The Party of the Year

I'm finally posting Liam's birthday party pics!!!

(It was really his due date party since it was held 11 days before his actual birthday)

I had a loose cowboy theme going. When I say loose, these were my only decorations:

Liam's footwear,

Liam's leisure suit,

these two cowboy hats,

and Woody.

That's it!

Singing "Happy Birthday" to the honoree:

Time to eat!

"Ugh...maybe that was a bad idea..."

Cleaning up the chocolatey goodness:

Opening gifts:

I got him a trailer to pull behind my bike. As of this post, it is still in the box. I'll let yall know how it goes whenever it goes...

Party People:

Sarah Grace and Margaret.

Henry.

Tom, Harv, and Margaret again.

Old friends: Leslie, Sandra, and Janet.

Liam with cousins Henry and Madeline. (I LOVE that Maddie has her foam sword sheathed in her shorts!!!)

Two Margarets.

Liam with Mimi and SG.

And with Hannah and Dominick.

Now, the highlight of my day was Liam's foray into the water fountain. He had no fear!

So much fun!!! What an awesome one year old!

Liam's First Pool

...it might have been Sarah Grace's first pool, too?

Anywho, here are the babies:

I'm so excited for the friends they will be!!!

SG had a better attitude than Liam. Liam was doing that "I have nothing to say about this" thing.

Mimi teaching Madeline to swim. She's really starting to get the hang of it!

Getting lined up...

..and CHEESE!

(Why I didn't wear my contacts is beyond me.)

Mothers Day at Superior Bar & Grill

We seem to do a lot of celebrating at Superior.

Mothers and their children:

Me and Liam, of course.

Elizabeth and Sarah Grace.

Bekah and Margaret.

Mom and Bekah.

Once again, it was group photo madness:

There's lots to love about this pic: Tom convincing Henry to play nice, Madeline's sweet smile, Mom's fingers interlaced with SG's, and Liam and Harvey sharing the same expression!

Then SG attacked Liam!

This is probably the best one I got. Ahh, family!

Sarah Grace's First Birthday

So, continuing to catch up...Sarah Grace (my sister Elizabeth's youngest--soon to be middle--child) turned ONE!!!! That was a few months ago now, but it is still worth posting for posterity.

I, unfortunately didn't get an "after" pic, but--regardless of what her skeptical face says--SG loved her cake to death! Literally!

Cousins to date. I don't know how Rebekah manages to get great pics of all the Louis cousins, but these kids are loathe to coorperate!

Cousins with Grandmother Lagersen. Another difficult photo op...

Liam playing patty-cake with his great-grandmother/roommate.

SciPort with the Farrells & Wigginses

SciPort is such a great resource on a hot Louisiana day!

Didn't you know that Liam has been to the moon?

Take off with Maddie Mooooo!

Splashed by Sanders...


Pass it on to Sarah Grace...

And make her cry! Girls are delicate, Liam.

Madeline with her balloon something-or-other.

So glad the Farrells have a membership that gets us in free! We'll be taking advantage of that for quite some time!

Easter

We actually dressed up for (and attended church for) Easter a week late since the fam was out of town on Easter. These are the obligatory Barnwell photos. Liam is looking precious, but he wasn't too thrilled about it!