the birthday bash!!

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY MATTEO AND VINCENZO.....HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!"

today was the day that so many of us have been waiting for...the twins first birthday party! and it was a blast!! we had homemade white turkey chili and bbq'd pulled pork, pasta with ricotta and homemade red sauce, dill dip and bread, homemade apple cake with caramel buttercream frosting and homemade pumpkin cake with cream cheese frosting!

the twins were so excited to have another opportunity to make a mess with their cupcakes, although once again it took matteo a few minutes to figure out the best plan of attack! so instead of getting his hands all dirty like vincenzo was, he decided it would be best to just stick his face right in! we all started laughing and then he looked around the room like "what? whats everyone laughing at?"

we were amazingly blessed with all the things on their birthday wish list! 6 boxes of diapers, wipes, baby food, gerber grads puffs! new jammies, snugly clothes and a few gift cards, an amazing radio flyer wagon (old school style) with all terrain wheels!! and above all, some wonderful friends and family to share the celebration with! this has been a very challenging year on frank and i as a couple and it has truly tested our patience as parents, so it really meant a lot to us to be able to share in our accomplishments with some of the people who mean the most to our family!

tuscan found the new wagon to be a very comfy place to snuggle up and watch some tv!

after the crowd died down, we spent some more quality time with our parents, jess and jake, and matt, bridget and chase... it was such a nice day!! kellie was amazing, getting most of the kitchen cleaned up while we spent some time with our guests. i dont know what i am going to do once she leaves, in just one day she has already kept up with so much upkeep in my kitchen!! (she has always had a thing for washing dishes, when we lived in CO she would come over for dinner and the deal was, frank would cook, she would clean up!! for some reason that always worked for her!)

once the house was empty and the kids were asleep in their beds, we sat down to watch a movie (forgetting sarah marshall) we made it about half way through and decided it was to stupid to continue so we headed to bed, i had to work in the morning anyway.