So for Brody's birthday we had lots of family in town. Mark's brother Alan and his girlfriend Haleigh got here on Thursday afternoon. Mark had to go into work for a couple of hours so he dropped them off at the Oasis so they could have lunch and some yummy margaritas. Thursday night we met up with Tim and Shara and went to Rudy's for some BBQ. Then we just came home and hung out. On Friday I fished working on the cake for Mark's mom and then Shara came over and baby sat Brody and we took Alan and Haleigh to downtown Austin. It was a lot of fun and we got home pretty late. On Saturday the rest of the family go here. Mark's parents got in around 12:30 and my parents got in around 4:00. We went to the Melting Pot for dinner which is always really yummy but I forgot how long it takes to eat there. Not the greatest place to take a baby. After dinner Judy and Joel headed to the airport to pick up Mark's older brother Ryan and his girlfriend Erin. The rest of us went back to the house and started prepping for the party on Sunday. The boys got up on Saturday and played golf. The rest of us got up and just started getting ready for the party. Matt and Abbey had offered to take some family photos of everyone and were originally going to come before the party started but things didn't quite work out that way. It actually worked out better. Everyone got her around 5. We had some margaritas and hung out for a little bit. Then we headed over to the knew elementary school to take some pictures. Then we came back and let Brody open presents and have cake. After all the excitement he was wiped out so we put him to bed and then we started our dinner. We had really yummy beef tenderloin and my parents made homemade french fries. Everything turned out really good and I think it was a great birthday party. On Monday Alan and Haleigh had to leave really early. We tried to go to Oasis for dinner but had the worst experience there. We got seated right away but it took and hour and a half to get one round of drinks and some chips and queso. We ended up walking out and when we stopped at the desk on the way out to let them know how bad the service was the manager got really defense and said "we have excellent service". It was such a bad experience I don't think we will ever go back. Tuesday was pretty mellow, Mark's dad and older brother and his girlfriend all left on Tuesday. Wednesday was Brody's actual birthday we went to lunch at the Cheesecake Factory and then came home and let him open the rest of his presents. Mark's mom left that night and my parents had a flight really early Thursday morning. Overall it was a great weekend. It always gets a little hectic and stressful when you have that many people in town but I think it turned out to be a great visit. Here are some more pictures from Brody's Birthday weekend.
Brody is obsessed with shoes, he found uncle Alan's and thought he would try them on.
This is his new favorite thing, he found his vibrating chair from when he was a baby and now he likes to use it as a Lazy Boy.
He was helping my mom sweep for the party.
Having a bottle with grandma Judy.
This is the only picture we got of the three of us.
Me and my mom and dad, something sure was funny.
Brody and uncle Ryan
Joel and Tim trying to figure out Brody's car.
It only took one trip to Home Depot to get it put together but Brody loves it!
Here is everyone trying to "help" Matt get Brody to smile.
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I can't believe I didn't post a comment to this yet. We loved being there for Brody's 1st Birthday. He is sooooo cute. He does very well with his wild family. Thank you for my cake--it was beautiful.
xo Judy
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