Daddy’s Girls…and Daddy’s Boy!
I meant to post this on Father’s Day, but…you know.
My kids have the best father ever!!!
The more I watch Nick be a dad, the more I fall madly in love with him…
He even vacuums. While baby-wearing. That in itself qualifies him as super-dad! 
*thankful*
I love the Moro Reflex.
It’s definitely in my top 5 favorite things about little tiny babies.
I try to take pictures of him doing this as much as possible, because it goes away so quickly…
I heart babies.
This picture will be hilarious in 18 years.
Actually, it’s hilarious now!
Jaxson - 3 weeks, Tristan - 7.5 weeks, Cade - 4.5 months, Landon - 7 months.
Tonight we helped Tanner celebrate her 2nd birthday with her favorite characters from Sesame Street!
Tanner wore her custom Abby Cadabby shirt… (notice it says “2″ and “Tanner”)
and Jaxson rocked the Elmo Onesie. We couldn’t find a real Elmo onesie that was small enough, so I had to make it.
Katelynn and I were super-cool in our Cookie Monster and Big Bird Shirts. Ha.
And Nick’s shirt is visible in the first picture;
it says “I wear this shirt when I’m a Grouch.”
We ate Tanner’s favorite foods at Tanner’s party: pizza, cheetos, and watermelon!
She enjoyed blowing out her candles with her favorite big sister,
And playing with beach balls and bubbles!
She definitely got dirtier than she’s ever been in her life.
Then we got her all sugared up on these yummy Sesame Street desserts:
It’s still hard to believe she is TWO!
The Abby & Elmo Birthday Extravaganza
In the latest installment of My Pretend Bakery, here’s how we implemented the Sesame Street theme:
First, super-grandma made 15 colors of icing while I baked the bases.
Cake (Pillsbury Funfetti…no need to make scratch cake for 2-year-olds!), Cookies, Brownies, Lemon Bars, and Rice Krispie Treats, dyed green.
I bought some of these fondant cutters and cut the rice krispie treats into 2.5″ circles, and everything else into 1.25″ circles.
The rice krispie treats became Oscar the Grouch.
The cookies became (who else?) Cookie Monster!
The brownies became Elmo.
And the lemon bars became Big Bird.
(If I did this again, I’d try lemon cheesecake instead of lemon bars…the lemon bars were exceptionally difficult to cut out as the top layer wanted to stick to the cutter, and the bottom layer wanted to crack.) The “beaks” are the yellow ends of candy corn, scored in the middle.
The star of the show was Miss Abby Cadabby!
Here’s the entire collection. Sunny Day / Sweepin’ the clouds away….
It sure was fun, but my hand is still shaking from those gazillion star tips
The birthday princess is worth it!
And already a baller like my daddy!
Do you like my basketball shorts?
Maybe a future P.E. teacher? 
It’s hard to believe our sweet baby girl turned two today. We had a fabulous time celebrating with her! The day started off with special birthday pancakes, from scratch. They were delicious!
After lunch we took her to ride the “horsies” at the mall. She loved it! And I suppose we’ll never be able to eat in the food court again without her wanting to ride… The pictures aren’t that great (because I think all the lights and mirrors were tricking the autofocus on my camera) but she had a lovely time.
Following a lengthy nap, Miss T got to go swimming with her daddy, which is one of her favorite things to do! She was so excited to wear her new big girl life jacket, and she’s apparently inherited her dad’s sense of adventure.
We filmed some fun clips from the day, which I hope to edit and post tomorrow.
Happy Birthday, Tanner!
We love you so much.
Babies are cute when they get out of the tub!
Jaxson likes baths…
Hi.
I’m 2 weeks old today.
We celebrated with sushi.
Mommy’s trying her best to spoil me rotten.
It’s working.
-JAX
