And in honor of celebrating this big day, we want to give a gift to you!
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"Remember me with smiles and laughter, for that is how I will remember you all. If you can only remember me with tears, then don't remember me at all." - Laura I. Wilder
Nothing gets in the way of Austin and his food...not even a busted inside lip and two loose teeth!
Tyler, so nice of him to join us! :)
Carli showing me her love, um, I mean fries!
Monday morning, I was feeling much better, so we headed out to get much needed storage bins for Carli's room and then went to lunch.
You can not even tell that anything ever happened to Austin one week ago. Quite remarkable! Thank you God for a quick healing!
My Tyler!
Carli licking the cinnamon sugar off her hands from her sopapilla.
I've always been thankful to our to our troops that are serving around the world, to protect us. Although, having a Grandfather that was in the Army, I still never really took it to heart. Now that I have a baby brother that is in the Army, and deployed to a war zone, I truly have a different outlook. The soldiers, our soldiers, decide on their own, that they want to enlist. They all know what the job entales, yet they do it anyway. Thank you to ALL the men and women who give up a lot and put their life on the line to protect us! We love you!
Check him out! Now let me tell you that his personallity is as funny as his outfit! He had the jokes; all food related, of course. We told him what we wanted in with our pasta, and what sauce we wanted, and he cooked it right then, complete with a big ol' bread stick on top. It was delicious! Absolutely delicious! The amount food was quite a bit. I didn't even finish it all, and I can throw back some food!
This was the table. We each got to take a plant home. 
And oh heavens...this was the dessert! CAKE BALLS! Talk about melt in your mouth! There were all different combos. One of mine was German chocolate and the other was marble.
Monday didn’t start off horrible. In fact, it was good! We made it on time to Austin’s annual pediatric neurologist appointment. Yes, it was three hours long, but we accomplished a lot: An appointment for a 24 hour EEG, a follow-up appointment to that, a brand new to the market medication for Austin to start on (she thinks it will help with his type of seizures since that’s what kind it’s geared toward), and even got lab work. Austin and Carli were good. We grabbed lunch and were on our way home with it, but Austin was very upset and begged for us to take him to school (wishing now we would have NOT sent him!). He ate in the car and at 12:30, I walked him into school. I talked with the teacher a bit, and then got in the car to take Anthony home so that he could get his car and go to work. It’s a blessing that his Junior High is right across the street from our neighborhood. As I was pulling into the driveway, 12:38, the school called and said that Austin had a seizure! So, I let Anthony and Carli out, so she could go in and have lunch. As I was walking down to the nurse’s office, I see lots of blood on the floor! It was from Austin! When he had his seizure, he was walking with his teacher down the hallway, stiffened up, fell to the floor seizing, and it happened to be right in front of the nurse’s office! I was sick at my stomach scared to see what I would find when I walked into the office. Thankfully, Austin didn’t hit his head. He did however hit face first. He had busted his top lip. The nurse was checking his vitals, examining him, applied ice, then later cleaned him, the teacher and the nurse changed his shirt,and then put him in the car. The ER was needed. I drove by and got Anthony and Carli. At the ER it was determined that he didn’t need stitches, his nose is bruised and swollen, he has two loose teeth, his cat scan is normal, and he had two seizures while we were there! We got home at 4:05 and Tyler walked in the door from the bus at 4:11! Austin had three more seizures at home. I was nervous about what today would hold. So far, so good. His last seizure was at 1:30am, he woke up at 7:30am, ate a bite of a biscuit, talked some and said his mouth hurts a little. I made him lay down at 10 to take a nap and he is sleeping now. Yesterday was a long, horrible day! I felt sick, tired, and nervous all afternoon/night. We couldn’t wait for that day to be over! Today, I feel calm. *I had to stop typing for a minute…Austin just had a seizure!* But, you know, I still feel calm! Although, unfortunately, seizures are a part of our every day life, it has been for 9 years, it’s never easy. It’s hard hard to see your child go through this, but we know he’ll be fine. And, yes, he has gotten hurt before, but nothing like yesterday! It was scary to us! We know that God is in control and everything will be alright!
Carli, after a looonnng day of school!!! Still has her crown on! 
Saturday morning, we all woke up late; almost 10am! So, instead of going to the zoo, we opted for Daddy to make pancakes, let the birthday girl open some presents, and then just hang around the house.
We did however, head next door to a birthday party.
Sunday morning, we woke up to a little rain. After it stopped raining, it began to get very windy and kind of chilly. Weird weather! I thought it was May? This was starting to put a damper on the whole party scene. We were having it at a splash pad! BUT, strange how it turned out, the splash pad had to be closed due to vandalizing. So a quick wardrobe change (she was going to wear a swimsuit, so now we needed to find an outfit.)
We headed on over to the park pavilion to set up. Well, there wasn't any decorating to do. Remember, it was very windy, cloudy and chilly. All of my cute decorations would've blown away.We did set up the bubbles, chalk, play dough, coloring, and balls. I think the kids had fun. At one point they headed over to the park. After playing and snacking, it was time for cupcakes, ice cream, and presents.
My pictures are out of order, sorry. This is Carli's invitation.
This is her plates, napkins, and party favors (a cd with kid songs).
Her cupcake cake!
And this is what she did when we sang to her! Shy girl!
Thank you to everyone who came. We missed those of you who weren't able to come. Also, thank you for all of the calls and comments wishing her a happy birthday!
6lbs. 1oz.
The first time she made her debut in Bryan, she was 3 weeks old. My Aunt Dee gave her this baby doll.
Her FIRST Birthday! (Princess theme)
Her SECOND BIRTHDAY! (Lady Bugs theme)
This picture was taken on May 14th. She's standing next to the same baby doll that my Aunt Dee gave her! UNBELIEVABLE the difference. How was she ever that tiny!
