Courtney's Birthday

It's taken me awhile to post the events of Courtney's birthday...I think because the day completely exhausted me!! I was so sick the next day I layed in bed all day! But Courtney had the "best day ever" according to her. Remember it started out with a day at the zoo with her kindergarten class followed by a fun filled party at Chuck E. Cheese. She invited 7 friends along with her brother Gunner and little sis Bridget - Nicole was unable to go because she has a gymnastics recital coming up and couldn't miss practice (truth be known I don't think she cared...she's out growing Chuck E. Cheese) It was a very manageable group and darling little girls. They had a blast and the hardest part of the night was rounding them up to go home!! We started something new this year and since Courtney has the first birthday of the year-besides daddy who didn't mind being left out of our new tradition- she got to go first. It's called our "Wall of Fame" and it's down the main hallway of our house. It has a Happy Birthday banner along with Grandma Perk's special poster that each child receives at the age of 2 and a few pictures of the child from birth on up. The kids had such a great time with this. Courtney picked the pictures she wanted to display-with some help from mom...she would have put every picture I have of her if I would have let her!! During the week it was displayed, I found her in there looking at her pictures and talking to herself as she admired what a cute baby she was. It was so precious I wanted to freeze the moment and never let her grow up. Even Todd and I sat and stared at that precious little face and commented on how fast our kids are growing up. Sometimes days and crazy and I feel like I'm losing my mind but I know when these days are gone I will miss them-so I'm trying to saver every moment. Needless to say the other kids are anxiously awaiting their birthdays so they to can be featured on our "Wall of Fame". Nothing fancy but memories none the less!!!

My wall really doesn't have rings on it...it was dark and my camera wasn't cooperating with me.
Remember I said I would try to scan some pictures in of when she was a babe...well it never happened but maybe you can catch a glimpse of how cute she was from her wall of fame pictures.