The Big Day

May 12

1. Pizza Man

2. Hilarie & Jack

3. Jane, Jenn and Sabine

4. Tracey, Lara, Hope, Maddie and Nicholas (the back views of the kidlets ... oh well ...)

5. Organist

6. Maddie

7. Nele

8. Sabine (Mom) and Ella

9. Ella

10. Ella

11. Ist Mutti muede?

12. The child of the hour

13. Sabine and Ella

14. Maddie

15. Nicholas

16. Sleeping Charlotte

17. Full view

18. The two Charlottes

19. Nicholas

20. Olivia

21. Getting ready to blow out the candle

22. Make a wish!

23. Jenn and Crew

24. Nicholas, Jane and Jack

25. Jenn with Olivia

26. The icing is the thing

27. Icing mustache

28. Kenzie vacuuming

29. Maddie

30. Ginnette

31. Laura

32. Jenn

33. Olivia and Kenzie

34. Ella

35. Charlotte awakes

36. Time to open presents: Lara with Isabelle

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42. It's Dora!

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45. A buggy sort of backpack

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47. Grandma and "Big Sister Dora"

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49. A baby is adopted gladly

50. Lara takes turn with the bottle

51. But baby gets a bit

52. Lara explains the technique

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54. Two-fisted drinkers

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56. Covering baby

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58. Post-party, going for a car ride so Lara will fall asleep and take a much-needed nap. Lara is not happy with this agenda.

59. But she succumbs soon enough.

60. The full view

61. No, you CANNOT take my picture in my new collapsable chair!

62. Lara in the Deutschland soccer dress from Christian & Jill

63. Noch ein mal

64. The Internet Activist

65. Hey! Water!

66. Cool clear water

67. Yellow rubber boots are oh so helpful

68. Rainer talks to Christian in Germany

69. Singin' in the rain ...