Happy Birthday To Me!

January 25th was my 29th birthday. I spent a lovely, low-key day with my fam-fam=) We did some shopping, had a picnic at the park, fed the ducks, relaxed during nap-time and went our for Mexican food for dinner. Here are some photos from my big day!

Happiness is a free-range baby at the park;)

The lovely view as we walked to the creek

Feeding the ducks

Callie wanted to dive right into the creek. She has no fear!

Be kind to our fine, feathered friends. For a duck may be somebody's brother.

Ben loves doing this=)

Hop-hop-hopping

It's impossible to get good shots of Ben. He's just so fast.

Callie has discovered the slide at the park!

Decorating my cake

Callie enjoying my cake

A failed attempt to get them to pose with me;)

A better shot, but minus my little guy:(

Ring-Around-The-Rosie

Poor Ben and Emily have been going stir-crazy lately. Between simultaneous bouts of illness followed by one sick mommy, we've missed a lot of school and playtime over the past couple of weeks. They know how to make their own fun, though;) I told them to play nicely with Callie and Ben came up with with the idea to teach her Ring-Around-The-Rosie. They had a blast playing this for over a half hour.

Ladies Who Brunch

My cousin Maureen and I hosted an Apres New Year's Brunch! We invited my aunts and female cousins over and spent a perfect afternoon together. B.E.C.(Ben, Emily & Callie) had so much fun showing off their toys to my cousins and it was just nice to spend some time with the ladies in my family without those boisterous men taking things over;)

Ben continues to hold his title of Best Big Brother=)

Although he despises Dora, he loves his baby sister enough to play with her,
even when she's playing with Dora.

My beautiful cousin Julie with her fellow fair-haired girl, Emily.

Callie's favorite part? The food!

My sweet cousins played with the kids the whole time.

Maureen, Callie and my cousin Eileen(Maureen's younger sister)

Mimi with her sisters! Aunt Moe on the left, Aunt Colleen in the middle.

Maureen, me, Callie, Eileen, Emily and Julie.

We got this group-shot by creatively anchoring my camera on top of the wall-heater;) Not bad!