Avery's Birthday, round 2...3 and 4!!

Today was Avery's birthday party. After a busy day of Storytime Live, visiting with our out of town relatives the Castora's, and then off to Avery's party, it was amazing the boys were still in good moods! As soon as we got there, Eli and Avery didn't waste one second before playing!

Miles had some fun with Tata (although he didn't want his picture taken!)
Happy Birthday round 2!
(Round 1 was on her actual birthday!)

One of Avery's cousins, Quinn, was in the potty and missed it, so we had to sing again. As you can see, this didn't bother Avery one bit!

Round 3!

(Grandpa Kahl missed it this time!)

Eli was beginning to wonder what the heck was going on!

And finally, round 4...Joe, Dina, Mera, and Bella arrived and needed to sing too!

After being very patient, Eli finally got some cake!

Hope you enjoyed your party Avery!!

Happy 1st Birthday Hayden!!

Today we celebrated our nephew Hayden's 1st Birthday!! How quickly he has grown. Happy Birthday little man, we love you!!

The handsome birthday boy!

The Kahl Family

Miles enjoying his time with Tata

Eli and Avery giving hugs

Eli's entertainment...waiting for the cats to come through the door!

Happy Birthday Hayden, we love you!!

Happy Birthday Tata! (Round 2)

We went to Cheesecake Factory tonight with Diane, Joe, Avery, Hayden, and of course the birthday girl Hiyam! We had a great dinner, and the kids did very well, especially considering we took our sweet time!

Eli chillin' in the car on the way there!

Eli and Avery...Eli was too distracted by food to look at the camera!

Nothing like a bowl of ranch dressing!
The Kahl's!

Our happy family!

And of course, Happy Birthday Tata! We all love you and appreciate all you do for us!

Oh...and that photo shoot that was so crazy, was well worth it! Hiyam loved it, along with the framed poem and each of the kids hand/footprints. We'd do it again in a heartbeat...we'd just have to find a different studio to do it in! ;)

Happy Birthday Tata! (Round 1)

Uncle Hani had a cookout to celebrate Hiyam's birthday. It was great to hang out with the family all night! We had way too much food as usual, so we sure didn't leave hungry! Everyone was playing Wii, and Eli had fun going through all of Aunt Shirley's kitchen drawers.

Eli running with one of his many kitchen finds of the night!

Miles and Daddy

My sweet sleepy boy! He wasn't in the partying mood!

Helping Tata blow out her candles!

Happy Birthday Tata!!

Whose bright idea was that?

Tata's birthday was nearing, so Diane and I decided it would be a great time to get all the kids together for a picture. We knew this would be one present she couldn't yell at us for getting! Just to give you an idea of what we were working with, here are the ages of the participants: Avery, 2.5; Eli, 22 months; Hayden 9.5 months; Miles 2 months. I think we officially made two girls at Portrait Innovations quit after our session! While yelling the ABC's, chasing at least one child at all times, trying to capture some smiles, and to keep Avery's pink crocs off...this is what we came up with:

Now this isn't what Tata got framed, but it was one of the many funny candid shots we did get. Diane and I were in hysterics going through these photos. As you can see, Eli can't take it anymore, Avery is giving the evil eye, Hayden is clearly confused, and Miles is ignoring us all because he thinks we're nuts!

Here is what we did get framed: They are all looking in different directions, but at least they all have a smile on their face...except Miles, as he was done with this photo shoot before it even began! Oh, and the pink crocs and pearls were not being taken away from Avery! She decided if she had to be the only girl in the photo, she was gonna live it up!

On a side note, I think we are banned from that studio, lol! While we were picking out our pictures, as I mentioned, Diane and I were in tears we were laughing so hard, Nader had to leave with Eli who was throwing a major tantrum, and Avery decided that she wanted her picture taken in all the other setups. (This being after she hid from the camera most of our shoot) I'm sure we were entertainment for many that day! Even through the craziness, we still had fun, and we'll look back at this time and laugh for many, MANY years to come!