Claire's Birthday Party!

Yesterday was Claire's birthday party!  She had a blast!  She loved playing with all of her friends.  And for the first time in the history of us having special events the weather was perfect.

The kids had a blast playing in Claire's new pool.

Giada and her Daddy had a blast on the slide :)

We took Claire to Tops and told her that she could pick any cake she wanted.  This is the cake she picked.  It is a Shrek cake and it is pretty much the ugliest cake that I have ever seen but it was Claire's day.

 

And she did love it :)

Everyone loved passing Oliver around.  He is so sweet, he is starting to really study things and he is giving us some adorable smiles (that are not being followed with burps or gas).

Take a closer look. He is soo cute!  Oliver is starting to lose his hair a little.  He has a slight widow's peek, but he is still handsome.

Here are some shots of everyone enjoying the party.

Great Grandpa, Grandpa, and Kevin.

Leah, Lauren, and Uncle Dave.

Auntie Rose and Nonny.

Greg and Auntie Rose.

Shannon and Jessica.

Uncle Brian and my man Owen (how stinkin cute is Owen?!)

Then it was time for PRESENTS!!!

Claire loved opening all of her gifts!

She is the only kid that I know that gets super excited about cozey pajamas!

Claire truly loved every gift she received.  Thank you so much everyone for you kind and generous gifts!

Mark and I got Claire her first big girl bike!  She loves it!!

Claire couldn't wait to put her new Woody doll in her basket and go for a ride :)

She was a big fan of her new fish goggles too!  This is her new bikini (well new to her, thanks Bella).  She informed a few people at the party "I like this bathing suit, even though my boobies aren't that big"

Here she is testing out her new goggles :)

Overall, it was a great party!  Thank you to everyone who helped out, there is no way we could have this party without you guys.  Thank you Mom for coming over early and helping with the kids and prep work.  Thank you Grandma for making food and picking up food (Grandpa too :).  Thank you Great Grandma for making my favorite veggie pizzas.  Thank you Auntie Rose for the peanut butter pie.  Thank you Jessica for helping through my meltdown the day before and for EVERYTHING you helped with (I don't have enough room to list everything).  Thank you Kevin for helping to set everything up and getting Can Jam!  Thank you Jenn for the veggies and bean salad and for cleaning up my kitchen :), and thank you to Mark for getting everything ready and dealing with me before the party.  And thank you to everyone else!  You all helped throughout the day and made the party so special!!!  I still can't believe my baby is THREE!!!