Crawfish 2011

On May 21st, our family had birthday party for Josh and Luther/ Family reunion for the Beard's.

We counted about 77 people came. And we had a quest list of 100, so not a bad turn out.

For some reason the pictures aren't in order.

We're the 3 best friends that anyone could have...

A couple of weeks ago I watched Lindsay, Gabriel and Himani. It was a lot of fun! They all play great together.
It was different seeing Himani actually play with kids. It has always just been me and her. It was so cute.
Last time I went over to the twins, Lindsay wanted to make ice cream sundaes, they had everything but the ice cream, so I stopped at Sheridan's and picked up 4 kid size sundaes for us, for after dinner.

I brought my nice camera to get good pictures. We played in the back yard for a long time. They decided to make me the bottom of a dog pile for about 20 minutes. Then I gave everyone a piggy back ride, i got my work out for the day. We ran inside so I could fix everyone some dinner. They played on the screened in patio. Lindsay and Himani made one of the chairs "Stephy's chair" And put all the pillows and blanket all on it. They didn't like it so much when Gabriel wanted to sit on it. After dinner Gabriel said his stomach hurt. I asked if it was a throw up hurt or a full from eating so much dinner hurt. He said both. So I said ok lets lay on the couch watch some TV and let our belly's settle before our dessert. Himani said her belly hurt too. I had a feeling she said this because she wanted to watch some TV too.

When it was time for ice cream, Gabriel still said he didn't feel good and didnt want his. He asked if he could take his bath and go to bed, he didn't have a good day at school. Eventually he did. Then they played tag and finally bath time. The twins wanted to sleep in their sleeping bags, and Himani was wondering where she would be sleeping. They were ready for a slumber party.

Meeting Eliana

It took me over a month to meet little Eliana. = ( Our schedules just didn't work out for a long time, with my constant studying and them always having family over. I never knew Himani that young, but I could see a big resemblance between the two.

I forgot my camera, but Ryan took some and sent them to me. It took her awhile to not cry while I was holding her. But she was locked on to my face after she ate and was happier. I made her a baby blanket, and they used it right away. I will upload a picture of it when I find it.

I am so excited to get to know her and can spoil her like I do with Himani. I got them both, big/little sister clothes. Himani was more into the puzzle magazines I get in the mail for her that I had a lot saved up for her. Josh and her did some of the puzzles while I held Eliana.