My Mom

My mom turned 61 this year! It's been so fun having my family move so close. My kids absolutely love going up to Grammie and Papi's house.

So for my mom's birthday that's just what we did!

The Birthday Girl!

We all went to dinner...not the best shot but the best of the two we took!

My mom really is the best. She always tries to make everyone happy and do kind, fun things for all of us. We're so blessed to have her in our lives! Happy Birthday Mom!

After this Julia and I went to see the midnight showing of the final Harry Potter! So fun...!

Speaking of Birthdays...

Etta turned 3!!

CRAZY!

So we got all dressed up and went to Grammy's to celebrate...

(this is the face I get lately)

(and if I get a smile it's something like this little gem)

(of course Cinderella needed to come)

And we went up to park city with our cousins!

And celebrated all weekend with no dad :( but lots of family!

It was Ethan's bday too...

and I continued my obsession with mini cupcakes...

and we also celebrated Christy!

Then dad finally got home and what do you think we did? Celebrated again!

We had a huge neighborhood party with three pools, two slip n slides, and a pinata!

Etta got TONS of presents which deserved TONS of hugs...

and we were so grateful to have all our friends and family there!

The pinata proved quite well made for $7.99...

After at least 20 attempts by the kids (and the poor thing falling down twice) I had to step in and help, which of course I was super excited about!

And we took that sucker down.

Then we finished off with popsicles!

All in all we had soooo much fun having a birthday week of celebrations for our bug. She lights up our lives in so many ways. She is so funny and observant, I just love hearing all the things she has to say lately.

She's still completely obsessed with all things princess, still loves to read, sing and dance, and above all she loves her friends and family (who she talks about all day everyday).

Thanks for all your love and gifts in more ways than one.

We love you bug!!

Happy Birthday to The Boy

So I'm finally getting my pictures together from Liam's little birthday party with my family.

A couple things I forgot to mention about him are that he loves to do "If you're happy and you know it."

My favorite part is when you say hooray! and his arms shoot straight up and he has the biggest smile on his face.

And his word of the moment is Uh-oh. It's so cute.

So I don't remember why he is so sad on this happy day but this is a classic Liam crying face.

Aunt Jacqueline...

The Boy

The other birthday boy, my big bro James.

So the moment of truth. Will he dive in and devour or pick and prod like our little bug on her first.

Hmmmm...

Oooh, that was good...

Alright lets do this...

Was there ever any question with this boy? Devour...

How do I get this goodness in me...

Does it get any better than this?

I submit that it does not.

Wow, how am I going to finish this?

Almost there, just a couple more bites...

Oh, I'm sorry did you want some too? (This pic totally grosses me out by the way)

There I did it.

Did you see me do it?

So pleased with himself.

Then it was time for presents, which Etta didn't dominate at all, no way.

Silly little bug.

The Fam

Well that's all folks. Our little baby's one.

Ready for number three?

February 2011...Liam's One!

This month was really fun because Liam turned one! We woke up and have a yummy breakfast...

Then we decided to go do something Liam hasn't been able to do much in his short life. We went swimming. It was freezing of coruse so we went to the Lehi Aquatic Center. It was a little cold but still really fun.

Are you dying over this little boy yet?

Liam at One:

He says hi, mama, dada, dog, and duck.

He laughs all the time...especially if you throw cold water in his face.

He loves any and all foods, he eats ALL the time.

He gets all giddy around dogs.

He crawls around like a maniac but no walking yet.

Goes up the stairs but can't quite come down yet.

He is super ticklish.

He is very cuddly and loves to be held.

He is seriously the sweetest little thing.

He goes nuts over Dad. If dads in the room his diving out of my arms to get to him.

He's a total boy.

Stats:

Head-19in (92 percentile) Haha!

Weight-22lbs (27 percentile)

Height-29.5in (42 percentile)

He took a total dip after his 6 month appt. I guess he's having a lull in growing. He still seems huge to me! We love you so much.

Party post next to come!