All About the Alfords

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Our Birthday Party!

Brooklyn and Colson had the chance to celebrate their birthdays at Pump It Up with tons of friends and family! It was a day filled with fun, jumping, singing, presents, and yummy food! We were so excited that friends from church, playgroup, mommy's school and Brooklyn's school came to join us in celebrating. It was a Dora and Diego party for the girls and boys! We had a bit of a miscommunication about the cakes so we had 4 different cakes! Rick ran and got cakes for the kids the day of the party and Mrs. Julie made their beautiful Dora and Diego cakes and brought them to the kids special the next day! Our babies are so blessed to have such wonderful and caring people in their lives! Thank you to all!!!!!

Ready for the party! Brooklyn had this dress picked out for a month!

Having so much fun!

Now Kiki wants to have her party here too!

Present time! My kids are the cutest!

Our friends watched us as we opened!

Our cakes and party favors!

Thank you Rick! He even had them put the kids' names on the cakes really fast!

Colson didn't last opening his presents very long!

But Brooklyn sure did! She loved everything!

Cake and ice cream with Memaw and Pop's help!!!

Cute!

The kids loved the cakes that Julie made! She is so talented!

Go Diego Go!

DDDDDDora!!!

And the party was at 9 am so we were home by 11:30 and ready for a fun day of playing!!!!!

Thank you to all of our friends and family!

Friday, July 9, 2010

Brooklyn-4 years old

We cannot believe that Brooklyn is 4 years old! It sounds so unbelievable to say that we have a 4 year old...it sounds so old! It seems like just yesterday we were bringing her home wondering and worrying about doing the right thing with this little blessing! Brooklyn turns four on July 10th...two days after Colson's birthday! Poor kids will never get to have separate special days! Brooklyn, you are such a blessing and full of energy, intelligence, and heart! Brooklyn loves to draw, color, write, do crafts, ride her NEW bike, play in the water or at the pool, be read to, read her Bob books, play with Colson, mother Colson, help Mommy empty the dishwasher, play with Barbies and princesses, dress up, go to church and see Mrs. Anita, Ms. Carolyn, Mrs. Tracey, and Ms. Billie, say her prayers every night, give "ear muggles," play with Ricky, and get tickles or hops from mommy and daddy every night! WE LOVE YOU BROOKLYN!!!

YOU WILL ALWAYS BE OUR PRIDE AND JOY BROOKLYN!

Thursday, July 8, 2010

Colson-2 years old

I cannot believe that my baby is 2! I am starting to figure out that he will still be my baby even when he is 22! I cannot put into words how blessed we feel to be your parents Colson. You are truly a sweet natured little man who is full of personality (mostly around our house), loves to cuddle, loves to get his "mo" (eskimo) kisses from all three of us, loves to sit on the potty (but rarely goes!), loves to be outside, loves to sing (even if you can only chime in a word here and there), loves to build with blocks, loves to play with trains and balls, loves to have books read to you, loves to ask about your Poppi every day, loves to build tents in the livingroom, and loves to hug your big sister! WE ARE SO BLESSED!

He will always be our pride and joy!!!

The 4th of July 2010

Well I guess I should begin with the 3rd of July really! Because the 4th was on a Sunday, they had the parade for the 4th in The Woodlands on Saturday the 3rd! It was so fun! We had never been and were worried about the heat but the kids loved it. The heat was not too bad because it was earlier...I guess it was hot but it could have been much worse. The parade is full of local businesses, churches, nonprofit organizations, and military organizations with their floats and the kids LOVED the balloon man! They got to watch him make Colson a dog and Brooklyn a flower! We got to see a family of kids that I have taught in the past and that was fun to get a little special wave from them!

All ready for the fun to start!

He was so proud of his balloon dog!

Typical "girly" Brooklyn

We then celebrated Mimi's birthday with the Lewis clan when Poppi got off of work! We went to Cheddars to eat and my kids love it there! Their favorite thing to eat is their broccoli! Love it! Mimi got a Kohl's gift card from us because she is getting so skinny she needs new clothes! We had a great time at dinner and both kids were so good!

First grandchild of the family

Colson looks crazy here..HAPPY BIRTHDAY MIMI!

Some people think Colson looks like Poppi!

On the 4th of July we went to church and had a great day there! We have so much to be thankful for and are so blessed to live in the country we live in. It was very appropriate to give thanks and glory to God on such a patriotic day! We then went to the Kuhn's house and our friends the Heemers joined us there! The kids had a blast outside on the waterslide and the fireworks were enjoyed by all this year. This was the first year both of our kids were interested in them! Thank you for having us over Kuhn family and we had a great time with the Heemers! Can't wait until we get together again in September!!!