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I know, I know, I am so behind on blog posts! I haven't posted pictures from Mother's Day/Chase's birthday, Brice's 1st birthday, 1st and 3rd birthday updates for the boys, or Chase's Little Stars graduation, let alone the beginnings of summer.

There's no real excuse for the lack of posts except for life- work (a real time suck), busy evenings, and busy weekends. Everything is going well and we are all happy and healthy, so that's all that matters. The posts will come...

Mother's Day and Chase's Birthday

How lucky was I to celebrate Mother's Day on the anniversary of the day I actually became a mother- Chase's Birthday! All I asked for was to sleep in as late as I wanted and to not have to wipe any bums on Mother's Day...and both of my wishes came true! I slept until 10am and Stephen handled all of the dirty bums.

We went to the park, got some cupcakes, and attempted to take lots of pictures.

For dinner we obviously went out for Chase's favorite meal-- SUSHI! Brice even loved some California rolls. Our little sushi baby!

The Greatest Show on Earth: Chase and Brice's Birthday Party

In addition to having built-in best friends, another benefit of having two little boys only 2 years and 5 days apart is the joint birthday party. This year, despite having  the party at the choo-choo park, the theme was "circus" because how else do you sum up the first year with two kids?

Nonnie and Pop and Grammy and Grampy came to help us out with the party and enjoy the fun. So in addition to the party, the boys were so excited to spend time wiht their grandparents.

Enough words, here are the pictures!

Nica the Clown did a magic show. She recruited some volunteers to assist her.

Mr. Chris helps out

Delaney helps out with a trick

Aidan helps with a trick


After the magic show, everyone went on a ride on the choo-choo around the park.

When the train returned, it was time for pizza and cupcakes!

Bricey wasn't too sure what to make of his first birthday cupcake...or the candle!

After cupcakes, some of the kiddos went outside to play king of the stump.

Because we only had the room for two hours, it was a whirlwind! But there was a lot of smiles and everyone had fun. And it was definitely a memorable party! Happy Birthday, boys!