Lillian celebrated her 5th birthday March 23rd; we all enjoyed a wonderful morning opening presents eating breakfast and then loaded everyone up to head to South Carolina for Bill's brothers graduation from Army Boot. Lillian was a super big girl sharing her big day and loved getting to see her Uncle Brian and as well as Bill's parents. After our very short trip to SC this past Saturday Lillian chose to have her family birthday dinner at a local Japanese restaurant (the kids devoured Miso Soup, sushi and shrimp and rice) we then let her use her Target Birthday Gift Card and she picked out 2 adorable dresses, a Hello Kitty umbrella along with some coloring and painting supplies! She truly felt like a big girl. Then on Sunday she had her birthday party at our local Gymnastics place. She and her friends (and brother) had a wonderful time bouncing around! I am amazed at what a big girl she is already and as sad as it is that she is getting older, (wiser) and bigger, everyday I am so lucky to be able to watch her grow!

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Fun Times With the O'Connors

A few weeks ago our dear friends the O'Connors (sans Rory) came to visit while Bill was at Fort Bragg training. Lillian and William had a great time running around with Kathryn and Aubrey and I enjoyed catching up and have adult conversation with Lindsay!!

Happy 3rd Birthday William

Saturday was William's 3rd birthday! It is hard to believe it has been 3 years since he entered our lives! We had a wonderful day starting with blueberry pancakes and sausage for breakfast then onto opening presents! William loved opening all of them and especially loved is new super hero and batman underwear from Grandma and Grandpa O'Brien. He spent a good 15 minutes looking at each pair and naming all of the characters on them! We then told him there was one more gift from Bill and I outside; he was very surprised to see a brand new big boy bike! He has been riding ever since.

In the afternoon we ventured to Chuck-E-Cheese's for a birthday party for one of Lillian's classmates. Both kids loved running around like crazy and getting to play. William of course loved "having another birthday party" ;0) To end our day we took the kids to Texas Roadhouse for dinner where they can throw the peanut shells on the ground! We had a great day together as a family and making William's 3rd birthday special!

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