March Birthdays

Samantha and Rachael both had birthdays in March. Samantha turned five on March 1st and Rachael turned one on March 12th. We decided to do both birthdays the same weekend, that way family could be included more easily. It was a busy, busy weekend. Samantha's party was at a local park on Saturday afternoon, her first "friend" party. Three girl friends from school were in attendance, Landon, a friend from Macon, plus her cousins Mackenzie and Ayden. It wall all princess themed. So, we had princess plates, napkins, balloon, and cake. It was everywhere. But, it was a beautiful day for a party and everyone had fun. Afterwards, the family (15 people total) came back to our house for dinner. That got a little crazy, but we made it work.

The next day was Rachael's first birthday party. Her party was Pooh Bear themed and we had it at the house. Ray smoked a boston butt for BBQ sandwiches and we all had lunch. Rachael wasn't too interested in her cake, similar to her sisters on their first birthday. But overall it was another beautiful day to play outside and just enjoy God's creation.

Rachael is really wanting to walk and move around. She doesn't like to sit still. She wants to be walking either with us holding her hands, with a toy or cruising along the furniture. She sees her sisters doing it and wants to be right there with them. She also got the last of her front teeth in. So, now she has all eight and she knows how to use them. She is not interested in any kind of baby food at all.

These girls are growing up so fast.