Andie's birthday

Andie is 3!!! I can't believe that I have a three year old. It is so crazy how fast the past three years have gone by! Andie's birthday is on September 11th. I remember being in labor in the hospital just waiting for her to grace us with her presence. It was the 5 year anniversary of 9-11-01. The only thing on T.V was videos of sept. 11th and everyone remembering what had happened. The day we were in the hospital was a day of sadness for the rest of the world but it was a day of happiness for me and Landen and it always will be. Andie's due date actually was on September 11th but I didn't actually think she was going to be born on that day. Not very many people actually have their babies on their due dates but that is the day she wanted to come. When I would tell people her due date they would always say "Really? Well you don't have to worry you won't have her on your due date." I always laugh when I think about that.
We decided to take Andie to Pirate Island on her birthday and she got to bring one friend with her. We had a lot of fun their. The food was actually pretty good. Andie keeps asking us if we can go eat with the pirates. The day after her birthday we had both of our families come over and we had cake and ice cream. It was a fun weekend.

Andie putting on her new dress up stuff!!

Landen and Andie at pirates island playing a game

Mae and Andie riding the merry-go-round

Mae and Andie at pirate island

This is right after she woke up on her birthday. I decorated her room while she was sleeping. That morning I walked by her room thinking she was still sleeping and as I walked by she yelled, "MOM!!! Look!!" She was so excited. She had probably been awake for a while but didn't leave her bed because she didn't really know what to do with all of that stuff in her room. That whole weekend she kept saying she had a birthday room and had to show everyone.

This is what she got right when she woke up.


Logans Aunts were having fun with him at Andie's party



This is Andie on Sunday wearing her new dress she got for her birthday.

We all had so much fun celebrating Andie's birthday, especially since she knew what was going on this year. It was fun to see her get excited. We missed my parents though, but they called Andie a couple of times to tell her Happy Birthday.