Happy Birthday Adler!!

Tonight is all about Adler!! Pizza, cake (from Sugar, Please in Ark City) and friends. The girls are at their FIRST dance right now and will be home in a couple of hours for a slumber party. So much fun!! Happy 12th birthday to our girl Ads! We love you!

Happy Birthday Little Paisley...Happy Birthday to You!

Well, today is the big day. I can't quit saying that this has been the fastest year of my life. My friend Elo tells me that it is because all we do is give baths and wipe butts and time flies!! HA! Today is our little one's birthday and she couldn't be more special to us. We have had the best year watching her grow.

***Hold please...I just had to stop blogging because the birthday girls just BARFED everywhere for no apparent reason!...Elo is RIGHT! A mom's job is never ending!***

We had her party at our house on Friday night. Here is our little Ninny (as we call her) opening presents with her big sissy Chelo.

I had her party outfit picked out for MONTHS! One of my DEAR teacher friends, Amy, got her this ADORABLE ruffled dress and striped leggings in Colorado when she was born. Hot pink, satin, tulle...it gets NO cuter than that in her mommy's eyes!! and her shoes!! Fuzzy pink cheetah fabric with patent leather toes! and the kicker...they squeak when she walks!

We got her her first "Bike" for the big day and she LOVES to ride it!

Her own little cake!

She didn't quite know what to do with it at first.

She took tiny little bites...

Then her sissies showed her how to dig in.

She got a few big bites and then she was done. None of my girls really like to be messy and Paisley is no exception! She was ready to be cleaned up!

Her Auntie Teresa found her this adorable head band and matching bloomers! LOVE!

We had a great party to celebrate a great first year of our little girl's life.

Paisley's recent milestones:

• She is running now instead of walking!
• She is still getting into EVERYTHING. She especially loves opening the pantry and playing with the wax paper and foil!
• She is saying many words (and using them correctly): Mama, Dada, Bruiser, Bye, Fishy, PupPup, MoMo, Addie, Sissy, PatPat, Bahbah (bottle), she makes this little GullyGullyGully noise when she is sucking her thumb- we think it is the cutest!
• She is working on her 8th tooth

We LoVe you Ninny Wunkles!! Happy BirtHdaY!

Happy 11th Birthday Adler!!!!

As my mom said to me, "Danelle, can you BELIEVE you have an ELEVEN year old??" And my reply is Yes, I can...it was 10 I had a hard time wrapping my head around for some reason!!

This goofy, fun loving girl is really becoming her own person...growing and changing everyday. She has been such a blessing to have with the new baby. She is my RIGHT HAND (as long as I can keep her from bickering with the other two)!! We joke about how I am always saying "Adler get me _____ and Alder get me _______" and after I have asked her to help me with about ten things (without complaint I might add) we realize how much she has done laugh and I add in "Adler can you go wash the car, Adler can you go pick up Crosby from practice!!" it cracks us up!! She can do so much yet I have to remind myself that she is still just a kid!!

In keeping with our Curtis family birthday tradition....we all get up a little early to give the birthday girl her gifts. We like to start the bday girl's day off right!!! (I know that this is Adler's bday post but just LOOK at that baby's belly!!!)

This morning she got a Zebra Scentsy warmer and a Silpada peace sign necklace. Her sisters aka the "Seesters" also sent balloons to her to school today! shhhhhh.......

After opening gifts she and I went to the doughnut shop for birthday breakfast (another tradition) and to get doughnuts for her class for birthday treats. I think she was having a SUPER morning and I am sure she will have a great day at school!! We are having a birthday party bbq for her on Saturday so there will be more pics to share soon!!!

Happy BIRTHDAY ADS!!! WE LOVE YOU SOOO MUCH!!

Happy 1st Birthday Baby Bucket!!

Feliz Cinco de Mayo y Feliz Cumpleanos a nuestro primito Beckett Christie!! We were soooo lucky to have Beckett {aka Bucket aka Boss aka Jefe} and his mommy and daddy (our cousins) to visit us last weekend from Minnesota.

flashback:

Here are Beckett and his Dad on his *birthday* last year:

And a few months later when they came to Kansas for a visit in July:

We had such a wonderful time catching up with them and are sooo blessed that they make the trip to Kansas about once a year. It means a lot to us because we LOVE them so much! I have more pics to post that I took with Jared's camera so as soon I get those I will put them up!!

