Landon's 7th Birthday Take 1

If you've read my blogs in the past or just know me well you might already know I love my kids' birthdays.  I love celebrating and making them feel special and therefor I tend to drag them out a little.  Part of this is because of all the clubs I'm signed up for which gives us coupons around their birthdays for free things.

One tradition every year is Build a bear.  I don't remember how long we've been doing this one but I believe it has been since Landon was three.  This year Landon got a dachshund.  At Isaac's suggestion Landon got a hot dog costume for his new puppy that he named "Ketchup".

 Once build a bear was over he got to try one of the new icecream sandwiches from Coldstone.

 I've been feeling lazy this year (perhaps bed rest has something to do with it).  But I didn't make Landon's church cupcakes this year.  Instead he got store bought ones to take to his Sunday school class.  They were complete with basketballs on top, which is his favorite sport.

 Keeping up with the theme of not doing much this year I also ordered him his cake for his party and we are having his birthday party at an arcade to help minimize mess plus it's what he asked for.  The party takes place tomorrow and should be a lot of fun.

Inara loves her Daddy's hats.

Brotherly Bond.

Miss Ballerina.

Another Lego Fortress.

 A Girl Has To Accessorize.

Wagon Time!

 

Sleepy Girl

Got to Clean Up.

Grow Baby Grow!

Now for the regular update.  I had an ultrasound on Thursday and I could tell when the tech was measuring that baby girl's tummy was still very small.  I asked the tech what percentile it was in and she said the tenth.  This concerned me because the last few weeks she'd been in the 20th and before that she'd been in the 40th.  She now weighs 2lb 3 oz.  The tech told me not to worry about it but I was concerned.

The doctor brought the ultrasound up right away.  She told me they were concerned because baby's belly was not really growing and had significantly dropped percentiles.  She said we are basically going to take things week by week now.  If baby starts to show signs of stress or continues to have slowed growth she will be delivered.  

 I'm 28 weeks today which I am very glad about since baby now has a 95 percent plus survival rate if she was born now.  For now I'm trying to stay positive and take it easy like the doctor said to.  

 In kid news Ronan's face has pretty much healed.  He still has a lingering red spot and I'm hoping it hasn't scarred.

I think that's basically it for now so I'll just do a picture update now.

A girls only play fort.

Inara learned the annoying habit of making milk bubbles.

Lego Robot, extra tall.

Dr. Suess Contest

Every year at one of our local malls they have a Dr. Seuss birthday event.  There are games, cookies, free books and more.  One thing they also do is have a contest and after years of just attending the event the kids asked me if they could enter.  The requirement was you had to dress up like a Dr. Seuss character.

I wondered how I was going come up with three Dr. Seuss costumes in a week.  The boys decided to be thing one and thing two.  Jadzia wanted to be the cat in the hat.  I found the basics for her costume at a party store.  But I knew I'd have to add a bit more to make her stand out.  So I got face paint and gave her a black nose and whiskers.  I also got her a tail.  She was adorable.

For the boys I found temporary hair dye for kids (It washes our with the first rinse).  I also made them thing one and thing two symbols for their red shirts and got them red pants.  I was hoping it would be good enough since it was so last minute and I tried my best to be creative for them.

I got to go because my doctor said I could go to some events if I took it easy and they weren't too frequent or long.The kids enjoyed the event getting cookies and playing the games.  There were reptiles to look at and get close to  The boys found the snakes much more fascinating than Jadzia did.

 

 We signed up for the contest.  Landon was contestant #1, Xander #3 and Jadzia #2.  12 contestants total. Jadzia was a star and she waved and smiled like a little princess.  Time came to vote and for the audience to decide. 

  Lots of people screamed for the boys.  Complete strangers were voting for them.  Then they got to Jadzia and the crowd went crazy.  People were whispering how cute she was.  This is why I was surprised when they pulled the boys forward and another little girl but left Jadzia behind.

When Jadzia was left behind her face dropped a little.  She was being a good sport but you could tell she was a little disappointed.  In my hormonal state I almost started to cry but I held it in.  Then this lady started yelling "Hey #2 had the most votes!".  I had never seen this woman before in my life and she was right.  Jadzia should have won based on audience voting.  The lady yelled it three times. I'm not sure if it was that woman's insistence or the judges just deciding but at the last minute they pulled Jadzia forward and my three kids and the other cute little girl were the winners.

They got to pick out a stuffed animal.  The boys both picked loraxes and Jadzia picked a duck. I have more to post but I think I'll leave this one post and post the rest in another entry.