You say it's your (half) birthday!

In honor of Charlie and Adella hitting 18 months, I wanted to share their 1st birthday pics that haven't yet made it to the blog.

I had so much fun planning this party.  I've always been a Beatles fan, and before I got pregnant I had seen a Beatles party thrown for twins and knew that if I had twins I had to do it!   I borrowed lots of ideas from around the internet, but also came up with some of my own.

First up the Sweets!

 Psychedelic Smash Cake!

And our food menu

I also had a lot of fun making a photo wall (and truth be told, this photo wall is STILL up 6 months later!)

This was one of my favorite parts, "I want to hold your hand".  I was so excited that we had these pics of both Charlie and Adella holding their Daddy's hand as tiny little babies!

I made these heart collages in Photoshop and printed poster size and blued onto foam board!  How's that for cheap huge artwork!

 We had lots of friends and family there to celebrate, but none our parents were unable to be with us physically, so they joined in on skype!

And unfortunately these two were not overly excited about their smash cakes.  They were slightly overwhelmed with all the people I think and didn't really get into it.   

 But we did get a few smiles afterwards!

Project Life Week 29

Sunday Fun Version 7.21.13

I always look forward to dressing these two up on Sundays!  Especially Adella.  I love that she gets so excited to put on pretty dresses!   I love watching her twirl around and play with all the layers!

 This is called, mom's got the camera, quick get her!

Phoenix ZOO!

I was finally able to get my hands on the coveted Culture Pass for the Zoo!  Last Saturday it was only going to be in the 90's and the zoo opens at 7:00 so we decided to give it a try!   It was a little hot at first, but then the sun went behind some clouds and made it actually pretty pleasant.

Checking out the lions - and maybe even growling at them a bit!

We were really grateful that a lot of the animals could be seen from the stroller. 

 Cause once this one was out she did NOT want to get back in!

We decided to check out the petting zoo even though we were getting warm and the kids were restless.  So glad we did!  Charlie actually loved petting and getting up close with the goats, Adella was not so excited about it.

Adella was much more happy at the playground!