Jax's 5th Birthday

 Happy Birthday to my sweet middle man Jax! I love your sensitive and quiet personality and how I can always depend on you to try and do the right thing. Whether it's playing Legos with your brothers, cleaning up your toys, or watching Colbi you always do it with a smile on your face. You are so excited to go to preschool next year at Betty's and I know the teachers will love having you as their student. Your memory amazes me and I love that when you wake up every morning you come find me to give me a hug first thing, it is one of my favorite parts of the day. I love you and am excited to see what you will discover in your 5th year of life.

Jax loves to help me in the kitchen so of course he was right by my side when I was making his oreo birthday cake.

 

Ninja turtles are his favorite right now and he was pretty excited about all the presents and his Donatello mask.

We gave him Legos, a light saber, sunglasses and a dragon flashlight friend that he has been asking for since we gave his friend Joel one at his birthday back in March. He was very excited about all his gifts!

Playing with his legos. The boys have so many legos now and play with them all the time. They are quite literally all over my house!

His new flashlight friend named "Spike".

We had a small little party and invited his best friend Joel over along with Joel's family.

5 year stats

Height: 44.5 inches (80%)

Weight: 46 lbs (80%)

 

Birthday Questions

How old are you? five
What do you want for your birthday breakfast? Bread dough pudding

What is your favorite color? blue

What is your favorite toy? spike (stuffed dragon)

What is your favorite fruit? peaches

What is your favorite vegetable? broccoli

What is your favorite television show? Ben 10

What is your favorite animal? monkeys

What is your favorite book? 3 little pigs

Who is your best friend? Joel

What is your favorite sport? Seahawks

What is your favorite thing to do outside? play on the trampoline with the sprinkler

What do you sleep with at night? spike

What is your favorite thing to eat? subway

What do you want to be when you grow up? hunter

What is your favorite thing to do with dad? go to wal-mart

What is your favorite thing to do with mom? bow and arrows



Colbi Lyn: 9 months

 

I had to take this last picture of her in this boppy seat. This seat has been used by all 4 of my kids and I finally gave it to Dave's sister Katie who is having a baby girl in July. Kind of bittersweet getting rid of things that you know you will never use again.

At 9 months Colbi is finally starting to figure out the rolling and scooting thing. She is not even close to crawling so I am betting she will be close to 1 before that happens. Jax did not crawl till 11 months so she seems to be following his development in that regard. However, she is quite the talker and mimics everything we do. She can say hi, bye, mama, dada, dog, Jax, banana and no. She waves hello and good-bye, plays peek-a-boo, blows kisses, claps and plays patty cake. She also signs "more" and "dog". She eats pretty much anything we give her, she has yet to refuse a food and is by far the best eater I have ever had (and that's saying a lot because the boys were never that picky either). However, she continues to be smaller than the boys (except in length she is at the top of the chart) at this age. She is wearing 6-9 month and some 12 month clothing and size 3 diapers. She is nursing 4 times a day and eats 3 meals and some snacks. She takes one nap and sleeps about 12 hours every night. She loves her mama and gives her daddy the biggest smiles and giggles when he comes home for the day. Colt and her have become the best of buddies. If I am busy and she is sad Colt will pick her up and hold her until I can take her again. She cuddles right into him and lays her head on his shoulder. Jax loves to play legos with her (the big ones) and likes to feed her puffs. He is very careful about making sure that everything she eats is broken up and very small so she doesn't choke. Case loves to kiss her over and over again. He can't keep his hands off of her and she tolerates it very well, I think she may actually like it. She may end up being as crazy as him! Oh how we love this little girl!!!
9 month stats:

Height: 29 inches (92%)

Weight: 17lbs 2 oz (30%)

Case's 3rd Birthday

We celebrated Case's birthday today. This boy has one big personality for only being 3 years old. I have learned so much about parenting in the past 3 years from him. He keeps me on my toes all the time and is constantly talking and moving. We had a fun day starting with donuts at Roger's Bakery, Pizza Hut for lunch and fish tacos for dinner. My parents came over for dinner (I didn't take pictures just videos) and we celebrated my dad's birthday too since his birthday is tomorrow. I made a chocolate sheet cake with oreos on top for his cake.

For his birthday we gave him a fishing pole, sunglasses and a tool kit.

Showing off his new sunglasses.

 

He may be the youngest of 3 boys but he tries his best to keep up with them. He loves chasing his brothers around and doing whatever they are doing. He also loves to give Colbi hugs and kisses...ALL DAY LONG.  He has a hard time keeping his hands off of her and Colbi is pretty good about letting him play with her

One of his very favorite things to do right now is fishing, he talks about it non stop and always asks to go out to Papa and DiDi's so he can fish in their creek.

 

Love you Case Michael!

 

3 year stats:

Height: 38.5 inches (65%)

Weight: 32 lbs (45%)

 

Birthday Questions

How old are you? free
What do you want for your birthday breakfast? donuts from Rogers Bakery

What is your favorite color? pink

What is your favorite toy? hulk

What is your favorite fruit? pineapple

What is your favorite vegetable? green beans

What is your favorite television show? Avengers

What is your favorite animal? Charlie (his stuffed dog)

What is your favorite book? Stories that dad tells me about bears

Who is your best friend? Jax

What is your favorite sport? Fishing

What is your favorite thing to do outside? play

What do you sleep with at night? lovie and Charlie

What is your favorite thing to eat? veggies and chicken

What do you want to be when you grow up? fireman
What is your favorite thing to do with dad? go fishing
What is your favorite thing to do with mom? play freeze tag