The 1st Birthday Baa-aash!!

So the big day was a couple of weeks ago, but I couldn't go without posting pics of that special day. To us it was more than just a birthday party for Sloan, Rocco, Madden & Jagger, it was a special celebration of their first year of life. Life...because in the beginning, we were told that the chances of coming home with all four babies were not great...and coming home with four healthy babies, well even worse. We know that our God is bigger than statistics. And yes, He could have chosen to take one, two or all of our children and we would have accepted that it was part of His plan. But He didn't. He gave us four healthy babies. We want to praise Him everyday, especially this day, and give Him all the glory.

The invitation

The memorabilia table

The food table

The birthday boys' and girl's special seats

The awesome cake
(made with love by G.G.)

the party hat smash cakes

Party favors: "Thank ewe for coming!" lamb cupcakes

The party was great. We were surrounded by lots of friends and family which is exactly how we wanted to celebrate the day. Unfortunately, I think our little ones were a little unsure of all the buzz or it could have been their change in schedule, but we didn't capture too many of those million dollar smiles we see so often everyday. All four babies were very cautious when digging into their cakes which was a little surprising to me. I was expecting them to dive right in judging they way they reach for and grab at their food at home. It took a little while, but they eventually got comfortable as you will see in the pics.

One guest of honor, Madden with Grandaddy

Daddy with birthday boy, Jagger

The princess mingling...thrilled, huh?

Family Pic
(Jagger, Sloan, Madden, and Rocco)

There's a smile!

The boys with their cute hats...we were trying to get Missy Ma'am to wear hers. She wasn't having it!

This was when we were singing Happy Birthday to Jagger (yes, we sang it four times)...the look he was giving everyone was priceless!

Madden: "Are you serious?"

Jagger liked it...and yes, that is only green icing in his nose!

That's the way Sloanie. Oh and of course, she had to have a wardrobe change to eat cake!

Roc: "Yummmmm...."

Momma and cake monster, Rocco

And Look who dropped by?!? The Tubre quads and their parents, Jac and Torey. Thanks for coming guys!

Now that's alot of babies!
(Nick with Madden & Jagger, Torey with Tyger and Cullen, Jac with Emma and Abby, Me with Sloan and Rocco)

A collage of other special guests

And once the big "kids" cleared off the jump-jump, we let the babies have a turn.

Nate (our nephew), Nick and Alicia

"Yeah, so what's the big deal?"

Thanks to everyone who came and celebrated with us. Special thanks to our friend and photographer, Chad Keith, for taking these priceless pictures for us. To G.G., thanks for all of your hard work with the party....thanks for helping to make the day super special for us! We love you.

Love,
Kami

Happy 1 Year!

Wow. One year ago today....such a wonderful day that changed our lives forever. For the first time, we met four little people that we love so much and now can't even imagine our lives without them. We have been so blessed. Soon (I promise), we will post pics from our 1st birthday celebration, but today I will leave you with these.

Sloan Olivia
February 12, 2009

Sloan Olivia
February 12, 2010

Rocco Dean
February 12, 2009

Rocco Dean
February 12, 2010

Madden Jax
February 12, 2009

Madden Jax
February 12, 2010

Jagger Cole
February 12, 2009

Jagger Cole
February 12, 2010

Beautiful sweet babies.

Now...momma and daddy are off to celebrate tonight.

Have a safe weekend!
Love,
Kami

Can't Wait!

I've been quite the blogging bum lately, I know. But January for us has been full of sickies, new teeth, doctor appointments, sleepless nights, first birthday party planning, and I could go on and on. Tomorrow is finally the big birthday baa-aash! Their actual birthday is next Friday on the 12th, but we are celebrating tomorrow. As I sit here on their first birthday party eve, I can't help but get a little emotional thinking about the past year. I can remember when they were so tiny and still in the hospital all the "can't waits" we used to talk about. "I can't wait to hold my babies with no strings attached." (code for all the monitor wires, canulas, etc.) "I can't wait to bring them all home to Baton Rouge." "I can't wait til they start smiling and laughing." "I can't wait til they call me mama." "I can't wait til they lift their arms for me to pick them up." "I can't wait for their first birthday party!" Oh wow, we have come so far. And now that we are here, we have a whole new set of "can't waits." But really when it comes down to it, I can wait. I will wait. I want to wait.

Me (one year ago from today)

What a year.

Love,
Kami