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Ahoy There

Yesterday was Andrew's 4th birthday party at Mr T's and I have to admit, it was super cute! I was a little nervous when he chose Mr T's Pizza for the location but it turned out great and everyone seemed to have a fun time. Andrew helped me pick out all of the decorations, invitations and guest list! He insisted that he only wanted to boys at his party because "girls don't like to sword fight and be pirates", so I reluctantly agreed and crossed my fingers that we didn't hurt anyones feelings. Being that most of his friends and our neighbors kiddos are girls, I was worried we wouldn't even have anyone to invite, but then he reminded me that he has a class full of boys at MDO! We made goody bags with pirate "accessories" so everyone could dress up when they arrived and seeing all the boys run around looking like pirates was adorable! Andrew seemed to have fun and I'm hoping we made him feel as special as he is to us!

My little red head
goody bags

taking over Mr T's!!!


what's a pirate party without a pirate ship cake?

how cute is this little guy?!?
and this little guy (who was a great sport and kept his bandana on the entire time!)
awww, they all look so grown up

this picture makes me want to cry, it was so cute watching these boys huddle around excited about Legos, transformers and silly bands!

Andrew's "Actual" Birthday

In order to be sure there's no confusion between Andrew's birthday (Sept 21) and his party day (Sept 25) he made sure to tell everyone that yesterday was hi s"actual birthday"!!! Chad and I woke him up before he left for work and our big 4 year old was so excited to see the decorations in his room and presents waiting on him! He went to MDO, where they had a little party for him with a crown and cookies, then I picked him up early for a date! While Carty was at home with a sitter, we went to Toys R Us, then to Red Robin for treats! Maggie and the girls came over later with a great pirate costume present for Andrew (that he looks so stinkin' cute in!) and the Weber's even came over for a visit! We gave Andrew more presents and his cookie cake (that I baked and decorated!), then stayed up late playing with all the loot! Can't believe I have a 4 year old, or how much I love the little guy! He's my best buddy and I am so proud of him...... more and more every day!

I spent so much time and effort baking these homemade cookies for Andrew's class, only to find the whole platter on the floor with crumbs everywhere and Carter working on polishing them off!

Seacrest Beach

If you aren't my mom, then this is going to be a nauseating amount of pictures for you to look at! I suggest you just skip this post if you don't want to look at an insane amount of cuteness in the form of little Charapata boys at the beach. My friend, Steph, let us stay at her condo in Seacrest Beach, so we took off for the week and had Grandma Bonnie meet us there. I think it was the most fun and relaxing week I've had in years (keep in mind I've been pregnant for the last 3 vacations we've taken). The boys were great on the way there, adjusted to the new place and sleeping arrangements, never really whined or had any tantrums, and loved being babysat by Grandma! Chad and I had lots of much needed time away at the beach and out at night for dinner. We also got to have lots of one on one time doing special things with just Andrew (who acted like a little man and was so pleasant to be around!) I'm not one of those people to brag about how wonderful my husband, kids and life are (because they usually aren't!) but this week was amazing!!

Driving.... silence in the car for mom and dad

Carty spiked another 103 temp before we left and was pretty lethargic the first day. Blessing in disguise??
Motrin kicking in!
Aaaaaaahhhhh, date night
Carty's fist time on the beach

Andrew ticked off by sand in his mouth

never in a million years would I have thought Andrew would let us cover him in sand, has to be on his terms though!

Carty intentionally eating sand!



those little feet :-)







we had to talk about poopy sandwiches to get a laugh like this out of him







we took Andrew on a sunset pirate cruise where the kids were entertained for 2 hrs straight and alcohol was provided for the parents.... Heaven on Earth!

Shooting the canon

sword fighting
mopping the deck



matching tattoos with dad

chicken dance

gotta love his limbo skills


face painting

searching for crabs at sunset with our boys

doesn't Chad look thrilled to be with me by the end of the trip!
Andrew picked out this Batman cape from the toy store