Happy Birthday Baby Grant!

Well, baby Grant is not a baby anymore. He is a big one-year-old. We were so excited to go see him and go to his birthday party. He was walking all over the place and just looked so grown up. Savanna made him the cutest monkey cake and had made some suckers for the kids. They had his party at a skating rink and Peyton tried his hand at skating with rollerblades for the first time. He did great!! By the end of the party he was skating on his own and barely falling down. The other kids had fun playing the games that were there and just trying to love on Grant. (He wasn't having it though). I can't believe my little nephew is ONE!

Peyton's 2010 Soccer Team

Peyton's favorite sport right now is soccer. He absolutely loves it! His improvement from last year was unbelievable. It was like a light bulb clicked in his head and he finally understood the game. He had a great coach and really liked his team. He was agressive and made a lot of goals for the season. I really enjoyed watching him this year and I am ready for all the years to come watching and cheering for him when he plays.

Tyler's Elk

Tyler was able to draw on his dream hunt this year. This is a hunt he has been putting in on since he was twelve. He finally drew this year and was really excited. I was nervous, because it would be cutting it too close to when the baby was due. He was able to find his "buck" last Thursday. I was really surprised when Chris sent a picture to my phone saying Tyler had killed one. I was really excited and relieved that he was able to get what he wanted and we still have plenty of time before the baby is born! Landen was sure proud of his dad and told everyone that "Dad tilled a huge elk!"

Landen's Third Bday Party!

Brynn and Landen helped me get ready for the party by blowing up balloons, since I am lacking in the oxygen department

At the beginning of his party, Landen would not leave his "post" by his gifts.

I love the his little grin the whole time we were singing Happy Birthday to him

I can't believe my baby is Three years old. I have to say, that I wasn't handling this fact all too well. I think it would have really been bad, if I didn't already have this baby girl coming in a month and half. I don't know how you handle your kids growing up when you know you aren't having any more. I guess I will have to face that fact soon enough. Landen is so much fun to have around. He is the most mischeivious little kid I know. But he loves to give you random hugs and always tells us he loves us. He is sweet (some of the time) and loves his big brother and sister. He loves to ride the 4-wheeler and lawn mower with dad. He already knows how to run my I-touch and can watch videos on it. He has had to come to all my doctor appointments and loves to hear the babies heart beat. He says he is so excited for his sister to come, but we will see if that is actually the case when she gets here.
Anyways, back to the party. We had a little Halloween party for him with some of his friends. We had spooky Halloween music and some decorations. The kids played pin-the-stem on the pumpkin and musical pumpkins. They decorated pumpkins with stickers and ate cake (that Landen helped decorate) and ice cream. It was very simple, but Landie loved it. I had a few moms stay and help and that was great. I always think I just handle it by myself, but I was sure glad they were there. Being fat pregnant doesn't help when dealing with 3 and 4 year olds either. Landen got a lot of fun gifts and later that night when Tyler got home he opened more gifts from us and Peyton and Brynn and we all went to eat at McDonalds and play at the playground there. Landen crashed that day, so tired from everything that went on that day. Happy Birthday Baby Boy!