Happy Birthday Lizzy and Ginny!

Yesterday, we celebrated Lizzy and Ginny's 3rd Birthday. Sara and I met when we were both pregnant with twins and, while our due dates were a couple weeks apart, ended up having the kids 1 day apart. Patrick, Finnegan, Elizabeth and Virginia have literally grown up together and are our family.

We were thrilled to be a part of their birthday celebration at Monkey Joe's!

Sully got in on the action, sitting in the big Monkey Throne and bouncing with Aunt Sara!

The boys jumped and jumped and jumped... and then partied!!

Princess Ginny and Princess Lizzy blew out their candles (as I held my breath)

And we got one (terrible) shot of our 4 3-year olds!

Happy Birthday, Lizzy and Ginny - we love you to pieces!

Finnegan and Patrick's 3rd Birthday

Yesterday, we celebrated Patrick and Finn's 3rd Birthday.

While, I had every intention to keep it low key, it turned out to be very exciting!

I set up a special birthday breakfast complete with belgium waffles for the 3rd Birthday Breakfast. I put out our little cake, purely for decoration, but Finnegan had other ideas.

Why eat waffles when you can have icing?!?

Patrick and Finn opened presents from Sully and from their cousins, the Maddens, in Colorado.

Sully got in on the action and we all had a great breakfast!

After, Gill, Finn and Patrick put together the new puzzles...

and completed them both.

Our family headed out to the Ballantyne Village 4th of July parade

with our friend, Melissa Pluchos.

And, there it was, right in the front of the Village...

A FIRETRUCK!

The firefighters let our patriot birthday boys explore the truck and it made their day!

Back at home, the boys wanted to continue playing with firetrucks.

Patrick decided he could race and RIDE his firetruck...

and they took their firetrucks for a ride.

It was a great family day and a perfect way to celebrate

Finnegan & Patrick's 3rd Birthday!

3 Years Ago

July 4, 2007

2:59 am

After 18 hours of labor and 2 hours of pushing, our son, Patrick came into this world.

He seemed so comfortable being placed right into his Daddy's arms, as he awaited for his brother to arrive.

July 4, 2007

5:02 am

Finnegan finally decided to join us. Our sons were reunited and our hearts were filled with more joy and happiness than we could ever know.

3 years ago our family began.

Happy Birthday, Patrick and Finnegan!

We love you more than words can ever express.

Holiday Weekend

We hope your July 4th Weekend is filled with

Family, Friends, Food and Fireworks!

Flashback Friday

The past week Sullivan started eating his veggies (carrots and green beans).

He loves them and can't get enough!

Here is a look back at the Finn and Patrick's first veggie, squash!

Outdoor Fun

Patrick and Finnegan received 2 fabulous presents for their birthday.

Both gifts allow them to have lots of fun outside....

Aunt Snooze gave the boys an awesome trampoline - the boys love it!!

Finnegan jumps and jumps and jumps....

and Patrick runs around in circles

(don't know why, but he has a blast!)

And, Nana and Pop Pop gave the boys scooters, complete with protective gear,

for their 3rd Birthday.

Patrick and Finnegan check out their new rides...

Yesterday, we went for our first scooter adventure.

We raced to the park in our neighborhood....

circled the park a couple of times...

rode on the bumpy "bridge"...

and scooted home!

Thank you Nana, Pop Pop and Aunt Snooze -

these wonderful gifts will give us hours of outdoor fun!

3rd Birthday Party

This weekend, our friends and family gathered to celebrate

Patrick and Finnegan's 3rd Birthday.

The boys got ready to celebrate, making sure their friends had birthday hats

and that the Gymboree Gear was ready for playtime.

Our friends arrived and it was time to play!

Sully had his date for the event, Liliana!

Patrick and Finnegan did all their favorite Gymboree activites -

They climbed the giant tube...

ran on the bumpy mats...

shook the maracas with Miss Whitney and their friends...

had bubble time....

and parachute time...

Patrick checked himself out in the mirror...

and we all danced and danced and danced!

When it was time for cupcakes, Finnegan put all my candle worries to rest. Before all his friends were even seated, he helped himself to an orange cupcake, took a lick of the icing and then put it back on the plate. It made me realize that they just didn't care about a candle, so neither did I!

The kids all enjoyed their treats...

and Gill and I loved seeing our big boys so happy.

Before we knew it, the party was over and it was time to say goodbye to all our friends.

It was such a wonderful afternoon and the perfect way to celebrate

Finnegan and Patrick's 3rd Birthday!