Swimming!!!

In the last few weeks Noah has become more and more brave about swimming on his own (with his life jacket!) It is so much fun to watch him swim and see the proud look on his face as he exclaims "I'm like a fish", "I'm swimming!" Noah has the kicking part down of swimming, but has not quite coordinated that he needs to move his arms as well to help keep him afloat. Olivia also decided to give swimming with a life jacket a shot. She's not so sure she's ready yet. We have really enjoyed the summer and swimming and all of this nice weather, and hope for more!

Livvy girl

Olivia has several nicknames, Livvy, Liv, Livvy girl, bulldozer, and tornado. The latter two, because she is constantly bulldozing through everything and tornado, well, because our house is a tornado after she is done with it. There are so many names we can give to her with her many different personalities. She is such a character and constantly coming up with crazy things to do. These pictures were taken about a month ago. We have been putting Olivia in a onesie at night, so that she does not take off her diaper, but when she has a onesie on, it is a great place to stuff her shirt! She continues to want to fill her shirt with toys, food, really anything she can get in there.

My "pizza" tower

Noah has just watched for the first time Little Einsteins. He is totally in to it, but we only have one DVD of a few episodes. One of the episodes there is the leaning tower of pisa, which to Noah (and I am sure many other kids) the tower of pizza. This morning Noah was building with his legos and said "look Mommy, I built a tower of pizza!!" I just thought it was too cute!

4th of July

For the 4th of July weekend, we went up to our cabin on Camano Island. During the day on the 4th, the neighborhood put on a little parade for families. Everyone dressed in red, white and blue, and decorated bikes and wagons! The day ended with some amazing fireworks, all over the island. Noah was not so sure at first what he thought of the loud sounds, but liked staying up late and watching the "big fireworks". We had such a great time celebrating with friends and family and enjoyed our time together!

SUMMER TIME!

This last weekend was our first time in the pool this summer! How nice to have Grandpa and Grandma so close to cool off in the pool on these hot 90 plus days! Noah has always loved the water, but has really come around this year and taking more risks with swimming. Olivia showed all signs of loving the water, and has no fear, which is slightly alarming.

Olivia has had a long, hard day... she needed a drink to unwind.

Noah's Birthday

Noah is 3! It does not seem like it could be 3 years ago that my little boy was a baby. We started our day with several more rounds of "Happy Birthday" Then we had a fun lunch with Grandma, Auntie Diane, Jarren, Janna, Mommy, Olivia and Noah! When we asked Noah what special dinner he would like for his birthday, he said "hot dogs". So, with our gourmet hot dogs and corn on the cob, we finished off with a cake that Mommy made. Not even close to the fantastic cake we had this last weekend, but of course Noah needed another cake. As he told us the other day when he had a tummy ache, that the only cure was "more cake".

Mommy's attempt at a cake.
Another round of "Happy Birthday"

The sundae we had at lunch today... quite the sugar load for a little boy!

Noah turns 3!!!!

Noah had his birthday party with family this last weekend. We had a "Cars" themed party, as he is really into all cars. He was SO EXCITED for his party and sung himself "Happy Birthday" several times. Noah had a great time celebrating and received many wonderful gifts. Thank you to our family, you are wonderful, we love you!!

A new car rug from Mom and Dad

Livvy loved the cake!

Noah loved his cake so much, he skipped his plate, and just dug his spoon right into the whole cake!

A new Power Wheels Escalade from Grandpa and Grandma, Uncle Adam, Aunite Sara, and Makena! A big hit!

A new CD player from Aunite Diane, Uncle Jeremy, Jarren and Janna and a great new CD!

New cars from Nana and Papa!