{"id":5359,"date":"2011-04-26T07:57:57","date_gmt":"2011-04-26T12:57:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/?p=5359"},"modified":"2025-04-30T13:11:48","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T17:11:48","slug":"birthday-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/2011\/04\/26\/birthday-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Birthday Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/5655451014\/img_0302.html\" class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Medium\" title=\"IMG_0302\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5146\/5655451014_c397bdb8c2.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0302\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Something about that pictures cracks me up.  Sassy girl with her sassy balloons.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/5654883519\/img_0308.html\" class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Medium\" title=\"IMG_0308\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5063\/5654883519_deec3025d9.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0308\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Princess<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/5654887957\/img_0309.html\" class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Medium\" title=\"IMG_0309\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5183\/5654887957_147e9f6bf1.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0309\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>My fave pic of the day?  The one below (her shadow on the side of the porch- love her!!)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/5654917487\/img_0339.html\" class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Large\" title=\"IMG_0339\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5103\/5654917487_13e329c505_b.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0339\" width=\"383\" height=\"624\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Eva loves her daddy and she loves to watch for him to come home.  Her birthday was no different, when she sees his car, big smiles.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/5655493420\/img_0348.html\" class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Medium\" title=\"IMG_0348\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5144\/5655493420_6b3287fda1.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0348\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And then the gifts, she patiently waited all day<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/5655504332\/img_0377.html\" class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Medium\" title=\"IMG_0377\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5145\/5655504332_b59ccd41a5.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0377\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cole picked out this little barking dog for her.  Really?  We don&#8217;t have enough of that?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/5655509274\/img_0387.html\" class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Medium\" title=\"IMG_0387\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5024\/5655509274_9e55183453.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0387\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Her brother was a bit bored, we let Cole skip lax but Austin had an away middle school game and missed the whole celebration.  Can I tell you how sick I am of lax?  So ready for the season to be OVER.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/5655514446\/img_0388.html\" class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Medium\" title=\"IMG_0388\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5068\/5655514446_c03c43d348.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0388\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m not sure how much she got it, but when I rocked her to bed that night she started singing Happy Birthday to me, right on tune.  Of course I couldn&#8217;t understand the words&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/5655519094\/img_0398.html\" class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Medium\" title=\"IMG_0398\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5021\/5655519094_fcc1dc0108.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0398\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I was happy she had a little time to play with the water table.  The Girlie loves water<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/5654951351\/img_0419.html\" class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Medium\" title=\"IMG_0419\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5063\/5654951351_9207368e6c.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0419\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>But she drank most of it<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/5657480704\/img_0436.html\" class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Medium\" title=\"IMG_0436\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5107\/5657480704_7760ab5ceb.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0436\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/5656908445\/img_0446.html\" class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Medium\" title=\"IMG_0446\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5101\/5656908445_864483ffa2.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0446\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/5656910963\/img_0452.html\" class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Large\" title=\"IMG_0452\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5266\/5656910963_75b177b4b4_b.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0452\" width=\"724\" height=\"483\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/5656913053\/img_0480.html\" class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Medium\" title=\"IMG_0480\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5150\/5656913053_7aebd15ce0.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0480\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And then it was time for the cupcakes.  Eva isn&#8217;t big on sweets.  Which is a nice change of pace!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/5657492376\/img_0496.html\" class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Medium\" title=\"IMG_0496\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5303\/5657492376_c11daacea9.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0496\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>But she did manage to try a bit of cupcake<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/5656921749\/img_0501.html\" class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Medium\" title=\"IMG_0501\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5027\/5656921749_c0f69fb032.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0501\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And blew out the candle all by herself<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/5657499962\/img_0503.html\" class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Medium\" title=\"IMG_0503\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5142\/5657499962_54d3b839d8.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0503\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/5657503748\/img_0512.html\" class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Medium\" title=\"IMG_0512\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5062\/5657503748_c875344923.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0512\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/5657513004\/img_0538.html\" class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Medium\" title=\"IMG_0538\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5310\/5657513004_7c9e8030b8.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0538\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And that wraps up the first kid birthday of the year.  Next up- the three June boys.  Middle boy first, Last boy second, first boy last.  Got that?<\/p>\n<p>We have a brief time of no rain this morning so Miss Sassy and I are headed down to the trail to go for a walk!  Fresh air needed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Something about that pictures cracks me up. Sassy girl with her sassy balloons. Princess My fave pic of the day? The one below (her shadow on the side of the porch- love her!!) Eva loves her daddy and she loves to watch for him to come home. Her birthday was no different, when she sees his car, big smiles. And then the gifts, she patiently waited all day Cole picked out this little barking dog for her. Really? We don&#8217;t have enough of that? Her brother was a bit bored, we let Cole skip lax but Austin had an away middle school game and missed the whole celebration. Can I tell you how sick I am of lax? So ready for the season to be OVER. I&#8217;m not sure how much she got it, but when I rocked her to bed that night she started singing Happy Birthday to me, right on tune. Of course I couldn&#8217;t understand the words&#8230; I was happy she had a little time to play with the water table. The Girlie loves water But she drank most of it And then it was time for the cupcakes. Eva isn&#8217;t big on sweets. Which is a nice change of pace! But she did manage to try a bit of cupcake And blew out the candle all by herself And that wraps up the first kid birthday of the year. Next up- the three June boys. Middle boy first, Last boy second, first boy last. Got that? We have a brief time of no rain this morning so Miss Sassy and I are headed down to the trail to go for a walk! Fresh air needed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":19030,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,13],"tags":[256],"class_list":["post-5359","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-family","category-life","tag-evas-birthday"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_0176-scaled.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5359","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5359"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5359\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19036,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5359\/revisions\/19036"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19030"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}