i'm a week late but...

happy birthday to my favorite 5 year old! wait-how in the world do we have a 5 year old?

and why are you growing up so fast?

we sure love you!



ezra had a super fun filled birthday extravaganza. we went to lunch at McDonald's with jess and the girls so the kids could play. and i'm not going to lie, also to get the dragon toys we have somehow started collecting. then we saw how to train your dragon with family. it was such a great movie and the boys had fun hanging out and eating popcorn. then we had a birthday bbq on ezra's birthday. we had alot of people show up and it just happened to rain. rad- try fitting 20+ people in an itty bitty house. ezra got some really great gifts.

thanks to my mom and dad for saving the day with the bug catcher vacuum that had disappeared from our costco.

then another april family birthday party at grandma sue's house. we are so lucky to have so much family around to love our boys.

right now ezra loves-
*army guys
*spiderman
*star wars
*robots
*reading
*going to DI
*helping with yard work! ( how did i get so lucky?)
*playing with his brothers,cousins,friends
*tv. really that boy will watch anything
*learning- ezra is so smart. he is constantly surprising me with his fun little facts and trivia.
*being outside
*riding his scooter and bike ( although he is a bit rusty on the bike)
* planning our summer. almost every day he asks if we can go to cherry hill yet, if we can go to bear lake, when and what picnics we will go on, camping plans,etc...
*primary. ezra loves primary and has alot of very intense questions about the gospel and chirst. i love to hear him talk about it
* questions in general. all. day. long.
*pizza,turkey sammies,pb sammies, apples, cinnamon toast,watermelon,popsicles, mac and cheese. ezra is finally agreeing to trying most food. he doesn't love alot of veggies but he is really good at eating at least one bite. maybe one day?!
love you sweet, handsome boy!

are you kidding me? this is what i woke up to this morning. i am so depressed it isn't funny. i'm going to hang out at my sisters new home and get a haircut, maybe that will cheer me up. barf. i am so sick of the snow.

happy 3rd birthday eli

oh brother do we ever love this boy of ours. i am a super big baby and i kept getting emotional today thinking that my beebye is a big 3 year old. abe is 18 months right now and the same age eli was when we had abe. i cannot even beleive how my eli had to grow up so quickly once he wasn't "the baby" anymore.

eli is one of those kids that everyone has a special bond with. i mean look at him, he is freakin cute! you will not find a sweeter more loving boy. you will also not find a more stubborn,sensitive strong willed or relentless child. eli loves things his way, and he likes to makes sure we know what he likes and dislikes. eli plays well with almost everyone and is kind. we love you big boy Happy birthday!

right now eli loves-

dinosaurs, dragons, toy story,trains,parties,movies and popcorn, cars, eating all day, books, cuddling, pisses ( kisses), playing with his brothers, chocolate milk ( asks for it about 4-5 times a day, nursery, being with his family, fishes and sharks, oranges, strawberries, chicken and rice, waking up in the middle of the night to go potty ( he has only wet the bed 2 times since being potty trained) bringing toys to bed, random toys in random containers ( bins, suitcases, Tupperware, laundry basket) lining his toys up, ice cream, paces Popsicle's, scooby doo, reading, running, jumping and being really active in general!

babies are fun to watch

i love these pictures. don't you love watching babies play? he was so determined to do whatever it was that he had in mind. little monkey!

funny faces...

we woke up at 7:00 even though we went to bed at 10:00. mom and dad were not so excited...




we were though...

we ran down the hallway

and the chaos commenced.

ezra got-

a digital camera

spiderman motorcycle that transformed into spiderman

books- richard scary's biggest word book, cowboy and octopus

up

eli got-

dino mountain

felt play mat

books

monsters inc.

spiderman motorcycle

abe got-

little people barn

crackers

books

basketball hoop

and about 5 different balls

we also got many many fun and wonderful gifts from our families. we had a great christmas, hope you did too! like my friend lily said on facebook... "christmas, like disneyland is much better with kids" i could not agree more. seeing my boys happy makes up for all the hard parts.

dear eli-

where to start with you my special little boy? you are so fun. you love to give "pisses" ( kisses!) all day long. i love that you wake up before the other boys to go potty in the morning. then you sneak in my bed and snuggle me for a while. you have very stinky morning breath but i don't care. you are crazy as they come. you jump off things and get hurt all day long. it is so funny and exhausting at the same time. you have funny fat hands and feet that remind me of fred flintstone. sometimes i call you man hands. you have the prettiest eye lashes i have ever seen on a little boy. i can't get enough of your cute piggy nose. you have crazy eyebrows. you are obsessed with chocolate milk and cheese. how in the world are you 2 and 1/2 already? i just signed you up for preschool next year. you will be going to the same school ezra went to this year. good thing too since you ask me every day when you can go to preschool. whenever we say something about you being 2 you tell us that you are 8.

love you