Marty Party Month

The Marty family loves to cram their entire family's birthdays into a small window. We are not complaining because it always means a warm meal and cake for us! We recently celebrated Luccas' 1st birthday as well as Daniel's 2nd and Fran's 50th. How thrilling!

The birthday boy, and our godson, Daniel! Fran & Carla had a fire truck and an ambulance show up for entertainment!

Seesaw enjoys driving the firetruck.

The fireman asked if Sawyer wanted to wrestle. Mistake. Sawyer, by this time, was fueled up by 2 lbs of Mexican dip and Now & Laters candy.

Dylan, Matthew & Daniel patiently waiting for their turn to wail on the pinata.

Daniel winds it up for some candy!

The Big Boys Club - holla!
Poor Luccas Poocas. He is surely wondering, "why is this stoned man holding me? Who entrusted my care to him?"

Elliana is a shrewd businesswoman. She arranged all of her pinata candy (BY BRAND) and started enticing the boys to come over and barter with her. Of course, Dylan was first as he loves two things - candy & Elliana (probably in that order).And........party's over.

Thank you to Jose & Jessica and Carla & Fran for some wonderful parties (and food!).

*Note: there are no pictures of Mama as no one needs to see her sweaty, round and eating food like a hyena. Hey, #3 requires a lot of carbohydrates.

Congratulations Becky & Steve!

We had a great time last night at Becky & Steve's beautiful wedding! Not even the rain could stop us from having a good time! I enjoyed my first sober reception in a long time. It was a different experience. I realized that we get pretty tanked and run our mouths A LOT. It was surreal to watch Jessie and Maureen do tequila shots with our high school art teacher. We also have another wedding to plan now - congrats to Molly & Tim on their engagement!

The Team

Pat & I snazz it up...my dress was flowy and hid my gut well

What are you supposed to do when your pregnant wife is talking to her ex-boyfriend? Josh drinks with the Team's blessing.
Jess, Brie & Tara. We've known each other since we were 5. We don't get along well.

One of the most awkward moments of the evening....

Preggo eggos! Brie & Julie

Brie & post-whiskey shot Jessica

Labor Day Weekend

What a busy weekend! We attended Matthew's 4th birthday party on Saturday and had a great time feasting on food for about 5 hours. Mama overdid it with the pork and pinata candy and felt the baby gain 7 lbs immediately. We got to see fun friends like Eva Broksas and Elliana, Luccas, Daniel and, of course, Mr. Birthday Boy - Ma-choo!

Our favorite 11 month old, Luccas Poocas ----->

The prey is down! Attacking the pinata!The big preschoolers: Dylan, Matthew & Elliana

We also had a fun BBQ with Bob & Sheila Gilmore on Sunday who were kind enough to cook for us and entertain our children while Mama ate a bag of Fritos. They even laughed and did not judge when Sawyer fell off a step and said, "oh dammit!" (no joke). Uncle Jim & Aunt Gina came over for breakfast today and we ate like champs! Again, Mama is sure the baby will be born weighing 12 lbs.

And in the BIGGEST news - we managed to get Mr. Sawyer a haircut....Mama & Dada had to fork over mucho dinero for hippopatamus tranquilizers for that to happen. He is not the most friendly child to barbers. Thankfully, it was accomplished and he looks very handsome (and old!).