AEDAN'S 5TH BIRTHDAY

I can't believe we have a 5 year old! It's gone by so fast and we can't imagine life without our little guy. He was so excited to be 5 and talked about it for weeks before his birthday. He would keep track of the days and talk about how far away the 27th was. He did get a little confused when they sang Happy Birthday at church on Sunday and gave him M&M's. He thought that meant he got 2 birthdays! So, I explained that they were just celebrating it since they weren't going to see him on his birthday but he actually only gets ONE birthday. :) When he woke up on his birthday SUPER excited and first thing asked to open presents. So, we let him open the ones from us, Cali and his Great-Grandma. Then he rushed off to school where he made sure everyone knew it was his birthday. He was one energetic birthday boy!

We picked him up at preschool and he had a birthday crown on. Some of his friends wanted to be in some pictures and we got one of him with his teachers too.

We decided to have a party at the park with his preschool friends. There's a park right next to his preschool so it was perfect! We got pizza and I made cupcakes for all the kids and parents and then the kids just played together. It was so easy for a majorly pregnant Mom and still made Aedan a super happy birthday boy.

Grandpa sliding cars down the slide...

Cali striking a pose, as usual... :)

Mom & Dad with the birthday boy...

We took him to Ferrel's Old Fashioned Ice Cream Parlor for dinner and ice cream which he loved! They sang him songs and lots of waiters/waitresses stopped to say "Happy Birthday" to him. Both kids got balloon animals and we all got some yummy ice cream. We were out later than planned but Aedan had a blast and totally LOVED his birthday!!

Aedan with his birthday stickers..

Silly Daddy & Aedan...

Cali & Mommy...

Balloon animals...

Aedan's was a fish on a pole

Cali's was an octopus

A waiter came by and sang Aedan a song...

(and put his hat on Aedan for a sec)

He got a HUGE kick out of their birthday song...

He wanted a chocolate shake...

NORDSTROM FASHION SHOW

Last week we went to Nordstroms to compare diaper bags. I had 2 brands I was looking at both carried by Nordstroms and I wanted to pick the right one which meant going and seeing the actual bags of course! Well, while there we were told that they were having a kids fashion show today and that if our kids were in it we got a 15% coupon to use that day on kid stuff. So... who am I to pass up something like that? I signed up the kids and then this morning we got up bright (or not so bright since it was still dark outside) and early to head over. They had a cute set up with breakfast and drinks for everyone and it was actually a pretty fun experience. We reserved their outfits on our previous visit so they had it all ready for us. We got the kids changed and ready (they wore easter type stuff since that's only a few weeks away) and they looked so cute! (Cali fell last night and cut her lip last night so she has a very slight fat lip)
In the dressing room all ready...

They have you fill out a paper about your kid (name, age, favorite thing to do, what they want to be when they grow up, ect) and then they read it while your kid walks down the runway. 

When it was my kids turn Aedan walked right up and walked the runway like a supermodel (serious model face and everything) and Cali walked a little more shyly (but still cute) up to him. Then they stood there for a minute, probably not sure what to do, and then back. It was pretty cute. Here are the pictures from it:

Aedan is 4 years old! He loves to play cars, Superheros and go to the park. He wants to be a Chef when he grows up because he wants to learn to cook like his Daddy.

Cali is 3 years old! She loves to dress up as a princess, sing songs and play with her big brother. She wants to be a Mom when she grows up because her Mom is so cool. :)

I did hear a few comments in the crowd about how awesome Aedan was. I think it had to do with his model walk and the fact that he's the only kids who wore a suit. He did look pretty awesome! Cali was pretty cute too but there were lots of dresses so she probably didn't stand out as much. :)

So, thanks to my kids being so willing to be models for the morning, I got my Ju Ju Be diaper bag for a little cheaper and am super excited...

 I also saw these pacifiers and had to grab them because they cracked me up...

"Mute button"

and

"pull to sound alarm"

READY FOR SPRING!

Cali looked so cute and springy yesterday I had to take a picture of her. It was a nice day so we wore capri's and sandals. We did some shopping and I let her pick out a nail polish color and when we got home we painted her toes and fingers. She was very happy about it and made me paint my finger nails too so we'd match (I couldn't do my toes since I just got them done).

BABY DAY!

My Mom wanted to do a little baby day where we just do some shopping, get pedicures (totally a must when you're pregnant!) and lunch. We invited Jai (Curtis's girlfriend) and made a day of it. We started out shopping and picked out the "going home" outfit as well as a few other cute things. Then we headed over to Fudrucker's for lunch (I was totally craving that and it was YUMMY!) followed by pedicures! It was a fun day! Thanks Mom & Jai!

Jai, me and Mom

Shopping... I couldn't decide so Mom got both. :)

My attempt at a picture of us getting pedicures...

My cute toes!!

We wanted a picture with all of our toes and I was cracking up because I couldn't seem to get my feet in far enough without my belly joining them (belly=green blur)...

So we just did one foot each...