A Whole Bunch of Birthday Fun

Well, it has been an eventful last week or so with three birthday parties for Madolyn and a trip to Sacramento. Lots of Thanks to our wonderful family who wanted to celebrate Madolyn's birthday; because they were in different places and couldn't be at our house on her real birthday they threw us two parties and then we threw one at home. Here are a whole bunch of pictures from everything except for Madolyn's birthday at Aunt Kristin's house which we will have to get from her later.

The Cake

At Madolyn's last birthday party(the one on her birthday), we decided to undress her down to her diaper and let her have at her birthday cake. Well we were expecting her to attack and demolish the cake but we were a little surprised. We set the cake between her legs and instead she just starred at the cake. Jordan put her little hands in it and she started to shake and fuss trying to get it off her fingers. Then in the middle of all that her foot accidentally touched the cake and that was it. She pulled her leg back and started fussing and shaking as if she was terrified of the cake. As sad as she looked we couldn't help but laugh because it was soooo funny to watch. Poor little thing, we washed her down and she wouldn't have another thing to do with that cake. Fun fun.

Birthday in Sacramento, California

Another surprise that we got while in Sacramento was a birthday party for Madolyn. It was complete with decorations, cake and presents. While we were out my grandparents decorated their living room with balloons and ribbons. We went out for dinner with my uncles, aunts, cousins and grandparents and then came home and had a birthday party for Madolyn. It was so nice of everyone to do that for her, we have such great family. Here are some pics from our stay at my grandparents and the birthday party.

Friends in Sac Town

While we were in Sacramento we spent some time with friends Brittany and Rachel. We had fun visiting the LDS Sacramento Temple and Old Sacramento. Jordan even found some time to chase geese and wild turkeys. It was actually really funny to watch a grown man run through a park with a baby in a stroller who was kicking and giggling attempting to catch the wild birds. Brittany and I were laughing so hard. Brittany filmed it on her camera but for whatever reason I can't get it to post on our blog so this blurry pic will have to do.

Family in Sacramento

Last weekend Jordan, Madolyn and I flew to Sacramento to visit family and friends. For those who didn't know already, I was born in Sacramento and lived there until I was ten. My grandparents and a lot of my other family still live there. This was Jordan's first visit to Sacramento so we had a really nice time visiting family he had never met along with my old neighborhoods and schools.

While in Sacramento Great Aunt Joyce (Who is really like my grandma) came to visit us over at Grandpa and Grandma Yee's house. Madolyn is named after Aunt Joyce whose first name is actually Madolyn. The neat thing is that we had decided on Madolyn for our baby's name awhile before she was born and then she came two weeks early and was born on Aunt Joyce's birthday. So our Madolyn has the same birthday as her namesake. It was really good to see her while we were there. She came to visit us last summer when Madolyn was five months old. So this is the second time the Madolyns have been together:)

We ended up getting to see Auntie Edie and Virginia (they are really my great aunts because they are my Grandma Yee's sisters). They had never met Jordan or Madolyn and they were pleasantly surprised to see us when we showed up. It has probably been over five years since I have seen them and they seemed exactly the same.

Her Birthday Party on her Birthday- March 24th

Here are some pictures of her birthday party at home. Grandma and Grandpa Peterson, Aunt Cami and "Uncle" Layten came to party with us. We barbecued and opened gifts. Grandma and Grandpa Yee and Uncle Mason sent Madolyn some blocks and a Winnie the Pooh Ball which she loved as well.

It's the Birthday Girl! March 24th

I can't believe a whole year has passed. We celebrated Madolyn's first birthday on March 24th, well actually she had two birthday partys before her actual birthday so a total of three celebrations. What a silly bug, you know how little ones are, they have more fun with the wrapping paper, decorations, etc. than the actual gifts. These pictures were taken the morning of her birthday when I could actually get her to keep the headband in her hair. Lately she will pull headbands, bows and anything else out of her hair as soon as I put them there. So needless to say most of the time she doesn't wear anything in her hair or on her head.