My 21st Birthday!

For my birthday this year, the family here in Rolla all got together at Applebee's for dinner (we celebrated Mother's Day during this as well). However, I didn't turn 21 until the next day so no drunken pictures for you :) these are just pictures of Nick and my niece Mia that I took while waiting for our food. I've decided that Nicholas has perfect hair...sometimes he looks like a baby version of Robert Pattinson (aka Edward Cullen of Twilight), only Nick's hair is usually sticking up everywhere (kinda like Harry Potter). This was a good hair day and it involved a lot of hair spray and gel for him.

Nick's Cake

Part of Nick's Easter package from Nana and Pops this year was a cake mix and icing with sprinkles. While Nick took his nap one day I baked the cake and iced it, then when he got up I let him put all the sprinkles on. Obviously from the pictures you can tell that I supplied more sprinkles than the ones that just came with the icing. I got down every type of sprinkle we had in the cabinet and let him go crazy- here is the result. It tasted better than it looks :) Oh- and he now has to sing "Happy Birthday" everytime we have cake (and we have to light candles and everything). So this sprinkle cake had 3 or 4 candles in it and we sang "Happy Birthday" at least 25 times. Yesterday, he even made himself what he called a "birthday cake cheese": he was eating a slice of cheese and tore a corner off and stuck it in the middle and sang "Happy Birthday" to himself repeatedly.

Nick's Birthday Party at home

Once we got home from OK, it was time to have Nick's birthday party for everyone here in Missouri. The theme was Baby Einstein- not because he likes it or even watches it, but because I bought the everything for it back when my sister still worked at the party supply store in town. I got everything for $.50 a piece, so party supplies cost me like $7. I was proud of myself for both remembering that I had bought the stuff and actually using it and not changing my mind. I only took a couple of pictures of his cakes, but my mom took pictures of him unwrapping his presents and everything and they aren't on my laptop (yet). I'll get them posted tonight once he goes to bed and I'm on the computer at home. I've been slacking in the picture taking department, but am trying to do better. :)

Everything all set up

My mom decorated this. We ordered the cake decorations off of ebay and they didn't get there until the morning of the party.

I can't use a computer or figure one out apparently :)

Just so everyone knows the reason for the lack of posts: I forgot which email account I used to create this and I just figured out how to get the password sent to me yesterday. Apparently I lack computer skills. :) Anyway now that I remember my password/email combination I have a lot of stuff to post on here so there are going to be a lot of new pictures and little story things posted today and tomorrow.

This first new post has pictures from a trip Nick and I took to the Springfield zoo a couple of weeks before our last trip to Oklahoma (in March) and then a picture I took at Nick's birthday celebration. The reason there is only one picture from our trip: I thought that I had forgotten my camera- turns out I had put it in my backpack with my laptop and not in my purse where it usually is. We had a lot of fun visiting with family- we were able to watch a few minutes of Lilly's softball practice, Nick got to play with his cousins, I got to go out with Jenny and Andrea (which was awesome- thanks guys I love you), and the five cousins celebrated Nick's birthday with a McDonald's picnic in the living room floor- except for Q who ate baby food. So here are the pictures. Love you guys.

Looking at birds

Petting a frog sculpture.

Attacking the frog sculpture.

Looking at water.

Lilly, Nick, Claire, Isabelle. Claire is the only one who smiled, Nick is watching t.v.