birthdays, surprises, & birthday surprises :)

warning! its a long one..but be sure you make it to the bottom :)
i'm a little behind on birthdays, so here ya go... since we were going to be in MS for brix's bday, we did a little shin-dig the weekend before we left...

with his buddies/cousins (in some sort of way :) cohen & weston..



papaloo called mia asking for ideas of what brix might want & she had the great idea of a police man set & she nailed it! he loves it! the fun part for him is wearing it to walmart, etc & of course, all the old people play along saying, "hello officer"

pinata's these days...so hard to figure out...

...and his real birthday in MS

swimming, homemade ice cream, & his fave MS people made for a good day..


by far his favorite part, i'm sure..the 4 wheeler..

mia's 6th bday...she, also got two parties, because cristin had to be in knoxville on her actual bday, we celebrated early with my fam & then she had a friend over for a slumber party on the day...here's paige walking her to her first surprise..

her 3 bday requests...
"i want to get my ears pierced"
"i am getting a milkshake (reeves-sain, of course)"
"i want paige to spend the night with me"


such troopers for letting the boys hang with them..

"settling down" for movie time..


we fell asleep on the couch downstairs while they were watching their movie in the bonus room..i woke around midnite (yes, i crashed before midnite, okay..) & went up to check on them & it kinda scared me when i looked in bonus & saw all the lights on, no movie, no kids.. & this is what i found...

i thought it was way to sweet of them to make brix a pallat on her floor instead of bossing him off to his own room.. & each of them with their blankies on bday morning..

mia's 'donut country' request.. i grew up eating these so now that we're back in m'boro, i'm more than happy to make them a part of my kiddo's traditions...

in the chair...waiting for the ear gun to come her way....


here it comes....pretty pierced ears!

knox's 2nd bday... since brix has a monkey he's attached to for bedtime, mia had the idea to get him one of his own..

at first he was kinda freaked out by it but now, requires it every nite..

had a few friends over to celebrate our little monkey..



"happy cupcake tooooo-day" as knox would sing..






lovin' on his 'jack-jack'

....and since we're on the subject of birthdays, here's another birthday we're just a little bit excited about......coming soon in NOVEMBER!!

she's a he!!!after an ultrasound showing a 'girl' i was super excited, buying girl bedding, rug, clothes, etc...only to return 3 weeks later for this image! which is CLEARLY NOT A GIRL! i boo-hoo'd the entire ultrasound, not because i was disapointed we were having a boy, but because we weren't having a girl...but i'm totally over that & thrilled to have 3 little boys grow up together..we've tossed around so many names, i'm dizzy & i think the reason its so hard to decide this go-round, is because this could be our last little one & it's gotta be 'just right!'

mia snapped this just yesterday...i almost didn't post it thinking, "reallllly? who would want to see this?" but i'm always curious what people look like at certain milestones in pregnancy so for your....uh, viewing pleasure..lol
7 months along..& little guy giving the camera a wave :) (use your imagination, it's sideways..)