a Super birthday!

my little man turned 3 on Friday...we had his birthday party today...it's been somewhat of a whirlwind around here, lately! 

But, it was fun to have 2 full days to just spend playing super heros, eating birthday cake and basically just having tons of fun!! 

 Jackson was born on my littlest brothers 16th birthday party. We call them "birthday buddies" :) 

 we once again had a beautiful cake made by a very creative friend! 

we had a bunch of super cakes and little masks, all ready for the little kiddos :)

Hailey helped make a cool little banner for the birthday boys!

 yummy, yummy cake!!

 present opening, playing dollies and giving hugs was all part of the super fun day :)

 Macy and Elli loved the day, too....well, they loved it all except for waiting for cake :) 

In so many ways I feel like Jackson has been 3 for so long...he just seems like he's in such a hurry to grow up and keep up with Hailey! Some days I just wish he would sit still and let me snuggle him and keep him little a little longer!! :) 

Fun :)

We spent a night this weekend with friends at their cabin- with just our little boy! It was a little weird to do something with just Jackson, since we've never had him all by himself! He definitely missed Hailey, but our friends little boy was a good stand in :) poor thing got a little beat up, but I think it may be just jack's way of paying him back for all the picking drew did on him when they were younger ;) 

I think the whole family had a good time! I got to relax a little bit (but mostly got a lot of exercise walking up and down the very long and steep stairway between the dock and cabin- it seemed longer and steeper with each trip up and down) :) and spend a lot of time talking and playing! Korey got to fish and hang out with his BFF, so he was happy! Jackson got to fish, drive the boat, sleep with mommy and miss his nap, so he was happy! Hailey got to get incredibly spoiled by grandma and grandpa, so she was happy! And Maysen and Maelle got to spend time playing with Nani and Papa so they were happy!! 

Jack was pretty wore out from all the fun he had!! :) Isn't he just the most precious little thing when he's sleeping?! Hard to believe that this little boy is gonna be 3 at the end of this week...

It's a party!!

A NICU graduate party! 

We all got tattoos, face paint, petted a donkey and a miniature horse, held bunnies, bounced in a bouncy house, ate hotdogs and watermelon, watched a helicopter land and take off, ate suckers, read stories with the cat in the hat, and played tons of games!! All in all for 2 moms with 6 kids- all 4 and under- it was an incredibly successful evening :) (we all had fun and left smiling...well, almost everyone- elli wasn't so happy to be in her carseat) :)