylan and Daniel with their cakes

Abe has the craziest look on his face here! LOL.

Alex can stand for about 5 seconds all by himself!