{"id":393,"date":"2013-03-29T12:11:25","date_gmt":"2013-03-29T16:11:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/themaddlife.com\/?p=393"},"modified":"2018-12-29T13:11:01","modified_gmt":"2018-12-29T18:11:01","slug":"march-birthdays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/?p=393","title":{"rendered":"March Birthdays!!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our girls are popular girls!\u00a0 The first three Saturday\u2019s in March they have had a birthday party.\u00a0 Since their friends are all actually the children of our friends maybe that just makes Justin and me popular!\u00a0 Actually we feel very blessed to have so many close friends.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

First was Chase\u2019s party.\u00a0 Chase is Rich and Kristin\u2019s son and he turned two.\u00a0 His party was at his house in Purcellville.\u00a0 It\u2019s over an hour drive to get there but we took Rte. 50 in order to have the scenic view.\u00a0 It was actually a beautiful day with the first signs of spring.\u00a0 The girls slept much of the car ride there and when we got there Avery was ready to explore and Emerson was content to sit and take it all in as usual.\u00a0 The girls wore their matching Zara dresses courtesy of my sister.\u00a0 I figured they didn\u2019t have much time before they outgrew them!\u00a0 We had a great time at the party. Rich and Kristen are good hosts and since we were among all our friends this mommy and daddy really did have a great time.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

On a side note, this party was the first time we had seen a few of our friends in awhile so some of our friends found out at the party that we were expecting again.\u00a0 The funny thing is one girl after another revealed her pregnancy.\u00a0 While we already knew\u00a0Augusta\u00a0was pregnant (due at the end of May), and Kristin was pregnant (due June 1), it wasn\u2019t known by the masses that I was pregnant, or Casey was pregnant (due end of July) or that Leigh was pregnant (due October).\u00a0 It was actually pretty funny.\u00a0 Besides Augusta who was already in her third trimester, I swear my belly was bigger than everyone elses!<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Here are some pics from Chase\u2019s party.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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The following Saturday was\u00a0Camden\u2019s 2nd<\/sup>\u00a0birthday at\u00a0Clemyjontri\u00a0Park\u00a0in\u00a0Great Falls.\u00a0\u00a0Camden\u00a0is Casey and Eric\u2019s daughter.\u00a0 The weather forecast was not looking good even through that morning; however, once we got to the park it warmed up some and actually turned out to be a good day.\u00a0\u00a0Camden\u00a0had a Minnie Mouse theme and the girls, especially Emerson, were not impressed with Minnie.\u00a0 It was the first time they had seen a dressed character, courtesy of Eric\u2019s mom, and they were just not having it.\u00a0 The girls had fun playing on the playground especially on the slides and the train. While I was impressed with the lunch food, the girls are picky when outside their routine, so they ate mostly fruit.\u00a0 At least they didn\u2019t throw the food that they didn\u2019t want.\u00a0 The party wore the girls out so much that Avery even fell asleep on Mommy for about 20 minutes during present time.\u00a0 They missed their morning nap but when we got home, we put the girls down and they ended up sleeping for several hours.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Here are some pics from\u00a0Camden\u2019s party.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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The following Saturday was Dylan\u2019s 2nd<\/sup>\u00a0birthday at Little Gym in Ashburn.\u00a0 Dylan is Danielle and Matt\u2019s son.\u00a0 This was the 2nd<\/sup>\u00a0time we had been to a party at Little Gym\u2026that same exact Little Gym in fact with the same exact instructor.\u00a0 The first time we were there was when the girls were about 10 months old.\u00a0 Emerson was crawling then but I don\u2019t think Avery was yet (I have to go back to look at her baby book\u2026I can\u2019t believe I already can\u2019t remember!).\u00a0 This time the girls were able to participate in a lot more which was neat.\u00a0 They definitely enjoyed it especially the rings, the tunnel, and the basketball hoop\/balls.\u00a0 It was a quick party\u2026scheduled for 1 \u00bd hours and the last 15 minutes is really for the staff to clean up so they really do throw you in and out.\u00a0 Truthfully, I am not certain that much more time was necessary though. \u00a0The girls enjoyed the party! \u00a0Justin didn’t bring his camera in since he knew the expectations of being able to leave the girls unattended were almost non-existent, but he did take just a couple with his phone. \u00a0<\/span><\/em>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Besides that first weekend of March, the weather hasn\u2019t been very warm. In fact, we have had over 4 inches of snow on two different occasions in March\u2026once this week and once two weeks ago.\u00a0 The past few Sunday\u2019s we had been hoping to take the girls downtown.\u00a0 If it was nice we were going to have a picnic near the\u00a0Washington\u00a0Monument.\u00a0 We did that exactly a year ago on a sunny Sunday towards the end of March.\u00a0 We were hoping to see the Cherry Blossoms but they had peaked early last year and nothing remained.\u00a0\u00a0 The girls were not yet eating solids but we timed it around their bottle time so while Justin and I were having a picnic catered by Cenans bakery, including plastic utensils to cut a baguette, our girls were drinking their bottles on a blanket.\u00a0 They weren\u2019t mobile yet.\u00a0 I imagine the experience will be quite different this time. If it wasn\u2019t that nice but still fairly mild, we thought about taking them to the\u00a0Museum\u00a0of\u00a0Natural History\u00a0or possibly the aquarium.\u00a0 But the truth is I like being outside and I love the start of spring so I am hoping that this weekend is going to be nice.\u00a0 So far the forecast isn\u2019t looking great, but it\u2019s not too bad so I am hopeful!\u00a0 The Cherry Blossoms have not peaked yet.\u00a0 They are expected to peak midweek next week which means that this weekend could potentially be very busy downtown especially considering it is Easter Sunday and Spring Break for many.\u00a0 Part of me is a little scared of their mobility amongst the masses but assuming the weather is nice, we can find a space to park downtown, I\u2019m up for the challenge.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n


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