Xia's 4th Birthday Party

Finally, on Saturday 1/15/11 we had my birthday party. We were all pretty sick for awhile and didn't want to invite anybody over until the germs were out of the house. We went for a smaller gathering of just family and God family. (Made for a calmer party than other years)

When my God family, the Smiths, arrived, everyone had to pile into our cardboard house. Here's Alison, Zianna and me:

Even God Daddy Phil fit in there!

We had fun decorating the house while God Daddy Phil was telling everyone about the first few nights with Zianna in their lives:



Then it was cake time. I was very excited about my Scooby Doo cake. I enjoy the classic shows that Daddy got for me:

It even had the Mystery Machine!

Time to blow out the candles; did you get all 4 on there?

It's hard to tell, but these cool candles that Grammy won at our Christmas party's "Now you have it, now you don't" game actually burn in COLOR!

Happy Birthday to me!



Love from God Daddy Phil after finishing my yummy cake and ice cream:

Isa enjoyed the cake too:

Isa is making a very funny sound by sliding her wipee across the balloon Grammy is holding:



Okay, let's open up these gifts...

A book of daily devotionals and prayers from my God Family:

And I loved the card God Daddy Phil made for me. Here's the front:

Here's the inside:

And he even put this nice picture of me with him taken at Isa's baptism:



Here I'm opening a really cool card from my Great Aunt Martha:

Love the card:

A card from Grammy:

She got me these cool things called Bendaroos that I can't wait to play with.

Cousin Stephanie and Kelly gave me a wonderful book, "Art and Max" (this has become Mommy's favorite!)

Great Grammom wasn't feeling very well, but she sent along a card:

Then I opened my gifts from Mommy, Daddy and Isa. They got me a cool interlocking hopscotch game and a Razor Scooter. They thought the Razor would be the hit, but I really do love hopscotch!



Their card was funny too and talked to me:

Although Grandma couldn't come over those snowy mountains, she did send a card:

I received the always sent Nolen Birthday Card. It's Great Aunt Cathy sends a card to EVERYONE in the whole family for their birthday. It's neat because we all get the same card that year:

And cousin Christy and the Texas Orendorffs have started sending cards to everyone on their birthday!

I think Isa was wondering where her presents were...

Zianna comforted her and reminded her that they are both turning 2 very soon! In fact, Zianna's birthday was on 2 days away!

With that, Isa was off and running with her party hat. Is it a unicorn or is it Isa?



God Mommy Sadie watches the unicorn running in circles:

And then it was time for everyone to leave. Zianna didn't really want to go...

Later that night, Isa modeled the scarf that God Mommy Sadie knitted for me. She even made matching leg warmers to go with it!

Whew, another amazing birthday. So when can we do this again? Mommy seemed relieved when she told me not for another year!