How is it possible..?

 I dont know how this happened, but somehow, Aubrey turned 6.  He had a great birthday, he got to have a fun grandma and grandpa night the night before his birthday while Tony and I went to a dodgers game with Nate and Anne.  Then, he got his birthday breakfast (he requested donuts) and a special birthday lunch with grandma.  (here he is before his lunch with grandma)  From grandma he got black roller skates with red wheels, a baraccuda blade and samarizer and from us a remote control car.

They got to go out to lunch, then to ice cream and the park.  Tony was working late that night, so it was great he got to do something special.  Then, Friday Tony took off and we gave him his gift (zip line) and he played all day.  Special thanks to Grandpa for putting up the zip line.  It was quite a bit more trouble than I anticipated!  The Karrers came over for the evening and he had even more fun. 

Matt picked out a very cool lego set for him that "he wanted his whole life!"  He loved it.  It was an awesome birthday for my sweet little man. :)

Aubrey's 3 year old pictures :)

Happy Birthday Aubrey!!!

My little man is "already 3" as he likes to say.  :)

We had a cake and ice cream party for him on Friday night and he had so much fun.  Here is his Costco cake that Tony won't let me live down.

He loved it though, and it was very yummy.

He is never sure about being the center of attention... but I think he handled it pretty well.

Anne brought over these cute Aubrey candles, he thought that was pretty special.

After the cake, he finally got to open the presents he had been waiting for since Jaden's birthday.  :)

He had a lot of friends there to help him.

Nana got him this very cool "toughguy" shirt that he loves.

He was thrilled to get so many presents, he had such a fun night.

His favorite thing though, was his "green life saver" from Grandma.  He waited very patiently for it, now he never puts it down.

He also got a blue one, and a sword, and this very cool Yoda shirt.  He is obsessed with star wars!!  :)  I have to say that as much as I have a distaste for anything StarWars, seeing how happy it makes him makes me love it almost as much as he does.

Picture People Adventures

Brenna 6 months old

 

Family - a little too big to scan.  I love Aubrey's face in this one.

Olivia 6 months old

Jaden - 6 years old  (when did that happen again?)

Sisters in a basket - 6 months

Baylee - 4 years old

Jaden has always been a little ham at the picture people.  They know him by name.

Baylee was doing the funniest smile, I've never seen her do it before it was hysterical.  The lady kept telling her, "ok, just relax!  Don't try so hard sweetie, shake it out and start over..." I love her sweet face.

I love Aubrey in this one too.  This was his first time really trying to smile and cooperate with the photographer, usually he cries and tries to hide.  I was so proud of him.  Baylee and Jaden did great too.  We are reaching a new era of picture people photo shoots where children actually start posing for pictures rather than running around grabbing props and being otherwise, well, terrible.  The girls will be at that stage soon, but for now I am enjoying the (relative) peace.  Now, if we could find a way to streamline the waiting, choosing and paying process at the end it would almost be an enjoyable process.  :)

Jaden's Birthday

Is it just me, or is it completely out of the blue that Jaden is now 6 and going into 1st grade this year???  I don't know, it kind of caught me off guard, but it is true.  He is so happy to be 6 now "like Luke."  He can only enjoy it for 6 months until Luke turns 7, and then that is all I will hear about until this time next year.  So the cycle goes.  :)  Anyway, speaking of Luke, Mrs. Karrer outdid herself this year and made Jaden the most amazing knight's castle cake I have ever seen, and not to be unfair, she made a beautiful princess one for Baylee as well.  I'm not sure if she truly realized how much work it was going to be, or if she just loves my kids that much, but we think she is pretty special.  :)

She did most of the work at her house, but brought it all over here on Saturday morning to assemble it.  The kids must have asked if we were finished yet 1000 times.  They were SO excited!

She even let them put the tops of the towers on when she was done.

Balyee was thrilled with hers.

And of course, my mighty knight loved his and has said several times that it was the best birthday that he ever had.

Thanks Anne, you made it so special for them!

Aubrey had some fun too.  Since Jaden got a new bike, he got to upgrade to Jaden's old bike.  Tony put the training wheels back on it and he hopped right on.  He loves it!  I was shocked at how well he did.  It is pretty big for him.

He was SO proud.  :)

So was Daddy.

Jaden and Baylee waited all day for this moment!

Her cake looked so cute with the candles on it.  What in the world??

So everyone enjoyed some cake and I think Anne was very relieve when it was all disassembled!

The kids were even crazy enough to want to get in the pool.  I remember those days... but they are long since passed for me.  Thankfully Tony and Nate were willing to brave the cold and swim with the little ones.

Nana and Cathy hung out with the girls.

Chase man enjoyed Jaden's new beanbag.  He was so cute, he liked the balloons too.  Just wasn't quite sure about all the people, but he is getting much better.

Jaden LOVES JC and was so glad he came.  :)  I saw them sitting together eating cake and had to grab a picture.  It was the sweetest thing.

 

Playing Catch-Up

It has been an eventful month for us!  I am so behind in blogging, that I figured I would just give a few random pictures and call it good until I can figure out how (and when!) to use my new computer.  First of all, my little girl turned 4!  Can you even believe it?  I really can't.  It was not the most eventful birthday ever, because we moved 2 days before... but it was fun and I will have more on that later.  Before that, Tony turned 29 and I actually did not get a picture of him.  :/  I did get a picture of the girls on our way out to dinner with our dear friends that night, and that will have to suffice.   

They looked so cute, much cuter than Daddy anyway.  :P  Tony said that Brenna looked like a gangster with those tennis shoes on, but I thought she looked adorable.  

Then there was the move... Tony's birthday dinner was the last night we spent in our little house, and while Tony went out with the guys for some cigars and a movie, Cathy came over and helped me finish up with the packing and last minute details.  All of the moving drama has (apparently) come to an end, and we are in our new place.  More on that later also!

Lastly, and I notice that I'm going in reverse order, Jaden actually caught his first real, uninjured butterfly a week or so before we moved.  It was a big deal to him, he has been trying to catch one for such a long time.  I was glad he was able to do it in the backyard that he had spent so much time trying in.  :)  Also, he has proven to have inherited my useless and strange talent of being able to catch little animals.  

Big day today! Baylee turned four, we had a fun night celebrating with the family and enjoying our new house! Yes, we are finally in. We got renters for our home and gave them the keys tonight. Also, Brenna found her feet! We  got our new computer in, but it is not hooked up yet. Get ready for an onslaught of pictures Wednesday night. :) What a day... off to bed for me!