Andrew is 4!

Wow, time sure does fly! It seems like not long ago, we brought home our little Andrew from the hospital. I can't believe he's already 4, in school and so independent. Here is our little "Poodie" at 1 week old.
And here is my handsome little man on his birthday....
Andrew loves to swim and he wanted a swimming party, which actually works out perfectly since his birthday is in August and we live in Arizona. I foresee many swimming parties in his future! He had an AWESOME birthday. We were fortunate enough to be able to use Grampa and Grandma's timeshare and we rented a suite at a fancy resort in Scottsdale for an entire week! We only celebrated for the weekend though and had to give up the hotel at the Westin to it's rightful owners. :) So on Saturday night, we had all of Andrew's cousins and Aunts Hilorie and Heather come up for a slumber party!! We went to the big pool and swam, stayed up late, ate Chinese food, stuffed our faces with candy and popcorn, watched tv, went for a late night swim, and then everyone crashed including the adults.
The next morning we were up bright and early (thanks to our wake up call from Connor....he literally yelled, "Wake Up!!") We went down to the pool to reserve our cabana and set up for the party! The hotel kindly let us set up his Power Ranger birthday party in the owners lounge. This is the area that they have wine tastings, white linen couches, beautiful tile floors and art on the walls. Needless to say, we had 16+ children and 25 adults eating messy pizza and cake on the furniture. They were so nice though and really didn't mind. They even brought us extra plates and silverware.
Andrew was on top of the world that day. He is our middle child which is a really hard place to be in a family. We really try to spend extra time with each of our children as often as possible and they all enjoy it but I think Andrew really appreciates things like birthday parties the most. After cake, presents and pizza, we did some more swimming with our friends and family. Andrew's favorite was the water slide. He went down that thing at least 30 times that day. That's why he's wearing his life jacket. He can swim but I just didn't want to have to worry about my crazy water boy!
I really try hard to plan a special day for each of my kids' birthdays every year. This was one of the very best. I loved how each of the families were able to spend time together during the party, making memories! We had all of our best friends there with us and our family at a beautiful resort. It was so much fun and I want to thank everyone that came to celebrate our little Andrew!