Joshua's Burger King Birthday Party.

Yesterday was Joshua's birthday party for his friends at Burger King. I think it all went well. I'm glad we didn't have everyone come over to our tiny little townhouse, Burger King worked perfectly.

Thank you everyone who came Joshua had a blast!!! Thank you all for your gifts!!!


The cake we got from Safeway. This was the first year I didn't make his cake.


So happy!


Blow them out!


Our friends; Rosa, Stacey, Boone


Our friends; Megan, Oscar. Debbie and Tyler


Tyler and Ryan


Joshua opening gifts... He loved them all!!

Joshua is 4!!!

Joshua is now 4 years old and it is so hard to believe. We had a very busy, fun filled birthday and I believe it was a success. When Will got me up that morning I wrapped Joshua's presents and displayed them on the couch. Joshua was so happy to see his gifts sitting there nicely waiting to be opened. I liked having him open his gifts in the morning so he could play with his toys all day. He is really into castles, knights and dragons so we bought him a large castle with a dragon on it. The castle does many neat things. That was the big gift and we got him a few smaller items. After gifts Joshua requested heart french toast. It was such a big hit on Valentines day that he wanted to have it again.

After Breakfast we went to book babies (for Will) Joshua had fun showing off his birthday shirt and having everyone sing happy birthday to him. at 12:30 we had an appointment for Will, since he isn't crawling yet and has poor posture the doctor wanted to have him checked out at the developmental preschool. A physical therapist will be vising us once every other week to help him start moving.

That morning Joshua had mentioned he wanted to get his hair cut so off we went to the parlor. He did very well, so much better than last time so we took him for a small ice cream cone. We went back to the house for another nap and so Joshua could play with all of his things. Then later that afternoon we went to corona village for his birthday dinner. Joshua thought it was pretty neat that they sang happy birthday to him and put on a big hat. This has become a family tradition.


The gifts


Joshua very excited to open his gifts


The Castle


Joshua playing with his castle


Will wanting to crawl to the castle


The beautiful trees that morning. I had told Joshua that God decorated the trees just for his special day. He thought that was very neat, then later was sad that they melted.


My boys


Joshua enjoying the ice cream. The silly boy that he is eats the ice cream out of the cone with a spoon then doesn't eat the cone.


Look Mom... I'm 4!!! All day he had told people that he was 3 when they would ask him how old he was. That morning I had told him that he wasn't actually 4 until 3:05pm so then he started telling people he was 3 and I would have to tell everyone the story. Once 3:05 hit he told everyone he was 4. This picture was taken at 3:05!!



The Corona Village pictures!

Joshua in his sombrero.










Joshua's first drawing of a person, on the bathtub wall.

Joshua's Birthday Party at Chuck E Cheeses

We had a fun time last Saturday at Chuck E Cheeses for Joshua's Birthday. We met up with my sisters Wendee and Heather and Wendee's three kids. Michael's Mom, Dad and Sister met up with us as well. Joshua had a BLAST playing all the games, eating the pizza, cake, and opening the gifts. Thank you everyone for an enjoyable time.


What was left of the cake. I forgot to take the before picture. It was a pretty yummy cake.

Joshua's Birthday party

We had a very exciting weekend with my sister and her three children here. Then on Saturday Michael's parents and sister came over for Joshua's party as well as one of Joshua's friends and his parents. Joshua had a lot of fun but I am so glad we are back to normal now. It was a little too excitement for him. He slept horrible on Saturday night and had a rough day at church the next day. Last night he slept so much better and seems to be having a great day so far.

Here are some pictures from his birthday party. He chose Spider-man for the theme this year. He loves pretending to be superheros so this was perfect. We had Spider-man masks for the kids, a Spider-man cake made by me, balloons all over the ground as well as some helium balloons. Thank you every one who gave him gifts!! I love all the clothes, and toys he received. Family, thank you so much for making the trip to spend with Joshua.


The Spider-man cake before the topper got put on the cake.


The Spider-man cake




Joshua and his friend Ryan


Joshua praying before we sing 'Happy Birthday'









Joshua is doing great with potty training and doesn't have any accidents. If he does wait too long he pees a couple of drops and runs to the toilet. He now insists on standing up to go to the bathroom so we purchased a stool for the bathroom. He still has his potty chair downstairs he uses a lot too. He still has wet naps and night times but I am sure things will get better as time goes on.

Joshua is very excited for his baby brother to get here. The other day we watched a friends little girl. Joshua had a lot of fun playing with her, getting her some toys to play with and laying down with her. When she would roll around the room Joshua would get on the floor and roll around too. He is going to be such a great big brother.

Joshua is three!!!

It is so hard to believe Joshua is 3 years old already. It feels like just last month we celebrated his second birthday. Here are some pictures of Joshua when he turned one, then two, then three. He still loves making silly faces, giving us kisses and hugs, and just being a boy.

Yesterday was a lot of fun. He woke up and right away knew how old he was. We gave him a present then I made him some homemade waffles, his favorite breakfast. After breakfast Joshua and I went to the Rec-center so he could play in their play room and go swimming with Tyler. He had a lot of fun and didn't want to leave. After swimming we went home, picked up Michael and drove to Cheyenne. We took Michael's parents out to lunch at a Mexican Restaurant, they put a sombrero on his head but didn't sing Happy Birthday so we might have to go to Corona Village tonight for dessert so they can sing Happy Birthday to him there. After lunch we went to Michael's parents house for gifts. Joshua had a ton of fun opening his gifts here are some pictures of him spending his birthday. We got him a bunch of little gifts this year since he LOVE unwrapping things. He enjoyed it.















Joshua loved this clone trooper outfit. It is way to big for him but he loves to dress up.





Joshua at a year old


Joshua at two years old




Joshua at three years old