Nixon's 3rd Birthday!

Our sweet Nixon turned 3 years old today. We are so lucky to have Nixon in our family. He is so much fun, and we just love him so much. At his 3 year check up, he was 34" tall and 25 whole pounds. He is definitely our teeny guy, and didn't quite make it on the charts this year. He is so kind (most of the time), and loves his brother and sister so much. He has a quick temper, and when he doesn't get his way it doesn't take long to see, or hear, that he is mad! Most of the time though, he is just the sweetest little guy. I'm grateful that he only weighs 25 pounds because he makes me carry him in to day care every day. Which means I have to carry Leila, the diaper bag, and him every morning. Every morning. If I ever try to get away with not carrying him, he cries and cries and will just stand there until I pick him up. My arms are getting pretty buff! He likes all foods, and sometimes he eats everything on his plate, while other times he won't touch a thing.
For Nixon's birthday this year, we had our families over for appetizers and cake and ice cream. We always have an Oscar party with Brock's family, where we all bring a bunch of appetizers, and watch the Oscars. Since they were on last night, we combined parties! It was really fun.
Nixon got a little confused with holidays, and has been saying for weeks now that he wants to be Batman for his birthday. He did not forget about it, and kept saying any time we mentioned his birthday. Needless to say, we had a Batman themed party!
Here he is seeing his Batman cake for the first time.


Super excited!

Here are just some shots of everyone at the party.

Present time!

This was a Spiderman toy. You have to imagine hearing Nixon yelling, "It's Spider may-an!" It was so cute!

Uncle Justin and Aunt Maria got the same present as Aunt Natalie did! An Awesome Batman village thing. Jace told Nixon that he was so lucky he got two, that way he could have one too!

So, you know what's hard to find in February? A batman costume! Brock looked everywhere for about a week straight! He went to every store, everywhere, and really had no luck. He said there was every super hero mask except Batman! He finally ended up borrowing this costume from a friend, and had to spray paint a Wolverine mask black. Nixon couldn't have been happier, and wore it all day! Brock is seriously the best dad! He had to make sure his big boy got everything he wanted on his big day!

Here is the cake. The topper even comes off, and is a fun toy!

Nixon was so cute while we were singing to him. He just stood there, kind of swaying back and forth singing right along with us.

Mommy and Daddy with our big boy!

This morning, for his actual birthday, Nixon woke up to 3 balloons hanging from his ceiling. This is a tradition we have brought from Brock's family. The boys just love it.

Don't mind Brock's sweaty shirt in these pictures. He had just finished his work out!

I took cupcakes to school with Nixon, and though I wasn't there to see, Shauna told me that he was so sweet while everyone was singing to him. He had started eating his cupcake, and when everyone started singing, he stopped eating and just stood there listening. Then as soon as they were done he said, "Thanks guys!" What a cutie!

Then, after work we took Nixon, Jace, and Beckett to Kangaroo Zoo. His other cousins couldn't come because they had gymnastics. The boys had so much fun, as they always do. It's so nice having a fun place like this right around the corner! Apparently, we only got pictures of Nixon and Beckett though!

Birthday Dinner

So my birthday is the 22nd of February, and Julia's birthday is March 5th, so we decided to do an adults only Sanders family dinner in between to celebrate both! I just love being with my family. We always have a good time laughing, and telling stories, and just chatting.

We told our waiter that we were twins and it was our birthday. Yummy free ice cream!

Dane and Annie

Justin and Maria

Me and Brock

The whole group minus my cousin Bernie who also came, and was our photographer!

My 29th Birthday!

First of all, I can't believe I am 29! One more good year! Ha Ha, okay, so that's not true, but I can't believe I am only in my twenties for one more year! I had a great birthday, like always. Brock and the boys had presents for me in the morning. So sweet. I decided not to wake Leila up while I opened these ones.

We went to dinner with Brock's family that night, and then to his parent's house for cake and ice cream, and more presents. They really spoiled me, and I am so grateful for their thoughtfulness. Here is miss Leila while I'm opening presents.

Here is the whole family. I just love my family. I am so so blessed.

Yummy funfetti cake. They know it's my favorite, and even though it may be childish, and they don't love it, they make it for me every year!

Singing.

I guess we didn't get one of me blowing out the candles. The kids all swarmed and started blowing (spitting) on the cake so, being the spit freak that I am, I hurried and blew them all out. Thanks to everyone for everything! Here's to another great year!

Jace

Jace was hanging out with me while I was posting all of my last posts, and I thought he looked super handsome, so I took some pictures. I sure love this boy!

Then he started being the silly boy he always is.

Love you my sweet Jace boy!