The Big 3

My baby is 3! I still can't believe three years have gone by already with my little buddy, and I can't believe how big he is getting. This kid has had 3 years filled with lots of adventures and travels. I wanted to make this birthday extra special for him with all the changes that have been going on around him. We spent most of the week celebrating this kid's birthday. My mom and little brother drove down from Utah so they could be with us on his birthday and then my dad flew in for the party.... This kid sure is loved. We went to Disneyland one last time before our passes expired. As you may already know, this kid is OBSESSED with Star Wars so this birthday was all about Star Wars.  He seems to be a  fan of the "dark side". He got a stormtrooper mask and he LOVED it. He took it to Disneyland and wore it during the Jedi training show they have. He was so excited and got to "pound it" with the Stormtroopers that came out. That was the highlight for him. Now at home he comes up to me and says "pound it, como stormtrooper." He also got to build his lightsaber with his Uncle Haffid. We seemed to have picked the perfect day to go to Disneyland because on average we were in line for about 10-15 minutes, and the most we were in line for was probably 45 mins (that is NOT bad for Disneyland). We got to get on most of the rides, go see David's favorite characters and that was with leaving before they kicked us out before the Halloween party they do. We got home right before bedtime and cut the cake for my buddy to blow out his candles. 

First "rollercoaster" with Tio Haffid! He did so good and loved the speed

Haffid and I took advantage of nap time and rode a few rides while my mama looked after the kiddos. The only one I regretted was Splash Mountain, I got DRENCHED. Oh well.

Hopefully next time we come back he can ride the Star Wars ride. Just a few more inches kid!

A day filled with fun and lots of love for David, Greyson was SO over it.

We threw David his birthday party on Saturday at one of our favorite parks. I had my beautiful mama help me SO much (as always). Things turned out great. More importantly, my buddy was so excited when he got there and seemed to have fun with his friends the entire time. As he was going to bed he kept talking about his friends, his new toys, and his happy birthday. That day it was SO hot, but we survived. I got home that night and realized I took almost NO pictures. I wanted to cry. I started texting and asking everyone if they took pictures. Turns out my dad took a few and so here they are!

Here, you see how beautiful my "happy birthday" sign looks....Well I went home and came back to it looking NOTHING like this...but we fixed it and things still looked good before the guest arrived.

So happy with his table. So glad he got Vader and mr. Stormtrooper from grandma and grandpa. Worked out great for the decor.  

 

We had a very punny party. As you can tell with all the signs I had. We also had "princess lays" and "bow-ba-fett pasta". None original ideas, oh how I love Pinterest.

We made lightsabers out of pool noodles. I think the kids could agree that was the best part of the party. They got to whack each other without injury and even the parents got into it. 

My homemade piñata looked great, BUT it seems that we got a little carried away with making it a little too strong. Two of the sticks that were used to hit it broke and we ended up with an umbrella but over all the hook from inside broke and we ended up dumping all the candy out. Next time, less paper mache .

My beautiful mama, I couldn't have done anything without her. She is amazing.

I ended up buying a cake since I ruined my recipe, but it was SO delicious, I was sorta glad I did.

Over all with bad HOT weather, a ruined cake, melted cupcakes, deflated balloons with a crazy "happy     birthday" sign and no pictures in my camera, things still turned out great.... my dad saved the day by taking pictures and more importantly we got to celebrate my kiddo with friends and family that love him.

                         

Happy BirthWeek

LONG over due post as always and guess what...???? My beautiful baby boy turned 2 last Tuesday! I still can't believe I get to be his mama. I'm one lucky lucky mama. We celebrated the entire week. First my mom came to visit last Sunday, then my dad arrived on Wednesday. My brother and his girlfriend Mimi came Thursday and we did a bunch with them. We took advantage of every moment. With grandma and grandpa here you could imagine that on top of the regular spoils he gets from them, it was even MORE intense with it being his birthday. We did so much.
Here is what we did on this very eventful week

We started the week with our favorite lunch, then the day of David's birthday we took him to the mall to play and later went to Chuck e Cheese. That boy was in heaven. I LOVED LOVED LOVED the moment he "met " ChuckE. He was in awe and just planted his little feet next to him took his picture, and then ChuckE put his hand on him and he was like "Whoa". One of my favorite things of being a mom is seeing the PURE joy they get with little things like this. Oh gosh, we had so much fun we had some family come and celebrate with us that day so it was a really good day spent with my kiddo.  

Wednesday my dad arrived, and I think I've mentioned it before, this kid LOVES LOVES LOVES his grandpa. Again, PURE joy when he saw him at the airport. We welcomed him by taking him to one of our favorite taco trucks we use to go to when we lived here.

Thursday we spent our afternoon visiting David at work. The Nestle offices have quite a set up in their little store. We always get a bit carried away while we're there and buy a lot more than what we need.

Someone had too much fun pushing the little cart around and helping check-out

Friday since everyone had already arrived we went to DISNEYLAND! It was quite an experience seeing my baby in such a magical place. Again, PURE JOY. He doesn't get excited like I think one would expect. He just takes it all in. He just sits and takes it all in, sometimes he smirks, but mostly he just stares and takes it all in. When he does get SUPER excited he starts saying hi to things, "Hi Mickey, hi Mickey, hi Mickey" I love it. The rides were a big hit with him. He did get really excited in line, almost telling people to move so he could just get on, but once he was on, again, just sat there with his little serious "take it all in" face.

This picture made me so happy, he's always so silly making the craziest faces

So much fun in Fantasyland

This is what I was talking about.....

Mimi & Amir

Mom& Dad

Tomorrow land fun while the baby naps

The ONE thing I regret

Again, taking it all in

Saturday we spent most of the day in Santa Monica. We went to the beach, and then walked down Third Street Promenade at night. David was NOT liking the sand at all when we got there, BUT after a little time and realizing that it seemed everyone else was having fun except for him sitting on the towel, he decided to take the risk......I think he figured out it was worth it. 

One of the best weeks of my life so far, and I think it's safe to say that for this kid's too. I don't know how we can make each birthday as special as this one.