Party #2. Sarah's Friend Party! 8/21

We had an Elmo party for Sarah with her friends she see's most. We went to a park, had some pizza, played on the playground, and ate these yummy cupcakes I made.

^Sarah just watched the candle long enough that...

^... Sydney did the honors.:) Love the look on her face!

^Party animal!

McPhie kids, Katz kids, Leah, Tori, Lucy, Livia, & Thomander kids

^Rachel & Ty

^Lucy, Tori & Emerson

^ Mary & Livia

^Maren took some cute pics of Sarah playing.

^Such a big 2 year old!

^Showing off the gifts

^Sarah & Leah hugs. Cute!

^ And finishing off with little "Ring Around the Rosies."

Party #3. Sarah's 2nd Birthday/Welcome Kai/New House/Thank You BBQ 8/22!

We had a 4-way backyard BBQ party with our friends to celebrate Sarah's 2nd Birthday, a welcoming of Kai (slept until the end), see the new house, and to thank our friends for all of their help with moving and the kids!

^2 years old!!

Kristen Katz, Me & Maren Layton

David Katz, Leah & Ryan Layton and Brian Drummond

^Yours Truly

Aufdermauers, Lindsay & Charlie Drummond, and Mikila & Corbin Duke

^Paul & Rebecca Nixon

^Christian & Molly Aufdermauer

^Thomas & Trinity Collins. (Not pictured: Busby's came later)

^ A cute picnic table Ed made for Sarah for her birthday! What a handyman!

^ Sarah loves to sing "Old MacDonald" and E-I-E-I-O, so I made her a barnyard cake with animal cupcakes. Turned out cute! Worth the time once a year. :)

^Because of her previous parties she knew what to do this time.

^Now you see it...

^... Now you don't!

^She had been asking for a bicycle for months!! All she wanted to do was ride and wear her helmet. Now we just have to teach her how to steer and pedal.

^ These are Sarah's best girl friends Sydney Katz & Leah Layton. They have a lot of matching outfits so we decided to take a few pictures. :) (Austin not pictured. :( )

Cute girls in the hammock!

^Precious!

Sarah's Birthday at the zoo! 8/24

For Sarah's actual birthday we headed to the SF zoo. We make it there about once every year. Sarah enjoys it more and more every year. After an extreme tantrum on the way there, it ended up to be okay. ;) Too bad it was cold.

^Even if it doesn't look like it, Sarah had a great time.

^Kai slept pretty much the whole time

^One of Sarah's favorite things was to climb on all the fake animals. :)

^I know it's mostly sleeping pictures, but that's what he does. :)

^Sarah didn't mind posing for the camera.

^Ed got some great shots!

^Probably only see signs of this nature in San Fran

^Climbing on more animals

^Shows you how cold it was. Yes, that is a monkey under a blanket. :)

^ What a handsome daddy

^ Look at that tongue!

^She's tall! But not that tall!

^ This gorilla gives us some great poses every year.

^Cute little baby monkey with momma.

^Great picture Ed!

Finishing the remnants of her cake. Sarah had candle blowing down by the time her birthday came.

^Birthday loot! Thanks everyone! Her biggest present was her big girl bed and bedroom set.

^Enjoying new birthday toys! Can't you tell by her face. ;)

JULY CATCH UP!! Starting with the 4th!

Or... the 3rd. Last belly pic:

^ 38 weeks. Looking less hot and mucho big 5 days before birth. :)

^4th of July ward breakfast

^ The kids at Shoreline fireworks. Austin, Sarah, Sydney and Leah.

^Waiting for the fireworks to begin

^A picture of Sarah's eyes watching the fireworks. She was a little scared at first but so intrigued. The next day all she could say is, "Fireworks go BOOM!"

The lovely ladies we spent the night with. Maren & Kristen (and their hubbies Ryan & David)