Lena March 2014

So Lena's favorite books, as of late, are "If you give a mouse a cookie" and "If you give a  moose a muffin"  Every night when we would read them she would say she wanted to make puppets like in the book... of course it was bedtime so we couldn't do it right then so I kept saying tomorrow... and of course I would forget about it "tomorrow" until bedtime... anyway, EVENTUALLY we finally remembered to make them during the day... I'm definitely not one of those crafty people... but they were good enough for her and she got to help. :)

Lena with her bean pod. :)  She was so cute and wanted to make sure the camera saw it. :)

I know I've said this before, but really, Lena is the BEST big sister.  She is always looking out for her little brother and trying to make him happy when he is sad.  She also so willing to share with him... most of the time. :)

Here is just one of those times I couldn't resist doing a photo shoot. :)  

Lena loves climbing up to help me make things... Walter decided to join this time. :)

Randy's Birthday!  He was content with his U of U sunglasses, costco bottle of Chelula and some new, much needed shorts. :)  Thanks everyone!

Randy's Keylime cupcakes! :)  A bit blurry, but you get the gist.

Walter March 2014

Walter liking the baby swings... I wish they would put these in more parks. 

He was being SO cute with his collection of wood chips on the stairs. 

I turn around for one second and what happens?  

Walter and one of the possible arranged marriage candidates Lana... she is such a cutie.  He was having so much fun playing next to someone his same size!

He looks so grown up in this picture!  He's really started dancing a lot to music and it's so fun to watch!

Sam putting on his socks... two things he LOVES... getting socks put on and his Sam. :)

Oh my, Walter is infatuated with flags!!! all types and sizes... in fact... he can spot one of these little things from a block away and goes ballistic!!!  Oh, and he's not content with just one... not even with one in each hand... he wants to hold every single one in sight!  With all of the construction going on, let's just say it's been hard to go on a walk without a tantrum. 

Lovin' his warm suit! 

He is seriously becoming a PRO at feeding himself... and others. :)

He's been getting better and better and entertaining himself with toys and such. :)

Cheese face!!!

Fun with Nonno!

So cute in his pack'n'play at Nonna's house. :)  Thank you Sam, for letting us use your room. :)

Getting pulled in his mini lego wagon. :)

He's one of my trusted cupcake testers. :)

Lena February 2014 (Phone Pics)

Rosie and Alex and Jimmy got this vest for Lena for Christmas... she was SO excited to wear it and model it. :)

She always does the side pose for me... it is so cute!

Lena on her bike outside for the very first time.  It was on Walter's birthday and she did such a great job! :)

One big thing she needs to work on is looking where she is going. :)

Let The Party Begin!

To start things off for Walter's number ONE birthday party Rosie and Alex created this amazing birthday cake!!!  They wanted a theme and I told them that the one thing Walter has always REALLY liked (ever since he was born) has been music.  From that they created this amazing guitar cake!  :)  

Lena and Jimmy helped put the candles in. :)

Walter opening his first present...

And this is pretty much how things went after that... Lena and Jimmy did all of the work (opening the presents) while Walter played with the things that came out of them. :)

 Same was so kind as to take the rest of the present opening pictures!  I've said it before but I absolutely love how he catches those "no-one-knows-he's-taking-a-picture" moments. :)  It is just so much fun to see how everyone was doing behind the scenes. :)

So much going on in this picture!  I love it!

Walter was literally grandpa's boy this day... no joke, he made the choice to go from ME to HIM... that NEVER happens! :)  It was so cute to see Kelvin loving his little grandson up so much. :)

These were Walter's FAVORITE present of the day... I swear as soon as they were opened, all he wanted to do for the rest of the day was throw them and get them... repeat. :)

Lena and Jimmy doing more of the "opening". :)

Randy was just so excited... can you tell?

Walter and Lena playing with Walter's new toy from Grandma and Grandpa.

Who doesn't like seeing a naked baby. :)

and now for the moment we've all been waiting for...

the...

CAKE SMASH!!!!

let the smashing begin:

This boy EXCEEDED my expectations on how awesome this moment would be.  He really got into that cake face first and everything. :)  I couldn't really narrow down which pictures to include... that's why there are so many.

Post cake-smash bath with Eva. :)

And now time for everyone else to get some cake. :)

Walter wanted to try Sam's shoes on. :)

What blog post isn't simply awesome if it ends with a picture of Eva... umm... I think NONE!!!

HAPPY BIRTHAY to my sweet boy. :)