Haley's Endless 30th Birthday Party!

So, Haley turned the big 3-0 this year and we had a blast celebrating. I swear it was the longest celebration of a birthday party there ever was! It was really great, though, because Erin and Daniel and Claire got to come for the party. The weekend of her actual birthday we had a party at our house to celebrate. We were planning on swimming and hanging out. We had decorated the entire back yard and we had paper lanterns hung over the tables where we were going to eat. Then, about thirty minutes before the party was supposed to start, a torrential downpour commenced! We ran outside and started pulling all of the tables, tablecloths, table decorations, chairs, and gifts onto the porch and out of the rain. We even had to grab the lanterns off of the fishing wire that we hung them from because they were paper! Needless to say, it was not the best thing that could have happened. We hung out on the porch for awhile (all of us, guests and all), and listened to songs from Haley's life. Clinton made a mixed CD with songs that were number one on Billboard's list on every birthday that Haley has ever had. It was a pretty random mix of music but it was really entertaining. We had some Stevie Wonder, Mariah Carey, Paul McCartney, Maroon 5, Donna Summer, and many more. It was fun. Claire did a really funny dance to "Livin' La Vida Loca" and we couldn't stop laughing. About 30 minutes after the party started, we were able to put everything back out in the yard and start cooking. We made fajitas and appetizers. We also made Mai Tais, which are Haley's favorite drink, and ate pickles and sunflower seeds which are also two of her favorite things in the world. My mom made huge fans for everyone, since it was so hot, with pictures of Haley throughout her life. Some people swam, and Clinton and Jason did diving tricks off of the fountain. Tanner did not like seeing Clinton do this and she kept saying, "Daddy, no!". I'm sure it looked very strange to her to see her daddy flipping in mid-air! We watched a slideshow that makes me cry every time I see it and Clinton made Haley sit in a chair all by herself in front of the TV for the viewing. It was the "birthday chair". We had a great time, but the party didn't stop there! The next day, we went to New Braunfels to hang out with Haley, Jason, Sofi, Erin, Daniel, and Claire. The girls played in the back yard and splashed around in a bowl of water. On Memorial Day, we went out for lunch and then to the park to feed the ducks. Tanner still hasn't really gotten over her duck phobia so it takes her awhile before she will let us put her down every time we go. We had so much fun with everyone that weekend!

The next weekend, Jason had a surprise in store for Haley. He had rented a beach house on the coast in Port Aransas for everyone to stay and keep celebrating Haley's birthday (minus Erin and Daniel because they had to go home). We cooked shrimp and ate cake one night, and we hung out at the beach a lot. My mom decorated the cake table with the bedding from Haley's nursery. My Aunt Linda brought hats for everyone to wear and we had a great time deciding which ones we wanted. It was so much fun and we can't wait to go to the coast again! So, in short (not!), Haley had a great month-long birthday!

A face-off in the park

Let's go, Aunt Linda!

Hanging out in the back yard

Just chewin' on a block
Haley and the girls at Haley and Jason's house. Tanner got her shirt messy so it was being washed
Fallon, Brandon, and Logan
Erin and Fallon
Silly girl!
Erin and the birthday girl
Fallon and Claire

Haley and Sofi at the park the day after the party.

Not exactly the happiest face I've ever seen her make!

Tanner was sooooo scared of the ducks! She would NOT let me put her down!
She warmed up to them after awhile.

The gang at the park

Tanner in Aunt Linda's hat


Just swimming in my clothes...

More swimming in my clothes

Erin and Daniel
Mom and Tanner watching the pool acrobatics!
Claire
Showing off =)
They jumped right in with a running start. Notice Clinton's hat in the air..
G-Paw and Sofi. She had just woken up and my dad went in there and she was in the pack 'n play just waiting for someone to come and get her. So cute!
Watching the slideshow. Haley's in the birthday chair!
The birthday girl
Aunt Linda in Paxton's hat
Paxton in Aunt Linda's hat

Random Pictures

Tanner loves to get in the pantry. We say, "where did Tanner go" and she will jump out and giggle.
Jaxson LOVES Tanner! He chases her around and pulls up on her to give her giant open-mouthed kisses and she hates it! It is really funny to watch!

She got so dirty playing outside that Clinton hosed her off before they came inside. She was gaving a blast stomping in the water.

Swimming!

It has been so hot here lately and we have been LOVING the pool! we hve been swimming so much lately and Tanner has had a blast!

Just lounging. Tanner wore that hat outside all on her own.


Getting ready to go swimming. A true diva always wears heels, right?
Kick, kick!


Earlier that day we had gone to "Kid Fest" at the Pleasanton park and Tanner got her face painted for the first time.

Will we ever sleep again?

As some of you know, we have been having some issues with sleep in our house over the past two months. That is, Tanner doesn't want to do it! Ever since she crawled out of her crib, she has been extremely hard to get to sleep and she doesn't stay asleep all night like she used to. She can open doors now, too, so guess where she comes every night......our room! We have put her back in her bed over and over and over and over and over again. Have I stressed the over and over part enough? She still won't stay there all night. She is just such a restless sleeper. She moves so much in her sleep. We found her half in and half out of her bed one night still asleep. She has also fallen asleep in the hallway after getting out of bed. One night, I heard her on the monitor screaming "Mama!!!". I ran in there to find her doubled over and stuck underneath her toddler bed. As you can see from the pictures, there is hardly any room under that bed. I have no idea why or how she got under there! We thought our problems would be solved once we got her a "big girl bed" but we were wrong! Randy and Cindy gave us a full size bed for her room. It is up against the wall with a bed rail on one side so she won't fall out and she STILL wakes up in the middle of the night and climbs out! The good news is we are starting to get used to functioning with no sleep again. Hopefully this is a phase and it will pass soon!

One night, she had gotten out of bed and decided to play in her room. We heard her and went to check on her and she had put some shoes on!
This is what she looked like after we decided to check on her
This is Tanner asleep in the hallway after crawling out of bed.

Half in, half out... Notice the lack of room under the bed. Can you imagine that she actually found a way to get herself stuck under there? Crazy kid! =)