Happy 3rd Birthday Alexandra!!!

Happy Birthday to our beautiful little girl, Alex. We love you so much and are having so much fun watching you grow and develop your personality. We had a couple of parties for Miss Alex this year. Grandma and Grandpa Henry had to get on the road to AZ for my sister Melanie's 2nd wedding reception, so we opted to have a party with them at Chuck-E-Cheese the day before her birthday. (Unfortunately, Daddy and Johnny stayed home because Johnny had thrown up the night before and didn't feel well.)

Grandma and Grandpa Henry with Alex

Aunt Meagan, Alex & Aunt Jeri

Alex likes to give me a crown to wear. And when she does I am Majesty Mommy.

If you pay for this ride it will take a picture of you sitting with Mr. Cheese and spit it out at the end. We opted to pay for the activities that would produce tickets and took a pic with our own camera.

I was surprised to find that they do have games for a 3 year old to play. She loved the popcorn game where all she did was move a lever back and forth to catch the "popcorn" popping out of the popper. She earned quite a few tickets playing that one.

Enjoying her pink cupcake.

Chuck-E-Cheese came to say hi to the kids and then threw a stack of tickets for them to run around and grab. At the end of the afternoon, she had earned enough tickets for a necklace and a slinky (both pink).

(Aunt Tammy & Cousin Grace, Grandma Nan, Alex & Jenny)

The next day we had dinner and gifts at our house with the Thorups.

Our Christmas Festivities

Christmas Eve

Jamie reading to the kids during our Henry Family Christmas Eve Party.

Jennifer, Meagan, Baby Emily, Jason & Susan

Trent, Stephanie & Dennis

Jeri, Grandma and Grandpa Henry

We decided to surprise my parents this year by all going in on a gift. We told them to go outside and find it and here are their expressions when they saw their new...

Porch Swing!!!! Ok, the funny thing was that this thing was parked in their driveway when we all returned home from having our annual Christmas Eve lunch at the Olive Garden, but they were oblivious when they drove in. Somehow, neither of them noticed?????

Santa made an appearance at the Thorup Family Christmas Eve party.

Johnny and cousin Grace at our family Christmas Eve party.

Here the kids are with Great Grandma Glad as they show us the new jammies they got on Christmas Eve.

After Santa had come, and before the sun came up Christmas Morning, this is the sight found in our living room.

Christmas Morning

Santa brought the kids an enclosed indoor trampoline. It was so fun to see them shut themselves up in there and bounce around falling on top of each other.

While opening gifts, if the kids got a book, we'd have to stop and read it before continuing. Yay! They liked them. This is Johnny's new book all about TRUCKS!

Alex insisted on opening everyone's gifts.

Here is Princess Aurora all dressed up with her new dress and jewelry. And of course, the dolly that Santa brought her who she named Chloe.

Johnny was soooo excited about his new firetruck from his grandparents. Alex wouldn't even let him sit in it at first. She had to. He was just crying and lunging for it because he wanted it. Finally we convinced his sister to let him have a turn.