Happy Birthday Sully!

Can you believe it...Sully is 3!  He actually turned 3 last week, but I have been really busy so I am just now getting around to a blog posting.  It has been awhile since my last posting, so let me give an update on the Palmer kids and then get to the big birthday!

  

Sully is now officially potty trained.  He has been peeing and pooping on the potty for over a month and we rarely ever have an accident.  Yeah!!!  I am so excited, but almost a little sad at the same time.   My little Sully is growing up!  He is done with all the baby stages...it went by so fast!  Ansley is now 7 months and she is ready to crawl at any moment!  If you put a toy out of her reach she tries so hard to get it...she has a look of determination on her face, so I know she will be crawling before we know it.  I am not rushing it...life will become a lot more hectic around here when she is mobile!  She is doing much better with her solid foods...she eats 2 really big meals a day and then sometimes a little snack around lunchtime.  I still nurse her 5 times a day, so she is a big eater...takes after her Mommy!  :)  Ansley has started standing a little bit while she is holding on to something.  We can stand her up and have her hold on and she will do well for a little while.  She always laughs when she is doing it.  We think she thinks she is pretty cool!  hahaha  Ansley still really doesn't like sitting up so she will sit for a few minutes and then lay down and just roll all over the place.  Funny how picky she is...Sully never cared one way or the other about most things...Ansley, on the other hand, cares about everything and will let you know when something displeases her!  She is also a Mama's girl...she already gets separation anxiety and likes for me to hold her.  I can drop her off at the Y and she loves to play with other friends and Grancie and Pip, so at least she is fine when I am out of sight out of mind, but as soon as I return...she cries until I hold her.  Again, so funny how different she is than Sully.  She keeps me on my toes! 

 

Okay, the birthday boy...Sully had such a fun week celebrating his birthday.  On Monday the 4th (his actual birthday) we went with Grancie, Pip, Zizzie, Malley, Catey, and baby Turner to Chuck e Cheeses.  Sully had such a fun night.  We played tons of fun games and had some yummy cupcakes.  Then, on Thursday, Sully had his birthday party with all of his friends at Chick fil A.  He requested a yellow lion cake, so I, of course, made him a yummy lion cake.  Brett and I thought it looked more like a cat, but Sully was satisfied and thought it was just perfect!  It was the perfect party and I think the kids all had a really great time.  

I don't know how this happened, but I somehow erased all the pictures on my camera before uploading them on the computer, so I lost all my great pictures from Sully's birthday and birthday party.  Luckily, Granice had some on her camera and Alison had a fun picture of all the kids at the party.  I was sick to my stomach when I realized all the pictures were gone, but I guess that is life.  At least I have some, so enjoy the pictures....sorry there aren't more.

  

Birthday Party at Chick fil A

Jack, Ava, Brayden, Laine, Sully, Malley, Andrew, Sophie, and Daisy

We made them all stand together to take the picture in order to get cake!  That was the only way we were able to get them all to be still long enough for a picture...they must have really wanted some cake!  :)

Sully riding a ride at Chuck e Cheese with Zizzie and Daddy.

 

 Sully was so excited to blow out his candle!  I think he was most excited because he knew he could then eat his cupcake!  :)

Sully's favorite thing to do was the carousel.  He must of put 20 coins in there to keep it going around and around!

 Ansley had fun at Chuck e Cheese...she even sat on some of the rides with Zizzie!

Here are some more pictures from some babysitting and spend the night adventures the kids have had in the past month.  Sully and Ansley love to play with Grancie (Pwetty) and Pip!

 Hopscotch!  Sully loves jumping on all the squares!

   Sully said he wanted to take a long walk--not a short walk--he loves walking with his buddy, Patches!

Here is Ansley right at 7 months.  I had some really cute pictures of Ansley on her 7 month birthday, but those were lost.  Ansley is growing so fast! 

We are leaving tomorrow for a week at Seaside!  We are so excited for a fun and relaxing beach vacation.  We will post some fun pictures from our trip in a few weeks.  Have a great weekend!

xxoo  Tracy, Brett, Sullivan, and Ansley  xxoo