Happy 10th Birthday Chelo!!!!

Today is our sweet girl's 10th birthday!!! She has grown so much in the past year!! Really! She is sooo tall and she is wearing a 7-7 1/2 size shoes! In the 4th grade and she is a Curtis!

Adler had gone shopping a couple of weeks ago for Chelo's birthday and she was so excited to give her the presents she had picked out! The girls jumped out of bed to watch her open her presents. Adler got her some funny stretchy body parts and a Planet Earth Elephant and DVD.

She loved her gifts and was ready to have a great day as a 10-year-old!!!

Happy 5th Birthday Crosby!!!

She asked to have cupcakes and was infatuated with the #5 candle! She wanted to keep all of the candles, in fact but I don't think we need to do that!!!

This was seriously one of the most FUN birthday parties we have had for the girls!! We set up a HUGE water slide in the front yard for the kids. We really didn't tell anybody what we were doing exactly (just had them wear swim suits) so that when they came and saw the big slide they were all PUMPED!!!! The kids had a BLAST going down the slide time and time again. We had most of the neighborhood, our family, and some of Crosby's school friends over to help us celebrate!! I turned on the slide at about 6pm (even though the party didn't start til 6:30--the girls just couldn't wait) and even though most everyone was gone by 8 or so our girls and a few neighbor kids slid until dark!!! I was taking my bath and I could hear them out there laughing and having a great time!! Winfield doesn't start school for another week and a half so I thought...let them enjoy as many more summer nights as they still can!!

She was so excited to open her presents she could hardly wait so we took a break from the slide for presents and cupcakes (I forgot to put out the ice cream!! Oh well they didn't notice, except now I have a freezer full of ice cream....and I'm supposed to be watching my blood sugar!!) With all of the kids gathered around, Adler read all of the cards out loud as Crosby opened her presents!!! She got soo much fun stuff all with tons of little pieces of course!! SWEET!!

...and some super fun video of the water slide!! I debated going down it myself it just looked that fun!! In the end I decided that with school starting and putting the party together I didn't even have the energy to put on my suit!!

Birthday Girl!

It just can't be....my baby is FIVE TODAY!!!! I had to leave for school at 7:15 this morning so I got everybody up before that so we could give the birthday girl her presents!! She was so excited she jumped right up! Check out that hair! Everybody crowded around on the bed to watch!!

We decided to get her a Nintendo DS (gameboy). Her sisters have one and she will sit for a long time just watching them play in the hope that she might get a turn!!!

Happy Birthday little Crosby!! I tell her almost everyday that I want her to stay little but she reminds me that she has to grow up and be big!! We love your sweet personality and sense of humor... you are just an absolute JOY to have in our family!!!

Birthday Party Preparations

This weekend she picked out some doggie party invitations for her 5th birthday this week {sniff sniff--even though I am having another baby I am pretty sad about her turning 5, it just seems like such a big age!!}. She was such a big girl and wanted to fill them out herself so I made her an example and left her to it!! She would get about 2 done and need to take a break! After about her 4th card she was wanting to know how many I might be willing to fill out!! I told her that I would do as many as she wanted me too! She ended up writing 6 of the 10 invites which I thought was good because they had quite a bit of info on them. I did notice too that she did take some time out of her "job" to draw a face on the back of one of her hands and a little face on her ring finger! She even added quite a bit of "pen art" to the invitations she did!! NICE!! Usually I am so anal about things like this but I am learning to not stress about everything being perfect and I just let her have at it...I guess I am turning into that mom of four kids!!! I don't have time to sweat the small stuff!!!

We are going to be eating pizza and we got a Banzi Falls water slide that we are going to put up in our yard for the kiddos. She doesn't know that is what we are doing yet so I think she is going to be super stoked when she comes home from Grammy's and that is set up!!! It should be a great time!!!

Happy Birthday Teresa and Davin!!!

Happy Birthday Wishes to the Hardens!!

