Anna Caitlin and Drew's Birthday Party

We celebrated Anna Caitlin and Drew's birthdays with one big party at Bounce U. They both invited all of their friends from church, Ms. Carol's house, Pre-K, and all of their cousins, and it was a great turn out!! Both kiddos had so much fun on the slides, Spider Mountain, and jumpies!! Anna Caitlin even made it to the very top of Spider Mountain. We celebrated blowing out the candles with Tinkerbell for Anna Caitlin and Toy Story for Drew. They both got tons of toys...it was like Christmas!! Anna Caitlin loved her High School Musical stuff, Littlest Pet Shop, Easy Bake Oven, and art stuff. Drewsey's very favorite gift was his Big Buzz Lightyear. Thanks Mama Judi and Papa Johnny!!

Birthday Fun at American Girl

Anna Caitlin is having to patiently await her birthday party on March 21, so in the meantime, we wanted to do something fun on her birthday weekend. We took a trip to American Girl for some shopping and dinner. Anna Caitlin was so excited that she ran straight to the store. We told her we would give her her birthday money and she could pick out her own presents. That was very exciting for a five year old little girl!! Every time she saw a new outfit or accessory, she would pick it up and say "I want this one...can I have this one?" We had to keep her reigned in to our price range. She finally decided on having Samantha's ears pierced, a cheerleading outfit for Samantha, and two pair of matching pj's; one for Samantha, one for Anna Caitlin.

Afterward, we had dinner at the American Girl Bistro. We made the reservations about a month out. They were already completely booked for lunch, so we did dinner instead. Anna Caitlin had a great time with her doll sitting next to her. And the food was pretty good too. Jonathan is so glad that I am getting Anna Caitlin in the tradition of celebrating her "birth month" as we like to call January for my birthday!!

Anna Caitlin Turns Five!!

Anna Caitlin is FIVE years old!! I cannot believe that my baby is out of the toddler stage and is now a little girl!! This is our first milestone birthday since she turned one, and I am sad she is growing up so quickly. But I am very blessed to have the sweetest natured, most sensitive, loving, affectionate little girl in the whole world.

We are having her and Drew a combined birthday party in a couple of weeks, since the baby is due so soon. So, for her birthday, we decided to have a sleepover with a couple of her friends. Anna Caitlin had a great time. We went to McDonald's and Maggie Moos, and then home for the rest of the evening. The makeovers and fashion show were a hit. What little girl does not love to dress up and put makeup on?? Although Drew wanted to put the makeup on too!! Next on to making jewelry, dancing, and High School Musical 3. Anna Caitlin, Ansley, and Taylor had a great time and played so well together. I have a feeling it will be the first of many sleepover parties!!

A Holiday Tradition

Christmas is my very favorite time of the year. I love everything about it. Celebrating Jesus' birth, decorating, shopping, and all of the Christmas parties and activities. We took our annual family outing to see Santa at Phipps. On a very positive note, it was the first time in THREE years that I have a picture of just Santa and the kids without Mommy in Santa's lap too!! And NO TEARS!! This was a very big year for our family!! I thought we better enjoy it. Baby Joshua will probably be crying in the picture next year!!

After Santa, we always take a trip over to ride The Pink Pig. The kids loved it, even though we waited in line outside for 45 mintues. When we got off, Drew started crying to ride the "pink train" again. We told him he would have to wait until next year. And then, what kind of tradition would it be unless followed by a trip to The Varsity for dinner??!!

Anna Caitlin's Thanksgiving Feast

Anna Caitlin's preschool class had their Thanksgiving Feast on Friday. All of the little girls in her class dressed up as Indians. They were SO cute!! Anna Caitlin introduced us to the little boy sitting next to her. "Mommy, this is Jared, my boyfriend." Not sure we are ready for that yet!! But we sure do hear alot about all of the boys in her class. We hope this is not a sign of things to come!!

And the boys tip the scales in their favor...

Well, it is official. The girls are now outnumbered in the Hayworth house. We went to the doctor this morning and found out we are having another baby boy. We are very excited about our sweet new baby. We took Anna Caitlin to the doctor with us this morning for the ultrasound. When the doctor told us it was a boy, she asked "How can they tell it is a boy?" I passed that one on to her daddy, who told her "He has a hat on instead of a bow!!" I hope this one is a little bit calmer than Drew. I don't know what we will do with two little Drews running around!!

Halloween

Halloween was so much fun this year. Mama Judi took both kiddos to pick out their own Halloween costumes. For months, Drew had been telling us "I be a big black monster, rarh!!" So, we get to the store, and they do not have any big black monsters. What else would he pick out but the Incredible Hulk. We talked him into being something a little "friendlier" since I know that we will have many Halloweens to come when we do not have as much say. Drew was Woody from Toy Story. He ran around saying "I a cowboy, yee-haw!!!" So cute.

This is the first year that Anna Caitlin has strayed away from being a princess. Well, she did not stray too far. It came down to Barbie or Tinkerbell, and she decided to go with Tinkerbell. Her Grammie made her adoption doll, Allie Kate, her own Halloween costume so she could go trick or treating with us. Thanks Grammie!!

We went trick or treating for a little while around the neighborhood. Last year, Drew thought he had to trade candy at each door, so they would give him a new piece of candy and he would take one out of his own bag and put it back in their candy dish. This year, he got the concept alot more. The more candy, the better!! After trick or treating, we went to the Fall Festival at church where they both had a great time on the hay ride and jumping/sliding!!