Par-Tay time.

to celebrate moses' birthday we had a nice big family birthday party. with pretty much just our family we had a whopping 25 people in our tiny house. it was crazy. it was hot. it was perfect.

i had found an idea for a cake that was prefect for moses about 7 months ago and i am happy to say that i think it turned out better than the original. i finished it late the night before the party so in the morning moses was very excited to see it. once he saw it he just wanted to stare at it for along time. it was very cute.

moses just lookin' at his cake:

before the party started i let moses put his toys on the cake:

opening his presents:

one last shot of the cake before it was time to eat it:

"happy birthday deeear mooosseess...":

moses doing his "ta-da" pose:

after everyone left the boys played so well together:

and then we went out to dinner as a family and moses just HAD to bring along his new "suit case" full of his new toys (while wearing his new headlight flashlight) he is such a goof ball!!

in this picture he was noticing in his reflection that i had turned off his headlight and was trying to fix that little problem:

it was a pretty great day. full of all my favorite people celebrating my favorite little moses. 

4 years

today my baby turns 4. how is it possible that one day you're holding your sweet new squishy baby and the next day your FOUR year old is telling you that you're "going down to china town, mama"...

moses is proof that God has a sense of humor cause this little boy is created in His image. he had a grumpy start in this world but he has found his joy and knows how to share with others.

 

if none of these pictures made you smile (or maybe even laugh) then you need help :)

Moses, you will always and forever be MY baby moses, mosey, mojo potato, bubba, baby brudder and MY baby boy. i thank God for you everyday!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOSES!!

up, up and away!!

i am lucky enough to have a brother that flies cute little airplanes. after about a year of nagging we finally got a chance to go for a ride with him. this was boy solomon & moses' first times EVER flying!!

solly (hold his flat stanley) & mojo

excited & ready to fly!!

mama & mojo ready for takeoff

uncle andy & solly waiting our turn for takeoff

out house is right about dead center in this picture!

deep lake!!

while i was sweating and ready to hurl moses was just chillin out (while yodeling & singing twinkle twinkle christmas star...what a weirdo!)

turns out (despite the smile) solly was feeling green as well

through the tad bit of motion sickness (no one actually hurled) we had a GREAT time!! we got to fly over our house, solly's school/friends house, grammy's house and our whole town!!

THANK YOU uncle andy for the best day of summer vacation so far!!!

slithers and snips

my baby moses had a big day today. he had a field trip at school to see the reptile guy. for the most part he was totally FREAKED out. but then comes the 12 foot long snake and suddenly he's happy.

he wants one of his very own to take home now...

then it was time to trim the shaggy dog. he doesn't really like haircuts but it was getting harder and harder for me to comb in the morning. so it just had to go!

before (looking a little worried)

and after looks handsome (and OLD!)

i had a wonderful day with my [not so] little man. it's frightening how fast they grow

p.s. ashley- my spell check just told me i spelled everything right!! woohoo!

mojo

moses has been one funny kid this week!! here is just a tiny window into the shenanigans that make up the life of mojo-potato
he loves to try on other peoples shoes and it's VERY funny when he puts on daddy's HUGE (size 13 4E!) shoes

tying shoe laces (more like knotting them!)

trying to walk!

a few days later he came up with this getup...that's right! shorts with rain boots. he's a true enumclaw boy!

showing off his favorite toys:

SUPER CHEESE!!:

he says and does some of the funniest things these days. i really need to start writing them down more so that i don't ever forget. my baby is growing up too fast, it makes mama sad...