Levi's Birthday Party

This past Sat. we had a little birthday party with the grandparents to celebrate Levi's 2nd birthday. We opened some presents and enjoyed some cake and ice cream.

mom, dad and the birthday boy

family picture

opening his present. He got a bubble bucket with extra bubbles from us, a pirate ship water table, from grandpa and grandma VanRhee and a stand n' play raceway car track from grandpa and grandma Scholten

playing with his new present. His brothers enjoyed them as well :)

his dump truck cake, I think he liked it alot

Happy Birthday to my Baby Boy!

My baby is 2 already! :( Little sad b/c he is my last child, but also looking forward to the next chapter in our life and that is a little more independent children. We have moved out of the baby stage. He is SO SO BUSY!! He does not stop moving it ought to make for an interesting camping trip we have every year! He loves animals and being outside and absolutely LOVES to hang at dads shop with the big boys and check out all the semi trucks and dirtbikes. He just had an appt this morning and he is a healthy 30 lbs and 35" tall- 75% for both, so he has slowed down a bit( he was a steady 98% since 2 weeks old) and no shots, that was a bonus. I was expecting them but he will get them in Dec. when he is 2.5 I quick snapped a picture of him this morning before our busy morning runnning errands and the second one is just a goofy picture of him that I thought was cute! Next week I will probally get his pictures taken, just waiting for that bruise on his forehead to go away and hopefully no new ones appear before then.

LOVE

They are getting so big! ages 8, 5, and almost 2. LOVE. THESE. GUYS!!

One VERY Dirty Boy

John had Levi at the shop with him a few weekends ago for the first time all day and he LOVED it. He takes the older two boys alot b/c they are more independent but Levi is getting old enough to start making a fuss about them leaving without him. He came home one VERY dirty boy. His pants had oil on them and his hands were black. I gave him a bath when we got home and even afterwards he still had a "stain" on his skin from the oil!. He slept great that night! He had a great time hanging with the boys :)

Birthday Boy # 2

HAPPY BIRTHDAY RILEY!!! Riley is 8 today! Love that I get to share this Mother's Day with him b/c he ( and his brother's) are the reasons that allow me to celebrate it! He actually arrived a few days before Mother's Day that year and made me a first time mommy :) The best gift ever! Happy Birthday Bud, Mom and Dad Love You!