Navy Turns THREE!!

Oh sweet Navy boy - you are so so loved!  

And just like that, you are THREE!  The three fastest years of our lives.  

Birthday party post coming soon!

Navy Turns ONE!!

HAPPIEST BIRTHDAY, Sweet Navy!!!

Can't wait to have a birthday fun-filled day with you!

We love you so much!

Boston Turns 4 Years Old

Our sweet baby boy turned 4 yesterday.... Happy Birthday, Boston James!

You are an amazing little kid.  Daddy and I often stare at you while you are talking to us, sleeping or even just riding in the car and we are in constant aww that you are our son for eternity.  We feel extremely blessed to get to be your parents.  We are so excited to experience life with you. 

We constantly talk about how "cool" you are // You have such an awesome and loving spirit // You are a comedian // You tell me sweetly that you'll miss us when you leave to go somewhere without me // When you are in trouble you love to ask for hugs // You know how to pull on our heart strings even when we are trying to be strict....like when you are supposed to be in bed but come down stairs 2-3 times after we've taken you to your bed over and over...you will walk in and say, "Heeyy, what's going on?"  with your hand on your hip.  And it makes us laugh // You love to tell mama, "I love you and the baby."  And when you want to make me laugh you like to say, "I love you, the baby and the boods (boobs)!" And even though mama shouldn't laugh she just can't help it which makes you say it even more // You are so independent, you love to do things yourself // You don't like the word "No" // You aren't afraid of much // You love to wrestle with dada // You are very rough and tumble // You are intelligent // You love to make the i love you sign with your fingers and want us to do the same so that we can touch fingers to "kiss" them, its the sweetest

Your day started off with you waking up to a room full of balloons.  

 Since mama had an unexpected doctor appointment to check on the baby we decided to open your presents before we headed out to the doctors office. 

For the past year you had been requesting a telescope for your birthday and then within the last couple of months you have wanted a crane to play with outside with all of your bulldozers, dump trucks and tractors.  While we were out shopping for your birthday presents we also picked up Wacky Lab dinosaur kit.  We knew you would love it.  It's a kit that has rocks that you chip away to find all the bones to the dinosaur.

Once you opened your presents, we headed over to the doctor appointment and found out that mama would be admitted into the hospital for 24 hours to watch the baby which was not what mama had in mind for your birthday.  However, before we headed to the hospital we got to have a breakfast together as a family.  :)

Once mama was checked in, you and dada stayed for a little bit and then headed home to let you play with your new toys!  You were so excited to get back home to play with them so that's what y'all did. Dada set up the crane, taught you how to use the remote control (which you call the kamote control, ha) and y'all played!  

After dada laid you down for nap and only laid there for minutes because you were veto'ing a nap dada set up a little "donut cake" with a #4 candle for you.  He sang Happy Birthday and let you eat powdered donuts for the first time.  And, of course, you loved them.  :)

 

You ended the night by going to see mama in the hospital.  Mama was SO so happy to see you and she can't wait to celebrate your birthday when she gets home.

We hope your day was awesome and we love you so much, Bossy.  More than we can ever express.  Thank you for making us parents and loving us so much.  We are truly so lucky.

Always and Forever,
Mama and Dada

Here are two videos from your day that dada took.

4th birthday video from Jennifer Cook on Vimeo.

boston playing with his new birthday present - his crane from Jennifer Cook on Vimeo.

A 3 1/2 Year Old Celebration

Uh huh, we celebrate half birthday's.  Not sure for how much longer but we did this year!  It's an excuse for daddy to take a day off work and have a family day in the middle of the week (so far).  So when we started talking about the day we thought we'd do the movies.  He had seen that the muppets would be coming out soon and told me he wanted to see that movie.

So the muppets it was.

It was a pretty glorious day of a movie, good food and even a nap for the whole family.  Ahhh, that's what I mean when I say it was pretty glorious! :)

But first we started by measuring his height.  41 inches for this 41 month old.  :)

xo

Boston's 3rd Birthday - Dinosaur Style

Man that year went by fast!  

Our little man is now a 3 year old.  That just sounds big.  I never imagined having a 3 year old 3 years ago when I gave birth this this little fella.  It seemed like light years away and here we are.

But it's here.  

So let's talk about how we celebrated the big day (we actually celebrated it a few days earlier on a Saturday since his birthday would land on a weekday while were were in Puerto Vallarta, MX.  Post on that coming soon).  Dinosaurs was the theme this year.  He's really been into dinosaurs lately so it was only fitting to give the guy what he loves the most.  Dinosaurs galore. 

This sign was something that we ordered from vistaprint.com for his first birthday and we've been able to use it each year....his first birthday HERE and second birthday HERE.  Blue and white....you can't really go wrong with those colors for a boy.  

Unfortunately, we had a hard down pour hours before his birthday so we ended up having to host his birthday indoors again this year.  But it all worked out.  Except for the horrid lighting in these pictures.  Ha.  

Our favor table.  It held his monthly photos and favors to grab on their way out the door which included a dinosaur figurine, dinosaur tattoos and candy.  

These little labels were made using MS Word and shipping labels.

As our dessert, we had a "mason jar cupcake bar."  I got a few different cupcake topping and poured them into a muffin tin and let them pour their own toppings onto their cupcakes.  It was messy but a big hit.  Oh and in case you're wondering, you can totally bake the cupcakes inside the mason jars themselves.

Sooo, the big "3" with the balloons that we made the night before wasn't actually what I had envisioned but it worked.  

This year, instead of getting Boston his own smash cake, we stuck with the cupcake theme and made him 3 cupcakes (for turning 3) as his "smash cake."  However, he didn't eat all 3 (maybe just the icing, though).  ha.

Along with pizza, we served some fruit in the same soil pots that I used last year from Home Depot.  Their great because you can use them over and over since they never really get dirty.

Caught him in action....sneaking some M&M's.  He even brought his step stool, too.  Smart cookie. :)

After we ate, we all headed outside for some annual photo booth pictures!

We not only had them wear funny glasses and some homemade ties and bowties....we also had them ROAR like a dinosaur.  Ha.  We videoed each family so that we can made a video to watch next year at his birthday party!  :)  Hilarious.

My friend said it perfectly....Boston's roars look like he's trying to take a poop!  Ha.  They were all such good sports!

Lastly, we came in to sing happy birthday and enjoy those cupcakes!

We had an absolute blast celebrating the birth of our baby and so very thankful for all of our family and friends that came out to celebrate with us.  It's been the most joyful 3 years of our lives and we are so excited for our future with this little gentleman.

Happy Birthday, Boston James, we love you more than you'll ever know!

Until next year....

xo