My turn

Well yuck...the dreaded day. My birthday. Thirty. Thirty, thirty, thirty....I hate the sound of it. I really think the big problem is making the transition from one decade to the next, that is what sucks. No longer in my twenties...now its thirties. Sounds old. However, I do feel happy when I take a look at our little life. I am exactly where I would have hoped to be at thirty years old. I am proud of where we are at and the life we have created for us and our boys. So I will try to focus on that and not so much the yucky number. Its no fun getting older.

If I had to turn 30, it actually was a pretty good birthday. I have got the best family and friends, and I felt so loved. My mom planned a big dinner for me and Jen on the Sunday before our birthday. Once again our Utah snow ruined it. Poor Jen and that stupid canyon, can't tell you how many events she has missed because of the snow. Sardine Canyon is treacherous when it snows....dang Cache Valley. So it was just me being sung to at my moms, poor Jen missed it. My dinner was delicious and we requested pie for our dessert. I like pie waaaay better than cake. Cherry pie is my favorite!

Here I am on my big day...how do I look as a thirty year old? Do I look old? Probably.

It was a Monday, which is actually one of my favorite days of the week. I know most people don't love Mondays, but I do. I love that feeling of getting your week planned out and back on track. Things always seem to come together nicely on Mondays. It was just a typical school/errand day for us. I tried not to give myself any weird jobs or random projects that day, just did what had to be done and kept most of the day open. Dropped off these cutie pies at preschool.

After a quick trip to the grocery store, I came home with a sleeping Drake. Instead of laying him in his crib like I usually do, I decided to sit in the rocker in his room and just hold him. It was therapeutic. Like I say, I had been having a hard time with both our birthdays. It was good for me to just sit there and hold my baby. My sweet baby. He is still a baby. Don't you tell me otherwise.

Carson was on early out schedule that week at the elementary school, so I picked him up at 1:30 and then headed back shortly after for his parent teacher confrence. It went well. School is something he has to work at, it doesn't come as natural for him as it does for others. However, he is making huge progress. Getting right up where he needs to be. Just takes alot of diligence and patience on both our parts, but he'll be fine. As far as charachter and behavior she says he is a shining star. Which is absolute truth. Don't come more golden hearted than my boy.

Rewarded his success with a trip to the book fair.....

When I was his age there was nothing more thrilling to me than then book fairs, book orders and the book mobile...remember those. I was such a nerd.

They were pretty cheap, so I let him pick two. One that was his level and would be good pratice and one that he was just interested in. Legends of Chima. They are new and my boy is obsessed.

Home in time for Lincoln to get back from preschool. We quick and had a snack and finished up their homework and then just waited around til 6:30.

Time to head out and meet family for dinner at Tepanyaki.

Twinners!!

Everyone in our families were able to make which made it that much better. Thiago asked if I wanted to have everyone over after for cake and icecream. I said no. Had just had Drake's party the day before and while they are so much fun, they are alot to clean up after. Didn't really feel like doing that on my birthday, so we just called it a night after dinner. It was perfect.

And now I am 30. It's sinking in a little bit now and doesn't feel as terrible as I first thought it was. Just a number, right? Yeah, just a number.

My baby bug is 2

Ugh, breaks my freaking heart. No way is this kid 2, no way. Why does their growing up have to hurt so bad? I'm going through a mini mid life crisis friends, I kid you not. Between my turning 30 and Drake's turning 2, I just have a constant pit in my stomache. These years are flying by, I am blinking and they are gone and I can never get them back. I know they say the next phase is great too, I know we all grow and age and its the way it goes but I will admit I love this stage with my kids. I go to bed exhausted every single night because of the physical toll it takes to mother young children. I never, ever feel as if I have one single moment to myself. Life is hectic, and crazy and not always pretty but oh the joy they bring me. Their innocence, their goofy little toothless smiles, the way they smell straight out of the shower, the way they still love to be held and snuggled, the way their little hands fit in mine. the noise, the toys, their sweet little cartoons. I wish so badly it would all just slow down. I guess I will just love it for all that it is, live in this moment, never take them for granted and soak up every little ounce of them I can get. Oh, geez....TWO!

This is a two part blog post. His actual birthday and then the day of his party. Started his day with his favorite breakfast, I am such a sucker....he woke up later than the other two and missed breakfast so I stopped for my Mcdonalds coke after dropping off Carson and got him a hashbrown. He loves those things.

We had a totally slow, quiet morning... him and Lincoln layed around watching cartoons and playing while I got ready for the day. It's real rough being two.

Cutest little 2 year old. As much as I hate that he's two...he sure is a fun one. He has the most delightful little personality.

We didn't do a whole lot during the day. It was the day we had that crazy ice storm and I got in one two many fights with my driveway that day. Our house faces north and our driveway is on a huge slant and it was seriously a death trap. Like an ice skating rink. My 4 wheel drive car could not make it up. I had to spend an hour out there trying to break up some of the ice, just so I could get in. Crazy. So besides that, I also helped in Carson's class and then we ran a few errands getting stuff together for his birthday party that weekend.

Once Carson got home from school and Thiago got home from work, we braved the crazy roads to go out and have some fun. Crown Burger was our first stop. Birthday boy ate his hotdog and fries. Couldn't have asked for more. He loves that dinner.

I think I mentioned on here that my boy lost both of his front teeth that week. Here is his first official picture without them. Haha. Can't believe I am a mom to a kid old enough to have a toothless smile. Isn't loosing teeth just the weirdest thing when you stop and think about it. Ha, just weird. His new smile cracks me up, love it!

We then went to Boondocks. It was a Thursday night, and a stormy one at that, so we basically had the place to ourselves. We joined the birthday club thing so Drake was totally free and the other two are easy to please. About an hour of the kid mini bowling and then another hour over in the fun house and a quick trip through the arcades. It was a cheap and fun night.

One of our funnest nights. The boys had been so excited all week to go. They were in the best moods. Getting along so great with each other and really looking out for one another and just being all together sweet and so appreciative of the activity. Love when they act like that. Me and Thiago just kinda set back and watched them, smiling the whole time. Just doesn't get much better than that.

And that brings us to his party Saturday night with family. Of course I worked that morning, so it's always kinda crazy for me those few hours that I get home and trying to get everything put together. I thought it all turned out great though.

He was obsessed with his cake. See him here, checking it out. Appearantly, nobody makes a Jake and the Neverland Pirates cake, so we had to improvise. Had Harmons make the cake and just put the border on and then me and my sister added the little guys to the top. I liked it, so did Drake. Kept trying to get him in the shower and he was pretty upset when I pulled him away from it.

Birthday boy!

Party time! Didn't get any pictures of our dinner, but it was yum! We did barbeque pulled pork sandwiches with chips and dip, baked beans, a fruit salad, potato salad and layered salad. Thanks to our families for all their help. And for all the love and support they always show me and my kiddo's. We are so blessed to have so many people in our lives that love us.

He got so many great presents this year. Some fun new wooden food sets for his kitchen, a scooter, a bubble lawn mower, a lego set, an angry bird set, a bunch of stuffed angry birds and some outside toys. Everything was so different and fun and he loved it all.

It was a fun little birthday. Love my little two year old.