HAPPY 9TH BIRTHDAY COURTNEY!!!!!!!!

Today is my niece ( and goddaughters ) 9th birthday. She's a faithful reader of my blog , so I wanted to make an entry for her on her special day :) . After having 3 boys of my own , I was SO excited when my sister found out that Courtney was a girl. OOHHHH the fun it was to shop for a little girl. She's such a girly girl too. Every summer, she and I get our nails done together and I take her shopping for a new outfit or two. She's a beautiful girl inside and out. She's a little mother hen with the younger children and she loves Ashlyn to pieces. I'm so sad that my sister and I only get to see each other in the summer, but the good thing is , we get to spend about 5-6 weeks together every summer. Anyways , HAPPY BIRTHDAY COURTNEY , and to all who reads this , could you please take a moment to wish her a happy birthday? She would be THRILLED :) !

My attempt to get a good picture of everyone!

AND I FAILED :) !!

ASHLYN'S SPECIAL DAY!!!

Chuckie Cheeses , here we come !!!

Dancing it up!

Wiping the yuck from her nose.

Ashlyn with her new kitchen set!

Just walking around with her new balloon!

Heading to Mcdonalds!

All the kiddos!

We're here!

She was SO mad that her food wasn't ready right away!

FOOD!

Taking a sip of milk.

The boys wanted to decorate the cake!

Ashlyn was trying to figure out why the baby was crying!

I think the boys liked the doll as much as Ashlyn :) !

Click on this short video.

HAPPY 2ND BIRTHDAY ASHLYN!!!!

Here are a couple of photos that I took of the birthday girl this morning. As usual, she wouldn't smile for me :) . We have a lot of fun things planned for today and i'll be sure to write about it this evening and post more photos. I ordered her birthday hairbow from http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5282461 . Actually, i've ordered most of Ashlyn's bows from here and they're awesome ( very good quality and excellent customer service ) !

Little Miss Muffet!

Ashlyn had her evaluation last week with the physical therapist and she did well. She was able to jump off the ground with two feet , and some other things that pleased the PT. Of course she's still a little clumsy, and she walks a little crooked , but that's because she's only been walking for a couple of months. The longer she walks, the more coordinated she should become. We're going to start going to The Little Gym tomorrow, for once a week , and that will also help her with coordination http://www.thelittlegym.com/ . Her speech therapy is coming along slowly but surely. She loves Ms. Joy :) ! Wednesday is her 2nd birthday, but we decided to keep it low key this year ( usually we have big parties for the boys) . I want to enjoy the day with her and watch her with her cake and all that good stuff. Here's a photo from this morning.

Nana banana dress!

My mother in law ( nana banana ) sent Ashlyn some really cute dresses and she's wearing one of them today. I couldn't get her to smile. She's biting on her lip in the first picture :). The second picture is of Alex , trying to put Ashlyn's shoes on her.