Tree turned the big 33 yesterday...And Dav Buddy aka Mr. Smooth is turning 11 today!!! (He is the band member in the middle ;)
Have a GREAT DAY GUYS!!!

Another Wonderfully Busy Weekend Wrap UP!!

We started out the weekend with a family cookout and birthday party for Miss Adler. It stormed some but we stayed nice and dry---adults on the screen porch and kiddos inside!!! She also had Bri, Taylor, and Natalie spend the night so that was fun for her. After the cookout she opened her presents and the girls did make overs before going to bed. Saturday morning the girls got up bright and early (about 7:30am). I am going to have to start wearing ear plugs! I never really get to sleep-in anymore. Since the big girls can help Crosby get breakfast I don't have to get up so early with them but it isn't that nice late sleep I would like. Crosby had her last soccer game at 9am so we loaded up and went to that.

GO GOALIE!!

She works so hard out there--it is so fun to watch her!

The big girls had their last game at 10:30am. Adler scored her first goal on the GIGANTIC outdoor field. She is having a great year athletically. Her hard work is paying off!! Our girl Chelo has had several goals on the season--she is a fantastic forward. I love watching the two of them working so hard together out on the field! After the games I ran to the Rec Center for Summer activity sign ups. I put the girls in swimming lessons only this summer. Since the big girls are so busy with softball I figured that would be plenty. Crosby is VERY excited about swimming lessons!! I actually like them too, I either go for a run around island park or relax and read a magazine during that 30 minutes, so it works out perfectly! After lunch I got dressed and traveled to Belle Plaine for our high school graduation. This time of year is always surreal for me. It hasn't really sank in that school is almost out for the summer!!! This time next week I will be at home with my girlies for 3 months!! YEA!

After the ceremony I went to Georgia's graduation party. They had BBQ catered and cake! A pregnant ladies heaven!! After that I headed home exhausted!!

When I got home Hubby was planting vegetables (tomatoes, onions, cilantro, squash, bell peppers, and watermelon) in our garden. He has done all of the planting this year. Even though I LOVE planting flowers in the Spring I just haven't had the energy. That is a Supa-bummer about being pregnant.... for me even the things I normally enjoy/look forward to just seem like a lot of work!! When I got home and saw him working away I got in the mood too and starting cleaning and doing some things on the porches.

Sunday the girls got up early again, of course, but I managed to stay in bed til 9:00! SWEET! I think I finally got up because Adler and Crosby were YELLING at each other. I think Crosby's leg was touching Adler.... remember those days Brother??? :) Our poor mother!! Those two drive me crazy with their constant bickering- this summer I am going to get them straightened out!! :)) Super Nanny to the rescue! As soon as Heath got home from work we headed to AC. My mom had some plants for us so we went out to see her for a little bit then it was off to the park for our niece Katie's 2nd Birthday party! The weather was beautiful and Crosby had a great time playing in the park with her cousins...

Happy 2nd Birthday Kaitlinn!!!!!

After the party we went home (with a quick pit stop at Taco Tico in Ark City!!) and Heath set up the pool. The girls got in and slid around for a little while. It didn't take Crosby long before she was FREEZING though!

It will take a couple of days to fill it (it is 4,500 gallons), but I am sure that it won't take long for the girls to be braving the cold and diving right in!!!

Happy 10th Birthday Adler!!!!

Happy Birthday to our DEAREST SWEET DAUGHTER ADLER!!! We love you so very much! In honor of your big day---your first day in DOUBLE DIGITS!!!---I am going to make a list of 10 AWESOME things we LOVELOVELOVE about YOU!!!
1. your bright blue eyes
2. your HILARIOUS sense of humor
3. your determination
4. your mad softball and soccer skillz!
5. your love for books (Twilight, Harry Potter :)
6. your skish and ice cream cone nose!
7. your LOVE for school
8. your academic achievements
9. your sweet disposition
10. your maturity and responsibility

We love you sooo much and we are so proud of the young lady you are becoming. Thank you so much for sharing your life with us!!!! You are a blessing!!! Have the best day of your life!! YOU ARE TEN!!! WOOHOO!!!!
I am sure Miss Adler would LOVE to read lots of birthday wishes!