Tuesday, March 30, 2010

A nostalgic look back on Isaac being 5


I can not believe my little boy is six years old! I am sure I said the same thing last year and I am sure I will say it every year for the rest of his life. He will always be my little boy and I will always wonder where the time went.

In memory of Isaac's fifth year of life I thought I would take a moment to remember all the firsts and lasts that the year brought us. I think I will start with the lasts.

1)Say goodbye to the experimental pee era! There were no incidents on record for year 5. No more discovery of pee in places it did not belong such as bathroom walls, bathroom trashcans, empty bathtubs, and yes even preschool playgrounds.


2) No more sleeping in mommy and daddies bed! Yes an end to little feet sneaking into our bed at wee hours of the night. (finally!)

3)Say goodbye to the stroller. Finally old enough to rough it like the rest of us at the fair.

4) last time drawing on himself with marker.....just kidding, I don't think that will ever be a last!

and on to the memorable firsts!

1)First time being a big brother!

2)His very first day of real school! 3)His first time camping and catching a fish!

4) His first kiss other then his cousin Sadie. (I know scary what kindergartners are doing these days. Not allowed to let it happen again until he is 20! He knows!)

5)Lost his first tooth!

6)First time reading!

7)First time wanting to use the public restroom by himself. (Mommy right outside the door of course!)

8)First time swinging without mommy's help!
Wow that is a lot of firsts. So proud of my not so little guy and he most definitely needs to be celebrated! Happy Birthday Isaac

Saturday, March 6, 2010

Olive has a little party

Grandma Mary insisted that we have a birthday party for Olive and I am really glad she did. I can't believe I was trying to avoid planing a party for my little one year old! I mean after all she has overcome in her first year, she definitely deserves to be celebrated! We will only get this chance once and we are truly blessed that we were given the chance at all. So, thank you so much Grandma Mary!

With out any further ado, here is the guest of honor little Olive Marie Arana

I tried to make this a little extra special by making her a little outfit of sorts. I was inspired by my friend Katy who went all out for her twins first birthday. Outfits, decorations, and cakes! You name it she did it. I feel good about just getting an outfit made. Well really just a sweater and accessories.

On to a different note, we are now sure of the fact that Olive does not like her house full of people. We should have known this because at our pumpkin party she cried any time anyone so much as looked at her. The same is to be said for her birthday. Here she is crying when everyone sang to her. I did start to feel a little guilty....but.... we will just blame it on Grandma Mary ;)

Olive representing her birthday in the form of a sweater.
We were so lucky to have some special guests who by chance happened to be in town so they just had to come. Tah dah.... Amelia and Paul! I feel like they are somewhat celebrities seeing as everyone I know is always watching them on their mommy's blog, http://baby-rific.permanentriot.com/. They are pretty cute!
I think Paul really enjoyed playing with Olive's new sand table.


Olive having fun with her big buddy!






Olive playing with some of her favorite cousins, Charlotte and James
Oops... someone said something to Olive, or maybe just looked at her.


And this is the saddest face ever that made me feel like a bad mommy for giving her a party after all.
And we will end with a cute hug. This is little Valena (yes, Valena!) giving little James a hug. SO cute.

Happy Birthday Olive! I hope you will forgive us for the home invasion celebration. We love you little angel!

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

diaper time

I used to just change a diaper, then I had to ask, then I had to plead, and now I have to beg, wrestle, bribe, sing, and sometimes just cry.

How much longer till big girl potty time?

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

hmmmm

I am supposed to be posting on my blog but I have seemed to waste my allotted time looking at other random peoples blogs. I am most definitely the definition of a procrastinator. I will post something good soon.

I hope.