auntie jewel's 50th birthday!

auntie jewel turned 50 last week, which called for some celebrating, even if she didn't want it to:)

i hear 43 of jewel's family and friends joined us for dinner at the old spaghetti factory last saturday night. i'm greatful for the turnout! i made and cake, and some fancy cake balls, and put out an evite, but it's the people who made the party. thanks to murlene from work, and my mom who did some marketing for me!

right before she didn't blow out the candles

avery and riley stepping in to blow out candles

cake balls!!

baby elliot grabs a snack.

long day for hadley. so much excitement. 

a weekend with the cousins on mommy's side

we had so much fun this weekend spending time with family, especially uncle nat and baby justin who were down from seattle. (we missed unlce jeff.) my mom, grandma beth, had her birthday last week, and also our aunt jewel. so we had a couple great celebrations. i think the only thing either of them really cared about was having the three of us, and our three babies together. so that's what they got. 

justin is nearing two, and is palyful, talkative, hungry and sweet. as you can see below, he and miss hadley had some very fun times together. they are both looking forward to elliot getting older so they can push him around in the dump truck, too. 

elliot and hadley see each other pretty frequently, but i don't think they realize that. they remain BFF's just the same. 

happy birthday, grandma beth! next year we can have a big 60th for you!!

hadley and justin playing with the dump truck. 

grandma beth, elliot and alisa.

baby elliot and daddy (jon)

elliot asleep on grandma beth.

haddy and elliot. BFF's

first time sharing a bath, both both cousins. 

daddy and justin at grandma beth's birthday dinner. 

miss hadley is just growing up SO fast! she's turning into a little girl. she likes to hide in her little tunnel, and when she's tired, she lays her head down on a pillow to watch a little tv. 

well, little miss hadley learned to crawl. she was close for weeks, then the other day just took off and hasn't looked back. she's eating crumbs from under her high chair, grabbing laundry from the coffee table and opening up drawers and cupboards. look out world, here she comes!!