Buzz birthday!

Beck had his second birthday today...he is getting so big! He is way into super heros and wanted a buzz lightyear party. It was low key with family, cake and the best dinner thanks grandma and grandpa!

He was so excited with the cake which makes all the hard work worth it!



Since it was sunday we tried to make the day really special with a big birthday breakfast before church...he was like hmmm this breakfast looks like a regular everyday breakfast until we put a candle into the pancake and then he was excited about it!
Our cute little super hero...

Ft. Vancouver

The first day of summer a lot of the parks are free. We decided to go to Ft. Vancouver because it was a beautiful sunny day. I went with the expectation that the boys would be bored and we would just have a picnic check it out for an hour or so and head home. The boys had so much fun! Kaden said to me, "mom today was a really fun day!". I was pleasantly surprised and we spent half of the day there.

Sneak Peek...

So I was able to meet with our new doctor this past week. Because of everything that has happened over the past month he decided to do another ultrasound. It was really cool...I had never had a 3D ultrasound done. It made me even more excited for this little girl to arrive. My first thoughts when seeing what she looked like was that she looked like little Beckham when he was born. The tech says she will change a lot as she chunks up but it was fun to get a little sneak peek! It was much cooler to see in color but I thought for family far away I would post a picture so you could maybe get a little bit of an idea what she will look like. I also posted a baby picture of Beckham...I think they look similar what do you think?

Some of the pictures of her face are hard to see because the umbilical cord was in the way.

Kaden's four yipee!

So I know we have been MIA lately. It has been a busy & stressful past month for us. I feel like we are barely coming up for breath & might be moving and doing it all again in a couple of months...yikes! Anyway I just wanted to thank everyone for making Kaden's birthday so special! We had a fun party with his friends and a little get together for family. Kaden really wanted a pirate party...at first I was like really what do I do for a pirate party but we found lots of great ideas...and it was a lot of fun!

We had pizza...what four year old boy doesn't love pizza? We had a pinata!!! I found a cute one at hobby lobby that was a pirate ship and even better had a 40% off coupon (love that!).

Lots of pirate skulls and gold candy decorations...and the homemade root beer was especially fun for the pirate theme!

We made pirate hats and pirate patches for everyone & little compasses to wear around their neck to find the hidden treasure and loot bags on our treasure hunt!

I made a pirate ship full of fruit this was fun and easy. I just got scraps of fabric and made it jig jag looking and then stamped happy birthday and his name on them and stuck them on kabob sticks and put them in our cut melon it turned out really cute.

They were so cute doing the treasure hunt...they loved the map and the clues it was exciting to watch them!

The treasure chest cake...I love to make fondant cakes and this year because I haven't been feeling 100% wasn't able to do a fondant cake but this turned out cuter than I expected and was super easy!

Another fun activity that Kaden loved helping with was the invitations. We made messages in a bottle and put the invitation with some sand, glitter and seashells it was really cute and Kaden LOVED making them!

It was a fun birthday party and it was so fun to watch the excitement on my little kaden's face. I can't believe he is four he is getting so big. This has been a fun stage...he is full of questions and always wants to be going and doing. It is fun to see him learning so much and soaking in everything like a sponge. I love his little personality and how loving and caring he is. He is such a great big brother and the two get along really well (most of the time!). We love our little Kaden...Happy birthday buddy!