a belated and before birthday bash

Yesterday was my friend Amanda's little girl's birthday--Jada turned two. Last weekend was my friend Allecia's son, Kaden's, second birthday, and in a week and a half is my little one's birthday. So obviously, Amanda, Allecia, and I were all pregnant at the same time and gave birth just within weeks of each other. Amanda had the idea to go out to celebrate all of their birthdays. Since Jada's is in the middle it made sense to go on her birthday--a birthday celebration for her, belated celebration for Kaden, and a before celebration for our daughter. So last night our three families met at Red Robin. However, trying to fit 10 people (three of them toddlers, plus one older sister, who is a preschooler) into a busy restaurant on Friday night at 6:00 pm is no easy task. We waited an hour. An hour waiting with hungry toddlers in a crowded restaurant lobby feels like an eternity. When we went in to put our name in we saw a couple go sit down. We were still waiting when we saw them leave!

But we all survived, and after lots of running around the lobby, playing with balloons, looking at the tiger they have on display, keeping them away from the revolving door, and on and on and on, they finally called us back. And they all were pretty well behaved for having waited so long and being up way past their bedtimes. The highlight was having the waiters and waitresses come out clapping with three hot fudge sundaes singing to all three of them. They all weren't really sure they liked the loud singing, but there was lots of clapping at the end, which at least made my little one quite excited. She loves singing and clapping of any sort.

So here are some pictures. Enjoy.

Amanda and Jada

Weed and R

Allecia and Kaden (sorry it's not a great picture, Allecia....but it's the only one I got of both of you!!!)

Here's a better picture of cutie-pie Kaden!

The birthday boy and girls

Getting ready for the singing and clapping....Amanda was preparing them for the celebration!

"I Dee" is one of her favorite foods (translation: Ice Cream). She fed herself almost the whole thing.

Here's the result: