Friday, December 12, 2008

Party Time! Excellent!

We had Mia's party the day after her birthday, but we just rescued the pictures from our camera. We had a "fish" theme... fish hung from the ceiling and walls and blue crepe paper made the "water". We were under the sea! Mia had a great time. She loved the cake the most... she talked about it for days before her party so we actually had cake first -- before presents, before dinner, before even going outside! Hey, it's her party, right? :)


And yes, Mark was at the party. Unfortunately, he was the photographer, as he is much, much better at remembering to take pictures than I am. And we forgot to get a picture of the three of us.


The cake! It's not fabulous, but it tasted good. And yes, it was supposed to look like a child's drawing.

CAKE! The thing Mia was most excited about.

Waiting "patiently" to blow out the candles.

Oh yes, it's not a birthday without cake.


A DORA ROBE!


NEMO!
(and the exact Nemo that we had borrowed from Jared & Gina months ago. I guess it's Mia's now.)
Posin' with Mommy & her new DORA! movie.

BACKPACK!

Out for a ride with Cloe and Jax.

The bellies! They are taking over!
Kristi (due late Feb), Heather (due mid-Feb), Melissa (due late Jan), Laura (due mid-Dec)

ELMO! Tickle Me Elmo -- the original!

Who says "used" presents aren't appropriate? They rock!

5 comments:

jthomson79 said...

They're not used... they're "pre-loved." Looks like she had a great time. I love how excited she was about her cake. She's my kind of girl!

Laurie Heath said...

Look at those big beautiful bellies! So wonderful to see God's miracles all lined up in a row!

Amanda said...

Looks like she had a lot of fun! I love that belly pic of the 4 of you. How cute!

Anonymous said...

Your pictures are so cute! It was so good seeing you guys on Sunday! Good Luck on your final race to the finish line with Marble! haha.

Anonymous said...

Mark and Melissa,
This is the first time I have visited your blog and I love it! The pictures are great of Mia. She looks like she loved her birthday. You look fabulously pregnant! I got your Christmas card and letter; it's so good to get caught up on all of you. Take care. Much love, Sandy, Shawn and Jacob