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Yellow Elephant cake made by Tammy. When I asked Maddy what color of birthday cake she wanted she said, "Yellow birthday cake." She said this every time I asked over several days so this is what we came up with.
That is what we did this weekend. This weekend we had Maddy's birthday party. Aaron surprised me, Tammy, and Maddy by getting my mom and dad, Cindy and Bethany, and Mema to all come for the birthday celebration. I really can't think of a time I've been more surprised in my life. Aaron had told me he was going to pick up pizza for supper on Thursday night because it had been a busy week. Thinking nothing more of this than he was getting much more thoughtful about helping with meal planning I agreed. We were getting really hungry waiting for pizza and I was on the floor entertaining Maddy with some games on my phone. Aaron walked in with the pizza and said, "Happy Birthday!" in a really loud voice. I looked up, kind of annoyed that he was making such a big deal over this really late pizza. "Pizza is a nice thoughtful gesture but does not count as a week late b-day celebration. You had a good thing going. Don't make into something lame..." were all kind of thoughts that were starting to run through my head. At the same time I heard Tammy say, "Wow! You got a lot of pizza!" Then I looked up to see a whole lot of people walking into my house. People that I knew! Was I hallucinating? Nope! There they all were, laughing and smiling, and looking like cats who had just gotten into a bowl of cream. I think I was just in shock the whole evening. It was so great! Ethan joined us Friday evening. We had a wonderful time. We took the kids to the park, talked, played games, cooked, worked on maintenance projects around our house, watched basketball, and had a birthday party! It was a whirlwind of a weekend. The best part was that I think everyone felt like they had given a gift but also gotten a gift themselves.
Here are some pictures from MM's b-day party and a video. Again, sorry for long videos, but she was just so cute opening her presents.
Birthday dinner: Ribs, mac 'n' cheese, biscuits, broccoli, and salad. Yum! Yum!

Rach and Tam enjoying the birthday dinner.

The dogs even got in on the birthday treats.

Mom and Dad helped a ton over the b-day weekend. My mom washed this huge pile of birthday dinner dishes and my Dad and Ethan and Aaron worked on getting the airconditioner cleaned and the roof vent fans oiled so that our house wouldn't be an inferno. My Dad and Ethan also rotated the tires on the Isuzu.

:) It's hard to get a good picture of everyone. :)

The birthday loot.

The birthday girl and her consort awaiting cake and candles.

Presents!!!! Maddy definitely knew what these were this time. With every new present she would begin to open it and say, "Oh goodness!". Hilarious. I have no idea where she picked up this expression.

One of the faves.

Maddy could have received just this little bunny for her birthday and been perfectly happy. Her and Bethany both loved it. Grams hit the jackpot with this one.

Uncle Ethan borrowed Maddy's phone to make a couple of calls.

What's a birthday without chocolate and headbands?

The whole fam. The only down of the weekend was that Brad and Jenna could not be here for the celebration.



Comments

Brandon E. said…
I really wished we could have come that weekend instead of the week before. Rachel told me about it, but we had already made plans to come when we did. Hated to miss out. Missed Aaron by a week too. I'm glad it was a surprise, makes it more fun! Kudos to Aaron to pull that off!
March 28, 2011 at 7:44 PM
Brittany said…
Congratulations! You are officially the very first person to make me miss being in Oklahoma. That would've been so fun to be there!! Happy birthday to you both! Sounds like a wonderful time.
March 28, 2011 at 7:45 PM
texasholls said…
That video was awesome...had to watch it twice.
March 28, 2011 at 9:00 PM
Jessica said…
Love the pictures and video and I wish I could have been there for all the fun! Sounds like a blast!
March 29, 2011 at 11:23 AM
bee said…
I have watched this video over and over. I love hearing Maddy say "oh goodness". It is so cute. Thanks for bringing us up to the celebration. What a bunch of memories we made!
March 29, 2011 at 1:22 PM
Chrissy Cross said…
She is so stinkin' smart! Love the video!!
March 29, 2011 at 3:38 PM
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