Jan 22, 2006

Happy Birthday Anna!

Well, my baby turned 4 on Tuesday. She thinks that she is officially big now. She has actually slept in her bed by herself every night since her 4th birthday! Thank you Jesus!!!!!! We had her a family party last weekend back home, but today she had her first ever friend party. Being the last minute person that I am, we had to have her party at McDonald's. I could not find any other place that would let us have a party on such short notice, and I was not having it in my tiny apartment! Anyway, it turned out great. Counting Anna there were 11 kids. I was surprised to have such a good turn out. They played on the indoor playground, ate happy meals and cake, opened presents, and seemed to have a blast! For those of you who are not tired of seeing pics of Anna...here are some from both parties that she had. Hope you enjoy!:)


Here is Anna and a few of her cousins at her family party. Her strawberry cake was WONDERFUL!


In this pic I am the pony. Not sure if you can tell, but I have THREE little girls on my back! Or should I say BIG girls!


Anna and Mama....here we are today at McDonald's. The picture would probably be clear but my camera SUCKS! Sorry but it does! Anyone who has camera advice for me please feel free to share. I am looking to buy a new camera....and I want a GOOD one!








Can you tell she is worn out? She was mad because I would not let her take her presents out of their packages. She got lots of ponies (which are her favorite) and I made her eat cake before she could play with them. She quickly changed her tune when we started singing Happy Birthday!








Here is Anna and her friends from school. They seemed to have a great time.




HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANNA! Mama loves you bunches!!!!!






8 comments:

Ashley said...

Sarah!!

Those are the cutest pictures! You look great by the way, I like your hair....Anna may look more like Justin but I think we can tell where she gets that sassy attitude from! Just kidding. I absolutely loved the pouty-face pic of her.

McDonald's parties were always my favorite, so I think you made a good choice, even if it was last minute.

HipShooter said...

Can it really be four years since I've seen you-remember in Walmart in Ruston when Anna was tiny? That's sad; we should work on that!
She's precious, Sarah and you are a fantastic mom!

Shandra said...

Well, now I found you on Mrs. Elly's site b/c it won't work when I clicked on your name. So now I'm stalking you!! :)

Anna is SO cute! My favorite is the one where she is pouting b/c she couldn't open the ponies. That was SO me as a kid!! I can so relate!! Oh..and Mickey D's is the BEST place for a party!! Those are the only ones I remember!! I don't even think they had a play area when I was a kid. I know..I'm old!!

meredith said...

How fun! The pictures are great. I hope your back is alright. I am sure those kids weighed more than you. You are an awesome mom. We need to all have a reunion sometime. Why don't you come to DFW to visit? That would be so much fun.

Sarah said...

I would love to come visit!! I just don't know when I can. Maybe we can plan a visit sometime in Feb. I get out two days for Mardi Gras!

meredith said...

That would be great! We would love to see you! We will be here all month so let us know if you want to come visit.

Kristin & Bradley said...

Those are great pics of Anna and I can't believe she is 4! WOW!!! Thanks for giving me the scoop on downloading some pics, hopefully I can put some more on sometime soon. I hope this all can be our new way of keeping up with one another. Tell Anna happy late birthday and Justin hey. Hope school is going great for you, if your like me I can't wait for summer to get here. By the way (I'm sure you were and are the coolest mom at the party)

Sarah said...

I'm excited too to be able to read about old friends that I haven't seen or talked to in years!
Anna and Justin say hi! We really had a great time at both parties! She feels so special to be 4! Oh, not sure I was the coolest mom...just the youngest! LOL!