Poor Alex

Alex has been asking for the last 2 years to have some sort of Birthday Party at the lake. Since it is a lot to ask 4, 5, and 6 year olds to drive 2 hours to a birthday party... we decided that it should just be her family party. So, this past weekend we were all able to get together on Sunday for her party. When we all get together, the birthday person gets to pick out what we eat and what kind of birthday cake you get. We (mom and I) had invisioned hotdogs and hamburgers, maybe even a weinie roast... Alex said she wanted just pasta with her "special dressing" on it. And for her cake she followed my influence and said she wanted a pound cake. Mom, Dad, Alex and I went down on Saturday morning... at lunch on the pier, listened to the Alabama/Arkansas game on XM... then it was on to riding 4 wheelers. We did this for several hours (dad put up road/trail signs... so we have our own little neighborhood back there) Then we went to gather rocks and wood, to have a bon/camp fire. We roasted hotdogs (see mom and I were still able to fit it in) and marshmallows and made s'mores. YUM! YUM! ... listened to the Auburn/LSU game and went to bed.

(Watching and feeding the ducks or geese or whatever they are)

(Alex loves dogs!)

(The WEENIE ROAST!)

We woke up Sunday morning and mom and I started decorating for the party. Alex took a bath since she fell asleep before she could get one the night before. She woke up complaining that her head and neck hurt a little but that she was OKAY! (she did not want anything to get in the way of her party) While she was in the tub, she said that her neck was better but that her head still hurt. Then she got out of the tub, and it was a little chilly in the house, but she could NOT get warm! She came to snuggle with me to get warm and gradually I could feel her body temperature rise!! it was the weirdest feeling. so, I got out the ancient thermometer that has been at that house for years, in extreme heat and in extreme cold... and took her temp. I was over 102 in less than a minute... so, mom went and got her some motrin and she was really going to try to act as if she was not sick... but she couldnt. We tried to call Corey and Erin to tell them, so that if they did not want to bring Grayben, they would not come... but they did not get the message... so they showed up and we attempted to have a party.

(definitely not feeling well!)

(She can't even get excited about opening presents)

(Grayben seems to be enjoying himself!)

(There's a little smile!)

Helping Papa

Alex loves helping Papa! She actually gets to drive with him now. Grayben doesn't... but it wont be long!

Alex is 6!!

Our baby is 6!! Holy Cow! She was so excited about this birthday! We let her decide where she wanted to go for dinner, and she chose what we affectionately call the Mexican/Chinese Buffet. She likes it because she can always get shrimp there. We went to pick out a cake and ice cream and then came home to let her open presents. She got more stamps for her scrapbooking and a game and a pucci pup (basically a dog in a purse... very Paris Hilton). But thank you daddy for remembering that she REALLY wanted one at target on alex and daddy day a couple of weeks ago, because it is her absolute favorite... along with the microphone headset from mimi. (I'll try to have a video of that later... very funny!)

When we got home we realized that we had not gotten the candles... so we scraped the drawers in the kitchen and only came up with two candles... sooo... we lit them and she blew them out three times!